Guidance and regulation

Central government organisations are expected to use the GOV.UK website for their publishing, unless there’s a good reason not to.

• From: Government Digital Service
• Updated: 8 December 2023

GOV.UK Verify was a secure way to prove who you are online. It made it safe, quick and easy to access some services on GOV.UK.

• From: Government Digital Service
• Updated: 26 April 2023

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Avoid duplicating effort and unnecessary costs by collaborating across government and sharing and reusing technology, data, and services.

• From: Central Digital and Data Office
• Updated: 24 July 2023

Follow this guidance to understand how to become a .gov.uk Approved Registrar

• From: Central Digital and Data Office
• Updated: 6 July 2023

Find out how to become the custodian of a register.

• From: Government Digital Service
• Updated: 3 August 2016

Find out how GOV.UK Notify collects and uses personal information when you complete its user satisfaction survey.

• From: Government Digital Service
• Updated: 1 May 2020

All government services must use the functionality of mandated central services: GOV.UK Notify and GOV.UK Pay.

• From: Central Digital and Data Office
• Updated: 23 February 2024

Find out what a .gov.uk Approved Registrar does, how to choose one and information about pricing.

• From: Cabinet Office and 1 others
• Updated: 6 March 2024

Follow these instructions to connect your Apple iOS device to GovWifi.

• From: Government Digital Service
• Updated: 24 January 2017

Follow these instructions to connect your Windows device to GovWifi.

• From: Government Digital Service
• Updated: 3 January 2017

Follow these instructions to connect your Apple macOS device to GovWifi.

• From: Government Digital Service
• Updated: 22 December 2016

You must agree to these terms and conditions to use GovWifi.

• From: Government Digital Service
• Updated: 24 May 2018