Got my new passport today. Hate the fact it's not longer an EU one.
The GOV UK website is a bloody shambles too.
You can't have one single account to access everything. No you need two. And then you find out that for some reason you can't do a particular thing online because of a problem and you have to fill in forms from the post office.
Not available in every office either, but a selected ones. And no you can't download the forms or get them posted to you, you have to pick them up.
#govuk
RE: https://ruby.social/@floehopper/116421029811101440
There does now appear to be a *public* page at least, but no RSS/Atom feed... π« (bit of a weird URL too!)
https://redirect.contractawardservice.crowncommercial.gov.uk/digital-outcomes/opportunities
cc @knotnicky
I've signed this open letter asking NHS England to keep its code open.
> Code paid for with public money should be open to the public. This principle is enshrined in the UK Government Design Principles and the NHS Service Standard. It is now being walked back. We are signing this to restate the case.
Please consider signing, particularly if you've ever contributed to UK public-sector software.
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Coding in the open: so many benefits; so few downsides!
https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2017/09/04/the-benefits-of-coding-in-the-open/
> Public services are built with public money. So unless thereβs a good reason not to do so, the code theyβre based on should be made available for people to reuse and build on.
Point 12 of the GOV.UK Service Standard:
> Make new source code open
>
> Make all new source code open and reusable, and publish it under appropriate licences. Or if this is not possible, provide a convincing explanation of why this cannot be done for specific subsets of the source code.
https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/service-standard/point-12-make-new-source-code-open
Is there a way to get a some kind of feed of opportunities on the UK government's Digital Outcomes & Specialists framework? Ideally an RSS/Atom feed, but an email subscription would suffice.
The websites run by the Crown Commercial Service (now the Government Commercial Agency) are in such a state it's impossible to work out what's going on.
Revolting timeline of HMRC not understanding for 2 years how it's possible to apply for HMRC tax filing API access NOT to be a capitalist, but to file taxes for yourself and share code publicly.
https://github.com/ac000/libmtdac/discussions/18
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