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How information architects are helping to build GOV.UK’s future

Three information architects standing in front of a large screen displaying a presentation slide which reads: “World Information Architecture Day London 2025. 32 locations, 17 countries, 5 continents.”

How information architects are helping to build GOV.UK’s future

As we reflect on a successful event at GDS for World Information Architecture Day, find out how information architects’ work to classify, structure and consistently manage content is supporting GOV.UK’s ambitions.

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What we're working on: 5 August 2016

Posted by: Keith Emmerson, Content Product Lead, Posted on: 5 August 2016 - Categories: What we're working on

This is a list of what we’ve been working on since the last update on 22 July 2016, and what we plan to do next. As usual we’ve divided the work up into lists of what we’ve been doing to …

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Content queries come in all shapes and sizes

Posted by: Constance Cerf, Posted on: 4 August 2016 - Categories: Content, How we work

In December last year I got a very exciting call. A month later I started as Government Digital Service’s (GDS) first junior content designer.

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How we deal with product requests on GOV.UK

Posted by: Liz Lutgendorff, Posted on: 2 August 2016 - Categories: How we work

At GOV.UK we get an average of 120 product support requests a month from the public and organisations across government.

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The Specialist Publisher rebuild: behind the scenes

Posted by: Jen Allum - Former Director, GOV.UK, Posted on: 29 July 2016 - Categories: Product changes, What we're working on

...are migrating it to use the new Publishing Platform, as its centralised data store. The Highway Code uses the 'manuals' format Our progress We’ve already deployed two Finders live in...

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Managing links to local authority websites

Posted by: Mark Mcleod, Posted on: 27 July 2016 - Categories: Product changes

We’ve been working to improve how GOV.UK users find services and content provided by local authorities and councils, or our ‘local links mission’ for short. I’m writing this post to explain a bit more about the mission. I also want …

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What we’re working on: 22 July 2016

Posted by: Hemita Bhatti, Posted on: 22 July 2016 - Categories: What we're working on

This is a list of what we’ve been working on since the last update on 8 July 2016, and what we plan to do next. As usual we’ve divided the work up into lists of what we’ve been doing to …

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Designing a content operating model for the next phase of GOV.UK

Posted by: Neil Williams, Posted on: 21 July 2016 - Categories: Content, Vision and plans

...for how GDS and departments can begin working towards it from the 2017 to 2018 financial year. We hope to be working with early adopter departments/agencies on developing a roadmap...

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Changes to the style guide: no more eg, and ie, etc

Posted by: Persis Howe, Posted on: 20 July 2016 - Categories: Best practice, Content

We’ve found that several programs that read webpages for those with visual impairment read ‘eg’ incorrectly, so we’re updating the style guide. Most people who use these programs are used to their quirks, but it’s jarring to hear the wrong …

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Weekend reading

Posted by: Keith Emmerson, Content Product Lead, Posted on: 15 July 2016 - Categories: How we work

While of course I would hope that you're not thinking about or doing work things over the weekend, here are a couple of posts from other GDS blogs that you might find interesting.

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What we're working on: 8 July 2016

Posted by: Hemita Bhatti, Posted on: 8 July 2016 - Categories: What we're working on

This is a list of what we’ve been working on since the last update on 27 June 2016, and what we plan to do next. As usual we’ve divided the work up into lists of what we’ve been doing to …

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