GOV.UK

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Colophon for the GOV.UK beta

James Stewart | Government Digital Service | January 31, 2013

We’ve been cataloguing the technologies and tools we’ve used in producing the beta of GOV.UK. Naturally our technology stack is always evolving, but this list captures its state at the moment when the beta was released. You can see the equivalent list for alpha.gov.uk here. Read More »

Open source and open standards needed in Britain's public sector says UK govt's Digital Director

Matthew Finnegan | ComputerWorldUK | January 17, 2013

Public sector organisations need to quicken adoption of open source and open standards software in order to meet government aims for digitising services, Cabinet Office Director for Digital Mike Bracken has said.
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Open Source Push in the UK 'Could Save Taxpayer Millions'

Matthew Sparkes | The Telegraph | January 30, 2014

The [UK] Government is investigating how open source software could be adopted to save tens of millions of pounds a year and make communication between departments easier.  Since 2010 government departments have spent £200m on Microsoft Office alone, claimed Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude in a speech yesterday.

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The Open Source Behind gov.uk Revealed

DJ Walker-Morgan | The H (h-online.com) | February 1, 2012

While the UK government's plans for wider adoption of open source have been uneven in their application, the new beta version of the gov.uk web site should give proprietary software vendors and contractors pause for thought, as it is almost entirely built on or with open source.

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With GOV.UK, British Government Redefines the Online Government Platform

Alex Howard | O'Reilly Radar | January 31, 2012

The British Government has launched a beta of its GOV.UK platform, testing a single domain for that could be used throughout government. The new single government domain will eventually replace Directgov, the UK government portal which launched back in 2004. GOV.UK is aimed squarely as delivering faster digital services to citizens through a much improved user interface at decreased cost.

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