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GOV.UK One Login: building a green digital service

Natalie Jones OBE, Director of Digital Identity, Government Digital Service, 22 August 2023 - GOV.UK One Login, Green IT

Find out how the GOV.UK One Login programme is using green IT to make our service as sustainable as possible.

How common platforms deliver brilliant digital services

Amanda Dahl, Deputy Director of Digital Service Platforms, GDS, 8 August 2023 - Digital Service Platforms

Our products and services underpin a significant proportion of digital services on GOV.UK and we are constantly growing to make them better. Find out more.

Enabling AWS cross account monitoring using Terraform

Oswald Quek, Senior Developer, Government Digital Service, 26 July 2023 - Posts for Tech Specialists

In this technical blog post, we describe how to set up AWS cross account monitoring exclusively in Terraform.

What do first-time users think of the GOV.UK Prototype Kit?

Alina Graham - User researcher, GDS, 18 July 2023 - User research

How user research has helped us understand the impact changes in Version 13 had on both new and existing users.

Performance testing GOV.UK Pay’s webhooks mechanism

James Peacock - Developer, GOV.UK Pay, 11 July 2023 - GOV.UK Pay, Posts for Tech Specialists

We used performance testing to check our new webhook functionality worked at scale for our services. Find out what we learned.

New recurring payments and webhook features available through GOV.UK Pay

Alan Maddrell - Senior Content Designer for GOV.UK Pay, Government Digital Service, 5 July 2023 - GOV.UK Pay

GOV.UK Pay now allows services to take payments automatically on a schedule they define. We've also launched webhooks to give our users live, real-time data about payments.

GOV.UK One Login: June 2023 update

Natalie Jones OBE, Director of Digital Identity, Government Digital Service, 24 June 2023 - GOV.UK One Login

An update on the GOV.UK One Login programme and the closure of GOV.UK Verify.

Putting growth at the heart of GOV.UK’s strategy

Christine Bellamy, Director General, Digital Products Group, 6 June 2023 - GOV.UK

GOV.UK has ambitious plans to grow its product offer, reach more people and meet more user needs. Read on to find out what the team is working towards and the programme’s new objectives.