A presentation at Ada Lovelace Day Live! 2016 in in London, UK by Jenny Duckett
Jenny Duckett Senior developer, GOV.UK Government Digital Service @jenny_duckett
GDS https://www.gov.uk
Building GOV.UK without breaking the web
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GDS https://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/8040082207/
GDS https://github.com/alphagov/static/pull/94
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GDS https://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/8741310890/
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GDS We moved 312 government organisations onto GOV.UK
Why bother redirecting URLs from the old sites?
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GDS https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/problems-at-work/dealing-with-grievances-at-work/
GDS https://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/8026292387/
GDS https://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/8029199882/
GDS https://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/8035353087/
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GDS Users don’t have a choice about interacting with government
What did we do?
GDS We built tools to handle 800 old websites across 1,500 domains
GDS https://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/8593418070/
GDS Mapping is not an exact science
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Designing with data
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What do end users see?
GDS http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/governmentcitizensandrights/gettinglegaladvice/ gettinglegaladviceandlegalaid/index.htm
GDS https://www.gov.uk/legal-aid
GDS http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/newsroom/news_releases/2010/101015-structure-charts.aspx
GDS http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/newsroom/news_releases/2010/101015-structure-charts.aspx
GDS http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101213114420/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ newsroom/news_releases/2010/101015-structure-charts.aspx
GDS http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/this-url-never-existed
What’s happening now?
GDS 802 sites 1,664 domains 495 government users 338 organisations 2,089,545 mappings 3 million requests per day
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Jenny Duckett Senior developer, GOV.UK Government Digital Service @jenny_duckett
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