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GOV.UK updated its brand guidelines in June 2025 to include details on implementing and extending the use of the brand into new contexts and channels.
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The AI Insights series offers government departments and public sector organisations technical guidance on implementing AI solutions effectively, safely and securely.
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The Microsoft 365 Guidance for UK government is a set of recommended configurations for UK government organisations using Microsoft 365
Introduction to content design.
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Guidance for GOV.UK content publishers on how to use images and make them accessible. This chapter also includes the copyright standards for GOV.UK.
This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
The government introduced a ‘Cloud First’ policy in 2013 for all technology decisions.
The Data Maturity Assessment framework is the foundation for measuring, improving and maintaining the health and strength of an organisation’s data ecosystem.
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