News and blogs tagged as "public sector"
Links roundup 6 January 2012
Massive cakes, upside down underwater gardening and building your own Hadron Collider. Lots to make, do and see in our weekly links roundup...
Single UK government visual identity
No one in the country can by now fail to be aware of the dramatic cuts which are being made to public spending.
IE6 support costs taxpayers millions
A recent petition to the government to encourage departments to upgrade from the antiquated IE6 was rebuffed on the grounds of cost, but fails to take into account the current costs of ensuring new websites are compatible.
Procurement; taking another look at the definition of 'good practice'
The public sector seems to be entering into an almost feverish period of introspection at the moment; what's the role of government, how do we deliver services, does social engineering work? Here at Rckt we work at a variety of levels with a large range of public sector clients, so naturally we have been exposed to these conversations and their consequences.
UK.gov: Testing, 123
Without unlimited time and budgets, cross-browser testing always involves compromise – so how can government websites satisfy everyone?
Lies and statistics: Sheffield dentists cause cancer
New government website has a million and one tabloid scare stories.
BBC innovation Labs, Part 2
Part 2 of our blog of our journey to applying for the next stage of the process… in the vaguest possible terms.
Sheffield’s top designers win place on HSE national roster
Rocket has won a place on the Health and Safety Executive’s UK roster to provide web design and development services until 2010.
Government campaign to act on CO2 relies on SEO
Is public information relying on search engine optimisation techniques a risky strategy?