Simple things are complicated: making a show password option
Adding a 'show password' option to GOV.UK accounts looked like a straightforward task, but it was more interesting and complicated than we expected.
Updated: Fri May 07 2021
Digital route review- first six apprenticeships launching (April 2021)
The launch of the first six apprenticeships arising from the work on the digital route review has been eagerly awaited and I am happy to say we can now publish details. The apprenticeships in question and arrangements are as follow ...
Updated: Thu Apr 29 2021
Sowing seeds for a bright future
This past year has been incredibly challenging for all of us. As we emerge from our third lockdown and reflect on how life has changed, I am so proud of all that has been achieved across the agriculture, environmental and ...
Updated: Thu Apr 29 2021
Using evidence to build a roadmap, plus a 10-step guide
Jen Staves explains how the DfE content design community of practice used evidence to build their roadmap, and shares a useful 10-point guide for how you can do the same with your community.
Updated: Thu Apr 29 2021
Want a career in digital? The Home Office Digital Career Development Programme is now open
Charlotte Sides launched her career as a software engineer on the Home Office Digital Career Development Programme. Read about her journey here. Applications for the Programme are now open.
Updated: Tue Mar 30 2021
How we fixed a strange 'week year' bug
When a pull request failed because of an incorrect creation date, the GOV.UK Pay team investigated the cause. Here's how they found and fixed the bug.
Updated: Wed Mar 24 2021
Join the next cross-government API Community of Practice meetup
If you're in the public sector and are working on APIs, find out more about our API Community of Practice and attend our upcoming event.
Updated: Thu Mar 18 2021
The Cyber Support team's technical remediation and support activities
During the cyber security discovery last year, we identified five areas of opportunity for MHCLG to support councils in improving their cyber health. One of these areas was technical remediation: providing support to councils identified through the survey on mitigating ...
Updated: Thu Mar 18 2021
Wheel of Misfortune: Incident rehearsal for GOV.UK PaaS
Rehearsing for incidents with replica environments to perform hands on investigations takes a lot of setting up. The GOV.UK Platform as a Service team wanted to see if they could get a lot of the value with a reduced amount of setup time and cost.
Updated: Thu Mar 04 2021
Kicking off the Cyber Health Framework Alpha phase
In June 2020 the Local Digital Cyber team completed a discovery into cyber security at local authorities. We found that: There are many cyber standards, but no clear baseline. An effective cyber baseline must encompass culture, leadership and 'cyber first' ...
Updated: Tue Mar 02 2021
Creating a more flexible funding model for the Local Digital Fund
Since 2018, the Local Digital Collaboration Unit (LDCU) has funded 35 projects through multiple phases of work and across five rounds of funding - including our relatively recent C-19 Challenge. Through the Local Digital Fund, we've given out nearly £5 ...
Updated: Wed Feb 17 2021