Building GOV.UK without breaking the web

Jenny Duckett Senior developer, GOV.UK   Government Digital Service   @jenny_duckett

GDS https://www.gov.uk

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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://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