I collaborate with other departments to develop standards and guidelines for government websites e.g. accessibility, usability, browser testing, measuring quality etc. I used to be a web developer at Ofsted and then a technical adviser at Cabinet Office. My recent projects include Improving Government Online and Usability Toolkit.
Author: Adam Bailin
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It’s World Usability Day! (November 11th, 2010)
Today is World Usability Day and to mark the occasion, we here at Digigov have developed an introduction to low cost usability methods that might be useful to you in these austere times.
Web Accessibility Standard Available for Comment (June 11th, 2010)
The British Standard for Web Accessibility BS8878 has been published as a second draft and is available for comments until 30 June 2010.
Plaudits for audit event (January 27th, 2010)
Government executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) came to find out about website auditing, forming part of a package of improvements offered by COI including standard measures for website quality, value for money and usability
COI Guidance TG124 re-issued (January 8th, 2010)
COI guidance TG124 Structuring information on the Web for re-usability is now re-issued as version 1.2.
Measuring digital engagement (December 6th, 2009)
What is the cost-benefit of the government’s use of digital media for engagement? COI is looking to develop some level of consensus on the measures used.
Government websites should meet basic usability criteria (November 24th, 2009)
It’s basic stuff but essential knowledge for anyone developing content for government or any other websites.
Digital inclusion, disabled audiences and web accessibility through personalisation (October 30th, 2009)
“There’s nothing on there that you couldn’t get from Teletext.”
Update on move to WCAG 2.0 (October 16th, 2009)
Compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines is acceptable at Level Double-A of version 1.0 or the equivalent level in version 2.0.
Benefits of government website auditing (September 24th, 2009)
If I visit a government website, how much does it cost me? Is it value for money? I want to know!
Web accessibility: roadmap to WCAG 2.0 (September 8th, 2009)
So what might a plan to transition from version 1.0 to version 2.0 look like?
- It’s World Usability Day!
- The costs and use of central government websites
- Web Accessibility Standard Available for Comment
- The tyranny of content management systems
- Plaudits for audit event
- Avoiding sub-domains in Web addresses
- COI Guidance TG124 re-issued
- Auditing Government Websites Event
- What sets of URIs should we create?
- Measuring digital engagement
- digigov: IAB UK Social » COI’s 2011 social media predictions… http://t.co/64HsX52
- digigov: BS8878 Web Accessibility: Code of Practice now available on the BSI website http://www.bsigroup.com/BS8878 #bs8878
- digigov: Check out our introduction to low cost usability evaluation methods in recognition of World Usability Day #wud2010 http://bit.ly/cj9oHn
- digigov: RT @kulpreetsingh: Today is World Usability Day - Acknowledge, support & thank those who make products & services more accessible & usab ...
