Rory Smith

Rory is a Product Manager at the Government Digital Service (GDS). He is part of the team building GOV.UK Pay, the new simple, secure way to pay for government services online. He has previously worked as an advisor to Mike Bracken and Stephen Foreshew-Cain as Executive Directors of GDS.

Local government services to start using GOV.UK Pay

Posted by: Rory Smith and Till Wirth, Posted on: 12 September 2017 - Categories: GOV.UK Pay, Government as a Platform

So far, GOV.UK Pay has only been available to central government bodies, but we’re now ready to start offering GOV.UK Pay to local government.

7 things we learnt on our US visit

Posted by: Olivia Neal and Rory Smith, Posted on: 17 November 2016 - Categories: GDS team, Government as a Platform, People and skills

The US government runs an International Visitors Leadership Program, which brings together future leaders from around the world. The most recent visit was for future digital and technology leaders and GDS was invited to take part. We wanted to share what we learnt.

A hack day to test Government as a Platform

Posted by: Rory Smith, Posted on: 5 February 2016 - Categories: Events, Government as a Platform

Last week, GDS hosted a hack day for developers from across government.