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Add your API to the cross-government catalogue

Posted by: Rosalie Marshall, GDS, Lead Technology Advisor, Posted on: 11 October 2019 - Categories: GOV.UK, Open Source, Open Standards, Tools
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The Government Digital Service (GDS) has created an API catalogue on GitHub to increase transparency across government, start conversations and improve data sharing.

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Improve CSVs and API descriptions with these Open Standards Board recommendations

Posted by: Lawrence Greenwood, GDS Technical Adviser, Posted on: 2 October 2019 - Categories: News, Open Standards
Make things open it makes them better

The Open Standards Board is recommending the RFC 4180 standard and OpenAPI 3 specification to improve data sharing across government. Find out why these are recommended and how you can submit proposals.

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Finding out what government organisations need to consider when using cloud

Posted by: Tom March, GDS Lead Technology Advisor, Posted on: 30 August 2019 - Categories: Transformation

Our initial research shows that government organisations are facing challenges balancing capabilities and lock-in when using the cloud.

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How GOV.UK Pay used Behaviour Driven Development to improve delivery times

Posted by: Katie Bates, GDS Senior Product Manager and Alex Bishop, GOV.UK Pay developer, GDS, Posted on: 29 July 2019 - Categories: Transformation
Board showing a user journey

Find out how the Pay team used Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) to increase its pace, have a more predictable timeline, and improve team morale.

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Help us improve government data standards

Posted by: John Strudwick, GDS Interim Director, Service, Design and Assurance, Posted on: 26 June 2019 - Categories: News, Transformation
Code on a laptop

Calling all data practitioners, data leaders and creators, we need your feedback on our data standards proposal and demo code to help us improve data collection and sharing across government.

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Our cross-government API event at the NHS on 25 June

Posted by: Amina Omar, GDS Technology Policy Advisor, Posted on: 3 June 2019 - Categories: Event
API-event-discussion

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.

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Improving the Technology Code of Practice for local authorities

Posted by: Rhiannon Lawson, GDS, Head of Technology Policy, Posted on: 28 March 2019 - Categories: Transformation
Two people from the Technology Policy team looking at a computer screen containing the words "Define user needs. Understand your users and their needs. Develop knowledge of your users and what that means for your technology project or programme."

The GDS Technology Policy team outlines improvements to the Technology Code of Practice to make it more relevant to all government organisations.

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It’s ok to experiment with emerging technology

Posted by: GDS Technology Policy Team, Posted on: 13 March 2019 - Categories: Transformation
Voice assistants on a table

Emerging technologies are creating lots of buzz and the Government Digital Service (GDS) has released guidance on how the public sector should think about using these solutions.

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Laying the foundations for a digital Land Registry

Posted by: Steve Railton, HM Land Registry, Deputy Director, Digital Data and Technology Directorate, Posted on: 26 February 2019 - Categories: Transformation
A mobile device with a digital overlay - symbolising the creation of a digital registry

HM Land Registry talks through the steps it's taking to modernise and how it’s going to meet the needs of users in the digital world.

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Global Day of Code Retreat 2018: tackling the Game of Life at GDS

Posted by: Jonathan Kerr and Yanny Thompson, Posted on: 9 January 2019 - Categories: Event
Developers working in pairs during Code Retreat

The Government Digital Service hosted an event for developers as part of the Global Day of Code Retreat. Find out what we did and why we set them an impossible challenge.

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