How we’re taking fishing rod licences digital
In the last of our Blogs celebrating National Fishing Month, Digital Product Manager Melinda Twigg shares some reflections on her team’s work over the past year to develop digital fishing licences.
Preservation, compliance, and registration: three keys to managing our precious water resources
In World Water Week Mark Harvett, a digital product manager at the Environment Agency, tells us about the impacts of the driest period in nearly 50 years on our water resources and the role of email alerts in helping abstractors comply with conditions on their abstraction licences.
Check, check, check; new rod licence app continues to bring benefits
Service Manager Joe Simpson explains how Environment Agency Fisheries Enforcement Officers (FEOs) have been making leaps and bounds in licence checking, thanks to a new app designed and built by Defra’s ‘I Want to Fish’ digital team.
Hooked, line and sinker: how feedback has helped improve the rod licensing process
As National Fishing Month gets underway, Jenny Yates, Service Owner for Defra’s ‘I Want to Fish’ service, explains how feedback has helped the service to make further improvements to benefit anglers.
How we’re doing our bit for World Water Day
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Tim Tamimi and Mark Harvett, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra interaction, Open data, Software tools, User research
Today, we celebrate World Water Day with an update on our Water Resources Licensing Service (WRLS) from Product Owner Mark Harvett and Principal Developer Tim Tamimi.
A Document Management Service fit for the future
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Andrea Purdy, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra services, Digital transformation, Open data
Environment Agency Data and Intelligence Manager Andrea Purdy reflects on the work to modernise an ageing records management system and the learning that has been gained from the project.
All in a day’s work: the life of a Delivery Manager in Defra Digital
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Mike Douthwaite, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra interaction, Defra services, Software tools, User research
Defra Digital Delivery Manager Mike Douthwaite tells us about a working typical day for him which includes everything from agile working to supporting product managers, to recruiting new team members, and celebrating success.
Email alerts – helping water abstractors do their bit for climate change
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Mark Harvett, Posted on:
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Defra content design, Defra digital, Defra services, Digital transformation, Software tools, User research
As people around the world mobilise for the Global Day of Action for the Climate, the Environment Agency’s Mark Harvett, one of the Product Owners for the Water Resources Licensing Service, explains how a new email alert service will enable abstractors to be more in-step with available water resources.
Passing the ‘GDS test’ feels like such an achievement
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Claire Quigley and Joe Simpson, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Digital transformation, Software tools, User research
Two members of the Digital delivery team responsible for Defra’s flagship Get a Fishing Licence service reflect on their recent experience of navigating the final stage of the Government Digital Service accreditation process, moving the service from Public Beta to Live.
Turning river level data into meaningful content
Defra deals in data. And lots of it. A big part of the department’s job is to collect, process and, through careful service design, convert data into something useful for citizens, businesses and other agencies.
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