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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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...to central government strategy. These examples are – we hope – the initial positive steps in working better together as one government. Subscribe to this blog to get email updates...

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

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...you work in government, you can join the GDS Advice and Assurance community. Are you working on how to manage the process, governance and data around digital spend within portfolios?...

National Get Online Week: what we’ve been doing

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...digital skills product, demonstrating how to use it while obtaining user feedback. The second session was for those building digital services. It explained how to use the Digital Marketplace to...