Celebrating our 5th birthday
GDS turns 5 this week (officially on Thursday 8 December), and we’re celebrating all week.
We’re going to spend some time on this blog looking back at the story so far. We’ll also look forward to the future.
Events
Posts about events we host, cohost or participate in.
National Get Online Week: what we’ve been doing
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Chad Bond - former Deputy Director for Standards Assurance, Government Digital Service and Jacob Bonwitt, Posted on:
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Events, GDS team
This week, there has been a series of events running across the country to celebrate National Get Online Week. We also announced the GDS charity of the year, Dragon Hall.
Unconference: setting our own agenda for the latest all-staff meeting
We hold all-staff meetings to share what we’ve achieved and talk about what we’ll be doing next. People wanted to try an ‘unconference’ so everyone could get more involved.
Inspiring the next generation of digital civil servants
Earlier this month we welcomed a group of GCSE and A-Level computing students into GDS from north London comprehensive school Fortismere.
Doing the hard work to make talks readable
The slides aren't the thing. They're what make you pay attention to the thing.
Transforming government together
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Stephen Foreshew-Cain - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Sprint
Every now and then we do well by taking stock of where we are and to map out the future. Sprint 16 was one of those moments.
11 February 2016: Sprint 16 live blog
Look back at #Sprint16 as it happened with the GDS live blog.
A hack day to test Government as a Platform
Last week, GDS hosted a hack day for developers from across government.
Sprint 16: transforming government
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Stephen Foreshew-Cain - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Sprint, Transformation
In two weeks time, on 11 February, we’ll welcome over 450 people to Sprint 16 at the British Film Institute in London.
GOV.UK Conference round-up
Yesterday we hosted our first GOV.UK Conference; a chance for all departments and agencies that now provide their information and services on GOV.UK to catch up, share ideas, and work together on our future plans.
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Be part of the transformation
If you’re interested in joining us, check out all open opportunities on the GDS careers site.
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