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GOV.UK Verify and Mydex CIC
We have recently concluded the process of setting up a new framework for certified companies. Mydex CIC will not be a certified company in the next framework for identity providers. However, Mydex CIC will continue to work with the Identity …
Gender and GOV.UK Verify
GOV.UK Verify uses a range of certified companies which users choose from to verify their identity for services on GOV.UK. People sometimes ask why these companies ask users to specify their gender. We thought it would be useful to give …
GOV.UK Verify developers: how our team works
Software developer David King gives us an insight into how the GOV.UK Verify developer team works.
Helping services integrate with GOV.UK Verify: Improvements to our onboarding process
Olly wrote in November about the development of the onboarding guide and how we had split the process of onboarding services into stages. I’m writing today to elaborate on the 6 stage onboarding process and the governance in the programme …
Creating better acceptance criteria
Are you interested in our approach to acceptance criteria and setting the boundaries for user stories on GOV.UK Verify? Read about this - and the effect it has had on the team - in Kit Carrau’s post on the GDS …
GOV.UK Verify and the UK vision for the EU’s digital economy
Four weeks ago Mike Bracken blogged about a vision for the EU's digital economy. Here's a little more about how that vision fits with the work we’re doing on GOV.UK Verify. The UK’s vision for digital work in Europe is based …
The next 6 months: services that plan to start using GOV.UK Verify
We posted in January listing some of the services we were expecting to start using GOV.UK Verify before March 2015. This post provides an update on our plans. Five of the services we listed as starting to use GOV.UK Verify …
GOV.UK Verify on the Performance Platform
From today we have started to publish performance data about GOV.UK Verify on the GOV.UK performance platform as required by Point 17 of the Digital by Default Service Standard which says: Report performance data on the Performance Platform The data is retrospective …
GOV.UK Verify / self-assessment trial complete
By March 2016, GOV.UK Verify will be the default way for people to prove their identity when using digital services that need to know who the user is. In HMRC’s case, this will include a range of personal tax services …
GOV.UK Verify / self-assessment trial - another update
We’ve decided, with HMRC, to extend our trial of GOV.UK Verify and self-assessment further into this last week before the 31 January deadline. The trial was due to close on 27 January, but we've decided to continue to make it …