Ethically hacking digital justice
Our first blog on ethical hacking, giving insight into what it is, how it works and how we use it to ensure citizens feel safe when interacting with our services, and to guarantee the privacy of their data.
Development
Technical architecture at MOJ Digital
When we build digital services like booking a prison visit online we usually start small and then test and refine as we go along. This 'iterative' approach has major implications for the role of the technical architect.
One small step for a programmer, a giant leap for our graduate programme
Our Greek graduate, Evangelos Giataganas, gives us the low-down on the newly created MOJ Digital graduate programme.
Make a plea online: a product in the making
Working out of Manchester’s magistrates’ court, we’re developing a product that fulfils a defined user need and can be deployed nationwide.
TechCrunch Disrupt Europe 2014
During the weekend MOJ Digital sponsored and took part in the TechCrunch Disrupt Europe event. It is a startup-centric conference and hackathon where hundreds of developers come together and form teams to build something from the ground up in just 24 hours.
Creating accessible services for all
At Ministry of Justice Digital Services, we have to make sure that everything we build is accessible for all of our users. This means making sure we design our products so they can be used by blind or partially-sighted people …
MOJ Digital comes second at Public Sector Hackathon
Last week MOJ Digital Services took part in the Public Sector Hackathon in London, and came second for an API! A ‘hackathon’ is an event in which developers get together - often over a long day or two - to …
Managing the consistency challenge across MOJ services
As the number of projects that we’re working on began increasing, we realised that we needed a better way of managing dependencies and style consistency. Introducing the MOJ template The result has been that our frontend development team has created …
Finding a family court
This week we finalised work on changes to the court finder ahead of the introduction of the single family court on 22 April. You can now quickly find out which court to go for adoption, divorce or children cases, by entering your postcode and …
Faster testing with VCR
Recently we have used VCR as part of our testing procedure for the court finder project. This has brought numerous benefits such as: increasing the adoption of sensible defaults and development of a common style of testing web services allowing …
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