Building the future of government software engineering
Learn about why we’re creating the Engineering Excellence council, and what it will mean to the wider software engineering community.
Transformation
Platform-based delivery with DEFRA’s Core Delivery Platform
This new delivery platform has enabled more efficient development by removing repetitive processes with a central delivery portal.
The 5 year journey to moving .gov.uk to a new registry
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Simon Foster, Head of Protecting Public Service Domains, CDDO, Posted on:
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News, Security, Transformation
Find out how the Domains team planned and executed the biggest ever change to digital infrastructure with zero disruption to citizen services.
Missing the Point(er)
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Nick Woodcraft, Domains Product Owner, CDDO, Posted on:
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Security, Tools, Transformation
Email security policy for the UK Government has been fairly consistent for a while, so we were pleased when Google and Yahoo decided to tighten their email authentication requirements that align closely to our own guidance. One element that stands …
Navigating Microsoft 365 guidance for UK government digital, data and technology professionals
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Claudia Chiurlia, Delivery Manager, Central Digital and Data Office, Posted on:
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Tools, Transformation
In an unprecedented age where secure and efficient collaboration is paramount, the Central Digital and Data Office has taken a significant stride forward by collaborating with Microsoft and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to develop comprehensive guidance for the …
Introducing the government’s Chief Technology Officer Council
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Dan Bailey, CTO, CDDO, Posted on:
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CTO Council, Open Source, Open Standards, Security, Tools, Transformation
Central Digital and Data Office's new Chief Technology Officer, Dan Bailey, outlines plans for the Office of the Chief Technology Officer and the CTO Council.
Creating a new sustainability point for the Technology Code of Practice
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Lewis Dunne, Senior Policy Advisor, CDDO and Sophie Jenkins, Policy Advisor, CDDO, Posted on:
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Transformation
How the Technology Policy and spend controls teams aim to use technology to help make a greener government.
Help us make government more sustainable
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Letizia Lodi, Senior User Researcher, CDDO and Lewis Dunne, Senior Policy Advisor, CDDO, Posted on:
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Open Source, Open Standards, Transformation
We’re currently working to add a new point on sustainability to the Technology Code of Practice. We’re adopting a user-led and iterative approach to policy to ensure the new point is as useful and effective as possible.
To build or to buy - that's the technology question
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Amina Omar, GDS Technology Policy Advisor, Posted on:
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Tools, Transformation
We’ve updated the purchasing strategy guidance in the Technology Code of Practice, to offer more advice of when to buy and when to build.
Getting the Document Checking Service ready for take-off
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Alex Wilson, tech lead, DCS and Pippa Clark, technical writer, GDS, Posted on:
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GOV.UK Verify, Tools, Transformation
To prepare for the Document Checking Service (DCS) pilot we built out several new capabilities in the service and published our first API documentation powered by user testing.
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