what is gov.uk slideshare (1)

What is the GOV.UK beta?

The frst step on our journey to improve publishing across Government

(Transactions etc will follow)

GOV.UK

Simpler, Clearer, Faster services for Users

Savings and Innovation for Government

In 2004 the government web went from a loosely coordinated collection of websites...

to something a bit simpler...

directgov businesslink

A tremendous achievement, which brought enormous benefts, but it’s time to move on again

but it’s time to move on again


The web is now mainstream

Users expect high quality service experiences

And businesses know how to deliver them

Small teams of world-class developers, designers and managers

Tight control of experience design

Iterative, agile, user-focused product development

We’re going from this...



...to a single domain

Mainstream Users & Needs

Specialist Users & Needs

GOV.UK

previously covered by Directgov & Business Link



GOV.UK

‘Whitehall’ & specialist & technical



GOV.UK

previously covered by Directgov & Business Link

‘Learn it once’ design



Easy to fnd what you want



Get things done quickly



Simpler, Clearer, Faster Services for Users

Savings and Innovation for Government



That’s the vision

Right now, we’ve completed the beta of a signifcant subset of the content



Onwards!

Business