{"id":1834,"date":"2015-11-26T15:14:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T15:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ee.yelkdev.site\/?p=1834"},"modified":"2023-09-30T20:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T19:35:21","slug":"how-we-delivered-an-exemplar-service-for-the-home-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equalexperts.com\/blog\/whats-new\/how-we-delivered-an-exemplar-service-for-the-home-office\/","title":{"rendered":"How we delivered an Exemplar service for the Home Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QONKI2veP2I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In January 2013, the UK Government began its digital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/transformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transformation Programme<\/a> with a self-imposed mission: to transform 25 key services, \u201cmaking them digital by default and simpler, clearer and faster to use\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>One of those services was the Visa and Immigration Online Application Service \u2013 which Equal Experts was enlisted to develop in collaboration with the Home Office.<\/p>\n<p>With the initial service now live (and already delivering great results) members of the team that delivered it took a moment to reflect on how far we\u2019ve come \u2013 and where we still have to go. 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