Two landmark publications: the State of Digital Government Review, and the blueprint for modern digital government are clear - cloud technology is helping to reshape how government works. With the blueprint setting out the long-term vision, and with the Government …
GDS has made it easier for small public sector organisations to set up and use GOV.UK Pay. Previously, it could take some organisations up to 6 months before they could take payments through GOV.UK Pay. Now users can get set up and take payments from citizens on the same day.
The Government Digital Service (GDS) has partnered up with the NHS to hold its next API Community of Practice event in Leeds. As well as speakers from the NHS, we’ll have presentations speakers from the DWP, HMRC, and Network Rail, and an unconference session.
Find out how we used the Payment Request API standard and how we managed encryption. We explain why we chose to use Apple’s JavaScript API and not use the Google Pay API.
Find out about the Canadian government’s cross-government API Store, how the DVSA improved staff morale with mobile working, tips on delivering APIs as a product manager and more.
The GDS Reliability Engineering team had to find some inventive workarounds to get the Alertmanager open source software package working on a managed container service. Here’s a detailed look at how we did it.
By making the switch to continuous deployment on one of the government’s busiest services, DWP has reduced downtime on Find a job and released updates faster to provide benefits to users.
GOV.UK Pay now offers the ability to show users pages in Welsh. We take a look at the technical details and how this will help us add more language support in the future.
The Government Digital Service recently updated guidance on frontend performance. We focus heavily on improving web performance as GOV.UK is accessed from various devices and connectivity. Here’s why you need to focus on it too.
Over 15 government organisations actively involved in API development will share their strategies on meeting user needs, security, accessibility and more.
The GOV.UK Verify team has changed the way its frontend is deployed. We take a deep dive into the technical challenges and how the load balancing changes give users a better experience.
If you’re interested in jobs in this field, check out all open opportunities on the GDS careers site.