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Chad Bond - former Deputy Director for Standards Assurance, Government Digital Service

Head of Service, Standards Assurance Service

Driving better outcomes through continuous support

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Transformation is exciting, but can be intimidating at the same time. It also doesn't always go to plan. GDS Standards Assurance and UK Export Finance want to share our transformation journey, focusing on how we got to the point where we are doing the right things, in the right way, at the right time.

Spend controls: saving money and making things better

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...and departments work closely together to improve the process and to make better services as a result. Clear support and close collaboration When we worked with departments to design the...

How GDS is saving money and thousands of hours through departments' digital transformations

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...enables us to appreciate and understand the barriers and constraints, and sometimes the opportunities on site. Change is often hard and takes time. Since 2016 we’ve blogged on how we’ve...

National Get Online Week: what we’ve been doing

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...some great resources and activities from 3D printers, virtual reality headsets, coding, augmented reality programming and app design. We’ve started fundraising already and are looking for ways to get our...

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