2. This morning
ā¢ Introductions
ā¢ BIS transition to gov.uk: lessons and
opportunities (John)
ā¢ Government Digital Strategy: overview and
discussion about capability (Ben)
ā¢ AoB
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3. Inside Government so far
ā¢ Beta version ran
six weeks
from March 1
ā¢ BIS opted in
ā¢ Public fed back
ā¢ DCLG and DfT officially joined two weeks ago
ā¢ BIS joins 13 December
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4. By December 13 we will:
ā¢ Have ātransitionedā 90 per cent of the BIS web
estate to gov.uk
ā¢ 1000s of pages and documents archived
ā¢ 80,000 words re-written
ā¢ Redirected approx. 4000 pages
ā¢ All content in plain english
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5. Lessonsā¦
ā¢ Plain English is a hard sell
ā¢ Writing policy to GDS style is harder than it
sounds
ā¢ Too much sub-standard content on our website
over the last few years.
ā¢ An agile approach can take a while to
get used to
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6. ā¦and advice
ā¢ Ditch bad content (and apologise later)
ā¢ Explain what GOV.UK is all about - and repeat
ā¢ Plan effectively - lots of people involved
ā¢ Detailed guides great for saving technical
jargon from the bin
ā¢ Focus on content mapping (the 'Harvester')
ā¢ Don't worry too much - transition to GOV.UK is
the start, not the end
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7. Digital capability:
Concerns, questions, ideas
Ben Hayman
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8. Action 4 of the Digital Strategy:
Cabinet Office will support
improved digital capability across
departments
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9. How?
ā¢senior officials offered training
ā¢digital skills development a priority in the Civil
Service Capabilities Plan
ā¢increase support for transaction redesign
ā¢provide guidance on recruiting digital specialists
ā¢bespoke training and support for Service
Managers
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10. All departments should ensure that they have
appropriate in-house specialist digital capability:
ā¢management of their portfolio
of digital services
ā¢digital service design
ā¢development
ā¢analytics
ā¢digital strategy
ā¢online publishing
ā¢product management
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11. In groups:
Digital capability: your
concerns, questions and ideas
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12. Useful links
1. BIS digital blog: discuss.bis.gov.uk/bisdigital/
2. Met office social media win:
metofficenews.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/met
-office-wins-social-buzz-award/
3. DCLG on gov.uk:
gov.uk/government/organisations/department-
for-communities-and-local-government
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