Posts about who we are and how we work.
...work done to date and our ambitions for what’s yet to come: “onwards”. That’s the direction we’re all heading; not so much parting ways, more like just forking the repository....
...and Government Innovation in the Cabinet Office since 2013, and is now leading the data workstream at GDS. His name will ring bells with anyone who’s worked in the data...
Last month I was invited to give a talk as at the Cambridge University Computer Science lab.
...their vital role in the future of government as a platform as Pete Herlihy wrote just the other day, the status tracking and notifications platform team is working together with...
Three months ago, when I was appointed Minister for the Cabinet Office, one of the first things I wanted to do was visit GDS. I'd worked with GDS over recent...
...Mayank Prakash at DWP, and Sarah Wilkinson at HO amongst them. As we continue to develop the Digital and Technology profession in government there can only be more opportunity for...
...staff who’ve been generous with their time as I poked around their services, to the digital teams in departments and agencies who’ve knuckled down and redesigned their services around their...
A few weeks ago, we welcomed some friends from America to our office in London, members of the United States Digital Service (USDS) and 18F.
A little rant, if you’ll forgive the indulgence. It includes a confession, to make up for the ranting.
Back in January, the Australian government said it would be setting up a new Digital Transformation Office. That was great news. We were happy to welcome Australia to our international community of governments
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