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GOV.UK at 5: well-primed for the future

Blog posted by: , 19 October 2017 – Categories: GOV.UK.

GOV.UK is 5

Kevin Cunnington, Director General, GDS

Five years ago, with agencies and other departments, GDS took 2,000 government sites and turned them into a single publishing platform. We consolidated and simplified content, and turned it into tools where appropriate. It saved time, it saved money and it brought government together.

Kevin Cunnington and GSD staff

Kevin Cunnington

This work has been cutting-edge and award-winning. Since its launch, GOV.UK has redefined how a modern government should serve its people. Crucially it prepared us for the work we’re doing today. It is a strong foundation on which we continue to build, develop and look to the future.

GOV.UK provides us a unique insight into what our citizens want to know about. We continue to measure where we are successful and where we could improve the user experience. We’re planning for the future. We are in the early stages of experimenting with machine learning to gain new insights.

So to all those who have brought us to this point, thank you. The work of a digital government never stops, so here’s to the next five years.

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