Quarterly update: wrapping up 2016 to 2017 and starting our new roadmap
On 3 April 2017, GOV.UK began its new roadmap. Here’s a summary of what we delivered in the final quarter of the 2016 to 2017 roadmap, and the work that’s to follow. The end of the 2016 to 2017 roadmap...
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New roadmap, new ways of working
We started a new 2017 to 2018 roadmap in April 2017. Throughout the 2016 to 2017 roadmap we provided updates on our work, which you can read in the blog posts below: April to June 2016 July to...
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A public API for GOV.UK content: inviting expressions of interest
We’re working to design, document, and prepare to support a public API for GOV.UK content. We are inviting expressions of interest from those who want to publish GOV.UK content elsewhere, or use GOV.UK...
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Improving GOV.UK notifications
Over 700,000 people receive email updates from GOV.UK. These notifications help people find out when government information they’re interested in changes. At GOV.UK, we’re working on making it easier...
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How we approached service mapping
The Modelling Services team recently blogged about the launch of step by step navigation. This is a new navigation pattern that shows users all the content and transactions they need to complete a...
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Changes to organisation pages for both publishers and users
Over the coming months, we are working to improve sections of GOV.UK that relate to government departments and agencies (what we define as ‘organisations’). These sections of GOV.UK haven’t changed...
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How we're improving publishing times
Civil servants across government write the content that sits on GOV.UK. They use a number of publishing tools to write and publish that content to the website. But between clicking the 'Publish'...
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Making site search work smarter for users
Finding things in a library of over 470,000 publications is tough. Search engines make it easier to go through buckets of content and reach the page you need but we know that GOV.UK’s search engine...
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The technical architecture behind a GOV.UK account
In November we launched our first trial of the GOV.UK account. Jen Allum, Head of GOV.UK, wrote about why the GOV.UK account is part of our strategy to support users’ needs and offer a more tailored...
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We’ve got a new public GOV.UK roadmap
I am delighted to be able to share our updated GOV.UK Roadmap for the 2020 to 2021 financial year. Like all good roadmaps, it shows what we’ve done, what we’re doing and where we’re going next. And,...
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Platforms and services: the GOV.UK architecture strategy
This year, we’ve published our 5 objectives for GOV.UK and our roadmap shows how we are delivering against them. More widely, the Government Digital Service (GDS) has published its strategy for 2021...
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The GOV.UK roadmap: what we’re working on through spring 2022
It’s time for the next update of the GOV.UK roadmap. It’s been a busy time for GOV.UK since our last roadmap iteration in May. Over the summer and autumn, we’ve seen lots of our product teams launch...
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How we ran a discovery for GOV.UK publishing permissions
Content on GOV.UK is updated every single day by government publishers. This group of several thousand civil servants uses content management tools developed in-house to keep GOV.UK accurate and up to...
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Changing the GOV.UK proposition: supporting our strategy for growth
GOV.UK is designed to help people access information and services quickly and easily, without needing to understand the structure of government. The GOV.UK proposition supports publishers within...
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Experimenting with how generative AI could help GOV.UK users
Recently, there’s been a lot of discussion about artificial intelligence (AI). In November, the Prime Minister held the AI Safety Summit with the world-first Bletchley Declaration, and shortly after...
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