Arriving with Visas: journey to live
When a group of people comes together for a new piece of work, you never know how they’ll gel.
Recent highlights: digital transformation programme
Here’s the latest from the Transformation Programme, including some news from the departments and agencies among our exemplar services. Releases The new Carer’s Allowance service went live on 28 November. The launch of this service coincided with Carer’s Rights Day …
5 lessons learnt: getting services live
We’re far enough into the Transformation Programme - with 7 services now live and more on the way - to have learnt a thing or two about releasing a digital service into the wild. As you’d expect, it isn’t as …
Recent highlights: digital transformation programme
Here’s the latest from the Transformation Programme, including some news from the departments and agencies among our exemplar services. Releases This month saw one new service released to users as a public beta. PAYE for employees allows employees to tell …
Civil claims: the steep learning curve that leads to live
Back in August Civil claims accelerated possession service passed its Digital by Default Service Standard assessment. The service has now been live for a few weeks and it’s the perfect moment to take stock. Here Product and Service Manager Eliot …
From alpha to beta with Apprenticeship applications
GDS is working with the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and associated agencies on 5 of the 25 exemplar projects. Apprenticeship applications is one of the biggest of these services, with an anticipated 1.38m transactions a year. A digital …
The journey to ‘live’ with Patent renewals
Today exemplar number 4 - Renew a patent - becomes the 4th service released live into the world as part of the transformation programme. The team at the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in Newport has worked with GDS to build this …
Digital By Default Service Standard – Raising the Bar
As Electoral registration today follows Lasting Power of attorney (LPA) in becoming a live exemplar, Chris Mitchell blogs about how LPA has led the pack in meeting the high standards required to reach this milestone... First of many Recently the …
Environment Agency: self-assessment on a new digital service
Following the success of the Waste carrier registration exemplar service, the Environment Agency applied their new skills and ways of working to develop a digital service that helps anglers report their catch to government. The data gathered through the Rod …