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

Head of Service, Standards Assurance Service

Driving better outcomes through continuous support

Chad Bond - former Deputy Director for Standards Assurance, Government Digital Service, Tyronne Fisher - Senior Technology Adviser, Joyce Tedone - former Consulting Technical Architect, Government Digital Service and Dan Bowden - Head of Digital Operations, UK Export Finance, 7 April 2020 - Transformation

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

Chad Bond - former Deputy Director for Standards Assurance, Government Digital Service and Tyronne Fisher - Senior Technology Adviser, 16 July 2019 - Transformation

...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

Chad Bond - former Deputy Director for Standards Assurance, Government Digital Service, Chris Marks and Chris Francis, 5 July 2018 - Transformation

...to DWP Digital delivery is the reduced overhead and time costs of governance and assurance for our digital teams. That enables faster achievement of business outcomes, accelerates digital transformation and...

We’re improving the digital and IT spend controls process

Nic Harrison and Chad Bond - former Deputy Director for Standards Assurance, Government Digital Service, 2 May 2018 - Transformation

We are introducing a new approach to the spend assurance process for technology and digital services across government. Find out how and why we’re doing this.

A problem shared is money saved

Chad Bond - former Deputy Director for Standards Assurance, Government Digital Service, 8 December 2016 - Technology, Transformation

...make savings in the heart of government, the lessons learnt can be applied and borrowed to help elsewhere. Whether that may be healthcare or local councils or other areas entirely....

National Get Online Week: what we’ve been doing

Chad Bond - former Deputy Director for Standards Assurance, Government Digital Service and Jacob Bonwitt, 20 October 2016 - Events, GDS team

...basic digital skills free for adults who need extra help. GDS already helps government to create digital services so good that people prefer to use them, and the Service Standard...

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