GOV.UK
Technology at least as good as you have at home
We want to support the incredible work of our staff by giving them the best tools for their jobs.
Post-its + pens x ideas = 30 inspired children
If we want to encourage young people to think about a career in digital and technology, what should we do? Get out there and talk to them!
Owning it: product owners and technology
We're appointing product owners to manage our computers, devices, networks and Wi-Fi, to keep our technology up to date.
Sustaining development: the true cost of running an IT system
The real long-term costs of running IT or software – and why it makes sense to invest in improvements to avoid expensive glitches later on.
Hey big spender: spend a little time on IT
You should spend time exploring your options before buying or building a service, and always make sure you can change it in the future.
Ants v elephants: microservices and monolithic systems
How microservices made up of small applications can be more effective than big behemoth IT systems.
Everything you ever wanted to know about the cloud and platforms but were afraid to ask
We’ve developed our own cloud platform service, but what does that mean – and why does it matter?
Help with fees: doing the hard work, so you don't have to
The public were doing all the hard work in assessing their eligibility for financial help with court and tribunal fees. A new service places the administrative task with court staff.
How we're transforming justice: Digital Justice speech at Sprint 16
Arif Harbott, our Chief Digital & Information Officer, talks about transforming the justice system at the Sprint 16 government digital conference.
Platforms, postcodes and pushing services live: a year in the life of our platforms team
How our platforms team created a postcode lookup service, developed a toolkit for live services and slashed hosting costs, all before its 1st birthday.