2. e-petitions – the first GDS product
e-petitions is the first product delivered
by Government Digital Service during
the summer of this year.
Delivered using a mix of GDS
expertise and suppliers from the SME
marketplace.
Delivered in just 6 weeks including
procurement.
Cheap.
Public domain photo
by U.S. Navy
3. e-petitions – the first 100 days
We had immense load immediately
following launch - somewhat
inconveniently at the time of the Riots,
swamped us, which we quickly fixed
Continued with agility reacting to user
feedback to make incremental
enhancements
A product is never really delivered, it is
just released and continually evolves
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4. e-petitions – in numbers
Since we have launched, we have
25,000
had over 25,000 petitions, 3 million
signatures, and of these 6 have
passed the magic 100,000
3 million
threshold for a petition become
eligible for a debate.
Importantly the government has
6
acted on these petitions that have
reached the threshold – inspiring
confidence.
5. e-petitions – is the product effective?
Widespread media coverage... especially
through social media, where mechanisms
we have included for twitter and facebook
allow people to garner support from
likeminded people very easily.
The most popular petitions have reached
their 100k target inside 4 or 5 days.
From the citizen view - hugely effective.
6. e-petitions – one final thought
Every minute of every
It costs us less than
hour of every day, 18
1p per transaction!
people sign an e-petition...
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