Alison Pritchard - former Director General, Government Digital Service

Leading GDS through the expected and unexpected

Alison Pritchard - former Director General, Government Digital Service, 30 September 2020 - GDS team, People and skills

In Alison Pritchard's final blog post as Director General for GDS, she reflects on her 13-month tenure.

A public service odyssey

Alison Pritchard - former Director General, Government Digital Service, 29 August 2019 - Sprint, Transformation

Alison Pritchard was named interim Director General of the Government Digital Service in August 2019. In this post, Alison shares her journey in government so far and talks about what she's looking forward to delivering in the next few months.

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