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A new way of working: single technical direction  

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A new way of working: single technical direction  

To improve PDS focus on delivery and its ability to effectively prioritise work on a new website for Parliament, our development team is moving to a new way of working.

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Meet Rebecca one of our new Developers

Julie Byrne, 7 March 2016 — Experts in what we do, Recruitment

Rebecca has recently joined the Digital Service working in the Rapid Apps team, here is her story of how she became a developer.

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Crowdsourcing questions on Twitter

Matt Instone, 28 January 2016 — Be where people are, Digital strategy, Simplicity, Social Media

Read how select committees have been using Twitter to crowdsource questions to help them hold ministers and other powerful figures to account on behalf of the public.

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Parliament web forums

Matt Instone, 7 December 2015 — Digital strategy, Focus on core work

Since 2007 Parliament has been using web forums to help committees of MPs gather evidence for their inquiries. Find out how these targeted web forums have helped Parliament to represent the public and hold the Government to account.

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Exploring digital: data visualisation

Oli Hawkins, 3 December 2015 — Data and search, Digital strategy, Open

Last week, data visualisation specialist Andy Kirk presented the final talk of the year in Parliament’s series of seminars on Exploring Digital. The session explored the challenges of visualising data effectively and the approaches practitioners could take to meet them.

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A digital strategy for Parliament - making it real

Tracy Green, 12 November 2015 — Digital strategy

I’ve been Head of Strategy in the Parliamentary Digital Service since July and thought it duly time to share what I’ve been doing with my colleagues since then on developing a digital strategy for Parliament.

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About our new PMQs podcast

Matt Instone, 21 October 2015 — Be where people are, Digital strategy, Social Media

We've just started hosting a podcast of PMQs on the UK Parliament SoundCloud account and we’d be interested to hear any suggestions you might have about how we might develop this new service.

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The value of parliamentary data

Tracy Green, 9 October 2015 — Focus on core work, Open

Parliamentary data

Last week we were lucky enough to have Tom Standage, deputy editor of The Economist, come into Parliament to talk about digital strategy and the future of news in a digital world.

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Digital exploration – the journey so far

Tracy Green, 21 September 2015 — Digital strategy, Open

Rose Cameron

Since the beginning of the year, the Parliamentary Digital Service has played host to a series of seminars entitled Exploring Digital. The idea is to bring together in Parliament, thought leaders in the digital space with parliamentary staff and Members.

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Innovating for democracy

Tracy Green, 27 June 2015 — Digital strategy, Experts in what we do

Just before the election I went along to NESTA to an event all about Democracy Innovation. I was privileged to be able to talk about the work of the Digital Democracy Commission and also to hear from people developing new technologies and tools for civic and political purpose in the UK.

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Recruiting Digital Development Director

Rob Greig, 15 June 2015 — Digital strategy, Experts in what we do, Recruitment

The Parliamentary Digital Service came into being on the 1st of April, and behind the name change it is still very much two teams: Parliamentary Information Communication Technology (PICT) and the Web and Intranet Service (WIS).

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