Introduction to GOV.UK - why it replaced Directgov, Businesslink and government departmental websites, and its key features. Presentation by Louise Russell from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).
2. Agenda
• Introduction to the workshop
• GOV.UK – a new concept
• Finding your way around Inside Government
• Break
• Practical Workshop
• Feedback
• Transparency and Open data
3. Contact details
Louise Russell, Head Of Local Links and
Programme
louise.russell@communities.gsi.gov.uk
Abby Rudland, Programme Communications
Manager
abby.rudland@communities.gsi.gov.uk
DirectGov - c 120 seconds GOV.UK - c 80 seconds 100,000 days a year
Half the people Less than half the cost 7 x the output
We ’ re applying similar disciples to departmental sites - reducing costs by creating common templates and publishing tools. Departments still have effective and differentiated web presences, full of content they provide and control, but more consistent design and navigation will ensure users can easily get to the content they want. People shouldn ’ t have to know how government is structured to find the information they need, so we ’ re also playing close attention to how information is structured and tagged – making it easy to search across government. So, for instance, users can find out about a policy or service without having to know, before they start, which department is responsible.