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Standing Firm in Power and Pride

Standing Firm in Power and Pride

I am a Black woman of Jamaican heritage, born and raised in London. My parents instilled in me the values of dignity, honesty, and compassion. They taught me to stand up for myself and for others. My father had a …

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Sustaining development: the true cost of running an IT system

Posted by: Arif Harbott, Posted on: 25 May 2016 - Categories: Development, Technology
Diagram showing the costs of running an IT system

The real long-term costs of running IT or software – and why it makes sense to invest in improvements to avoid expensive glitches later on.

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Hey big spender: spend a little time on IT

Posted by: Helen Mott, Posted on: 9 May 2016 - Categories: Agile, Development, Technology, User research
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You should spend time exploring your options before buying or building a service, and always make sure you can change it in the future.

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Ants v elephants: microservices and monolithic systems

Posted by: Jane Stead, Posted on: 23 March 2016 - Categories: Courts and tribunals, Prisons
Leaf-cutting ants carry their piece of leaf back to the nest, where smaller workers cut the leaves into small pieces – courtesy of Wikipedia

How microservices made up of small applications can be more effective than big behemoth IT systems.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the cloud and platforms but were afraid to ask

Posted by: Scott Colfer, Posted on: 22 March 2016 - Categories: Development
Sunrise, with clouds

We’ve developed our own cloud platform service, but what does that mean – and why does it matter?

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Help with fees: doing the hard work, so you don't have to

Posted by: Kellie, Posted on: 21 March 2016 - Categories: Courts and tribunals, Design
Images of people at court and at home with the form

The public were doing all the hard work in assessing their eligibility for financial help with court and tribunal fees. A new service places the administrative task with court staff.

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How we're transforming justice: Digital Justice speech at Sprint 16

Posted by: Arif Harbott, Posted on: 26 February 2016 - Categories: Courts and tribunals, Development, Prisons, User research
Arif Harbott's speech on Digital Justice and transforming the justice system at the Sprint 16 government digital event on 11 February 2016.

Arif Harbott, our Chief Digital & Information Officer, talks about transforming the justice system at the Sprint 16 government digital conference.

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Platforms, postcodes and pushing services live: a year in the life of our platforms team

Posted by: Al Davidson, Posted on: 15 February 2016 - Categories: Development
The MOJ Digital platforms team

How our platforms team created a postcode lookup service, developed a toolkit for live services and slashed hosting costs, all before its 1st birthday.

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How the right content can support significant business change

Posted by: Leigh Money, Posted on: 13 January 2016 - Categories: Content, Courts and tribunals
Help with fees video still

How the right content has eased significant business change and helped to maintain quality control for court staff processing applications for help with fees.

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Making it easier for staff to process help with court fees applications

Posted by: Leigh Money, Posted on: 5 January 2016 - Categories: Content, Courts and tribunals
Guidance for court and tribunal staff

Processing applications for help with fees used to be a time-consuming and complex task. Adding guidance to the new digital service has reduced processing time and provided support when it's needed.

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Cracking the code and content question

Posted by: Martin Oliver, Posted on: 14 December 2015 - Categories: Content, Design, Development
A content designer at work

Making sure that your service contains the latest content and design isn't easy. Here's how MOJ Digital teams are tackling the challenge.

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