GDS team
Posts about who we are and how we work.
Keeping GOV.UK running takes a lot of work. Like any website, it needs maintenance. And, as an important part of national infrastructure, it’s crucial that it has a team of people available to respond quickly to any problems as they …
GOV.UK Verify recently passed one year in public beta. Programme Director Janet Hughes talks about what the last year has involved, and why the team is focusing on the months ahead.
Mark Branigan, a User Researcher for the Digital Marketplace, shares his experience of the Digital and Technology Fast Stream in the Civil Service.
..."iteration") within your team, but when talking to colleagues in the wider organisation, make a point of using the language they normally use. Until they come to you, take things...
It’s Mike Bracken’s last day today, and on behalf of everyone at GDS I want to say this: thank you, Mike. Government, and government services, have changed beyond all recognition...
...for government as a platform, including discovery projects and ideas for registers. That work was all useful, but it’s just the smallest of beginnings. Our aim, and Paul’s job, is...
Last month I was invited to give a talk as at the Cambridge University Computer Science lab.
...Collaboration is key to doing the work we have to do, and good collaboration comes from good communication. Collaborate both ways Digital transformation isn’t just service design, it’s organisation design....
...- essentially making sure that government 'can do' digital. Today I was at PWC with Greg Hands, co-chairing a discussion on the power of digital to transform the entire public...
...this year, our focus is on gearing up for the Spending Review, and getting a settlement that will enable us to drive the government’s digital agenda forward. So, that’s where...