Posts about our progress in developing GOV.UK Verify
We posted in December about our plan for a trial use of GOV.UK Verify to allow people to access HMRC’s self-assessment service. We’re doing the trial on a relatively small scale over a limited period (ending at midnight on 27 …
We posted in October listing some of the services we were expecting to start using GOV.UK Verify between October 2014 and March 2015. This post provides an update on our plans. Four out of the 6 services we listed as starting …
Self-Assessment is the biggest digital transaction by volume of users - each year around 2.8 million people access the service on their own behalf, and another 5.7 million returns are filed by agents. We’re working with HMRC to carry out …
GOV.UK Verify has been in public beta since 14 October. One of the services we've been working with is rural payments. We’ve been working with the service and with our certified companies to gather and respond to feedback from early users …
The Contract Notice for the next framework for certified companies (formally known as identity providers) has now been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The procurement documents are also publicly available to download - look under the heading 'Procurements …
We’ve been working to finalise all the documents for the procurement of our next contractual Framework Agreement for certified companies. We’ve now completed all the paperwork and expect the formal Contract Notice to be published in the Official Journal of …
We’ve reached another important milestone this week on the identity assurance programme - the second certified company (or 'identity provider') has joined the GOV.UK Verify public beta. Experian took part in our private beta from February to October and was …
At our market briefing event on 30 October we talked about our intention to launch Procurement 2 at the end of November. Since then we've been busy reviewing the procurement documents on the basis of feedback we received at the event and finalising them for publication. Our …
Janet recently wrote about the services that plan to start using GOV.UK Verify over the next 6 months and how, by March 2016, we’re aiming for all services that require identity assurance for individuals to be using GOV.UK Verify. I’m …
I work as a user researcher for GOV.UK Verify. The core of what I do is understanding how GOV.UK Verify works for real people, and finding ways to make it simpler and better. One of the most valuable ways to …
