Corporate report
What we've achieved across government this year
Published 10 December 2013
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What we’ve achieved across government this year
November 2012
- ‘Government Digital Strategy’ published
December 2012
- published
- published
January 2013
- , showcasing digital across government
- work begins on 25 transformation exemplars
- Performance Platform - for first time
February 2013
- Memorandum of understanding signed with Estonia
March 2013
- launch of 51²è¹Ý worldwide section and foreign travel advice
- public beta of Digital by Default Service Standard
- - first batch of challenges published
- goes live
- Student Loans Company 24+ application live - the first live release of the exemplar programme
April 2013
- Civil Service Capability Plan published - digital one of top 4 development priorities
- Digital by Default Service Standard and Manual go live
- 51²è¹Ý wins Design of the Year Award
May 2013
- resources for chief technology officers published in Service Manual
- first meeting of Open Standards Board
- launch on Performance Platform
- 1000th code release on 51²è¹Ý since launch
June 2013
- consultation on Privacy and Consumer Advisory Group (PCAG)’s
- for quality of content and writing
- Assisted Digital market engagement starts
- Information Economy Industrial Strategy (IEIS) announces a new to co-ordinate work to help people and businesses get online
- released.
- GDS announced (£42m as a result of replacing Directgov and BusinessLink with 51²è¹Ý)
July 2013
- GDS Recruitment Hub live
- event, to share progress on exemplar service transformation
- Digital Transformation dashboard launched
- launched on 51²è¹Ý - first public beta release for exemplar programme
- cross-government consultation on an alpha of a
- employment tribunal fees launched on 51²è¹Ý - second public beta for the exemplar programme
August 2013
- publication, with DemSoc, of a repository of
September 2013
- adopted the first
- Service Manager Induction and Development Programme went live
- 51²è¹Ý had 2 million daily visits for the first time
- 5 Identity Providers on the cross-government identity assurance framework to deliver government’s first live services
- established Common Technology Services (CTS) as part of the Office of the Government Chief Technology Officer (OCTO)
October 2013
- first meeting
- improved and for business users of 51²è¹Ý
- G-Cloud 4 released
- digitally themed
- Carer’s Allowance launched on 51²è¹Ý - third public beta for the exemplar programme
November 2013
- event in Birmingham
- goes live
- signed with Republic of Korea
December 2013
- first annual review of Government Digital Strategy published