inside government presentation
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How the different parts of GOV.UK work and how to use search. Presentation by Abby Rudland and Howard Gossington from DCLG.TRANSCRIPT
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GOV.UKHow does it work?
GOV.UK
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Overview of the site
GOV.UK
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3 main sections
serving
3 broad types of audience
GOV.UK
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GOV.UK
1. MainstreamCitizen- and business-facing content
(content that was on Directgov and Businesslink)
www.gov.uk
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GOV.UK
www.gov.uk
2. Detailed guidanceAnswers a specific user need for detailed information – usually
ending in a user action with government
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GOV.UK
3. Inside Government Policy and corporate information (content that was on
individual government departments’ websites).
www.gov.uk/government
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GOV.UK - mainstream
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Content types
GOV.UK - mainstream
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Content types
GOV.UK - mainstream
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Content types
GOV.UK - mainstream
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Content types
GOV.UK - mainstream
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Content types
GOV.UK - mainstream
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Finding content on mainstream
Content is grouped into sections
GOV.UK - mainstream
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Most people use search
• 69% of people come to GOV.UK through search.
• Only 8% of people land on the homepage
• Search is improving all the time.
GOV.UK - mainstream
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How search is displayed
• Split into 3 tabs – General results, Detailed guidance, Inside Government
• Search is designed to serve up results relevant to where the user starts.
• Will also give the option to see results for the other 2 parts of the site.
GOV.UK - mainstream
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2. Detailed guidance
GOV.UK – detailed guidance
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Detailed Guidance
GOV.UK – detailed guidance
• Answers a specific user need for detailed information – usually ending in a user action with government
• Linked to mainstream subjects (providing more detail)• Can appear in ‘publication series’ in Inside
Government too• NOT designed to give general advice or explain
government policy
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Detailed Guidance
GOV.UK – detailed guidance
• Linked to mainstream content
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3. Inside Government
Inside Government
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Inside Government
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IG: a new approach
• Completely different way of presenting information
• ‘Google is the homepage’
• Aggregates government policy content in one place• Flat, Wikipedia-type structure• Tagging
• Policies are the ‘spine’ of Inside Gov (more on this later)
Inside Government
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Inside Government
“ Now over 50% of departments are online, we’re starting to see the real value of bringing government information together in a single place ”
Neil Williams, Product Manager for Inside Government
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Policy format• Policies say what government is trying to achieve
and why
• Each contains top-level page plus supporting pages
• Set format: Issue, Actions, Background, etc
• Most content in Inside Government is tagged to a policy
• Currently 119 policies on GOV.UK, including:– Supporting the library services provided by local
authorities (DCMS)– Keeping the UK safe in cyberspace (CO, FCO, NSI, TSE)– Making local councils more transparent and accountable
to local people (DCLG)
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Policy page
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Policy: supporting detail
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Latest related content
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Searching by policyFilter by:
• Keyword
• Topic
• Department
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Same structure for searching for other types of content (eg consultations, publications, stats, topics, announce-ments)
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Searching by topic
• Content is aggregated across departments and grouped by topics.
• Topics are broad headings describing what the government as a whole is doing about an issue.
• All departments with an input into the topic are listed.
• There are 38 topics so far.
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Individual departmental webpages
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Each department still has its own ‘homepage’, together with a number of personalised pages.
But most information is aggregated with other departments’ information.
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How government works
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– Who runs government– How government is run– History of government
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Information about government
• Includes:– Who runs government– How government is run– History of government
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Keeping up-to-date
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• Email alerts and atom (RSS feed)
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Keeping up-to-date
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Keeping up-to-date
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Can specify:
• Department• Topics• Policies• People• Location
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How does info4local fit in?
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• On 2 April, info4local will be joining an improved GOV.UK email and RSS alert service
• Existing subscribers will automatically be moved across to the new system along with their preferences, and will receive alerts from GOV.UK instead.
• Further information is available on www.info4local.gov.uk and on Twitter @info4local.
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Continual improvement
• The Government Digital Service (GDS) has on average 4 releases a week
• Continuous improvements to the site – Agile, iterative approach.
• User testing – with people who are long-standing, frequent users of departmental sites and have a professional interest in departments.
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In the future?
• All ministerial departments on the site by the end of April 2013.• Improvements to main site search and the filters on Inside
Government’s document lists• A worldwide section, profiling HM Government activity in over
200 world locations, including translated content in more than 40 languages. (Launch in late March).
• A ‘get involved’ page showcasing the opportunities to participate in policy development and society
• An expanded history of government section• All government blogs amalgamated and easy to find from Inside
Government.• Provide APIs for the data accumulating in the site
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Tell ‘em what you think!
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If you’ve got any feedback on GOV.UK, scroll to the bottom of any page and click ‘feedback’.
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Thanks for listening – any questions?
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