Changes to search on Parliament's websites
In this update, we'll be talking about the work that we've done to improve the search results on parliament.uk and how we created a unified search.
Digital strategy
From the BBC to Parliament: my first few weeks
Stevey Robertson joined PDS a few weeks ago as design lead. He's written about how he's found it and what the highlights have been so far.
Helping others make the most of online tools
The digital collaboration team have written about what they do and how they work.
Going live with the statutory instruments service: the challenges and lessons learned
Sarah Purssell has written about the new statutory instruments service, the challenges of building it, and what the team learned from it.
Who is Parliament's website for?
Steve Bromley has written about who our website is for and why it's important to be realistic about who our audiences are.
Why I still love working in Parliament 8 years on
Dan Cook has recently started a new role and has been working in Parliament for eight years. He's written about why he still enjoys working here.
Learning new things on home turf
Helen Harrison manages an MP's constituency office. Working for a new MP meant that her team were new too and she wanted to find out how they could use technology more efficiently. So she asked our user engagement team for help.
Improving Parliament's online visitor experience
We’ve just finished the alpha phase of improving Parliament's online visitor information, where we did rapid prototyping and testing. Here's what we learned.
The impact of civic technology - thoughts from TICTeC
Sara and Matthieu of the data and search team went to TICTeC in Lisbon. This conference on the impact of civic technology gathered together researchers, funders, and practitioners and was rich in content. Here's a summary from Matthieu.
How our constituency office is benefitting from Office 365
Myles is a parliamentary assistant and he's written about how technology is helping him and his MP work more efficiently.