This blog is now archived
This blog is now archived
This blog is no longer being updated. If you're interested in government technology, you can read about it on the GDS blog and the Technology at GDS blog.
Removing the barriers to better technology
Technology Group is here to help government harness the full potential of technology and the internet by supporting, challenging and providing utility to our community of technology leaders and practitioners. Here’s how we're going to do it.
Introducing our architecture approach and principles
James Stewart shares the thinking behind the technical architecture team's working principles and the need to keep developing "services so good people prefer to use them".
No one wants those websites anymore
Remember the Millennium Bug? Evans Bissessar talks about finding the hidden gems uncovered doing a recent audit of gov.uk domains.
In the Standards Assurance Service who dares, wins!
The Standards Assurance Service is now recruiting for senior technology advisors! We hear from two new members of the team on their own experiences working at GDS.
Digital Service Standard assessments discovery
Capability across government has grown at a staggering rate over the last two years. We want to make sure that Digital Service Standard assessments reflect this. We carried out a discovery to see what changes we need to undertake to make the assessments process better.
Wi-Fi security and government-wide roaming: solutions
Alistair Cowan concludes his look at Wi-Fi threats and solutions by discussing the steps Common Technology Services is taking to enable government-wide secure Wi-Fi.
We’re updating the Technology Code of Practice
We're updating the Technology Code of Practice and we need your input to ensure our new draft takes progress in government technology into account, while continuing our focus on user needs.
Wi-Fi security and government-wide roaming: threats
Last week I delivered a presentation at the CyberUK In Practice event. Here I've summarised common Wi-Fi security issues and the approaches that Common Technology Services is taking.
A new approach to Common Technology Services
Iain Patterson outlines the aims for Common Technology Services to help government departments to provide cheaper cloud based solutions and shared technology components.
Insight in action: transforming the Companies House Service
Gareth Lloyd, Chief Digital Officer at Companies House, guest blogs on using data to develop and continuously improve services.