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It is in-house, GDS is part of the cabinet office, a govt department - https://gds.blog.gov.uk/about/ https://gds.blog.gov.uk/about/ I do get your underlying p
by soneil 8y ago
It is in-house, GDS is part of the cabinet office, a govt department - https://gds.blog.gov.uk/about/ https://gds.blog.gov.uk/about/
I do get your underlying point, but gov.uk has been near-universally lauded as “doing it right” - I think it’s important to take it as an example of “this is actually possible”, rather than brushing it off.
- johnnycab 8y ago>but gov.uk has been near-universally lauded as “doing it right” It would be rather disingenuous to heap any level of universal praise upon gov.uk projects, especially considering the high profile foobars reported on a regular basis. This is just one fresh example: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/08/ir35_tax_check_testing/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/08/ir35_tax_check_test... Despite having a common UI/UX for the front-end, most of the development is conducted by different suppliers e.g. Capita, Cap Gemini, Fujitsu et al. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategic-suppliers https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategic-supplie...