UK claims number 2 spot in OECD digital government rankings
The UK has come second in the Digital Government Index (DGI) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). We share why this is important, and what's next for us.
GDS team
Posts about who we are and how we work.
Leading GDS through the expected and unexpected
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Alison Pritchard - former Director General, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team, People and skills
In Alison Pritchard's final blog post as Director General for GDS, she reflects on her 13-month tenure.
As social media changes, so does GDS’s Playbook
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Vanessa Schneider - Senior Channels and Community Manager, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Accessibility, Content design, GDS team, People and skills
New social media platforms and trends, and trends on these platforms, spring up all the time. To keep users of the GDS Social Media Playbook informed, Vanessa Schneider highlights key changes and updates.
Digital, data and technology (DDaT) senior leadership changes
Alex Chisholm, Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office, gives an update on senior leadership changes in the digital, data and technology (DDaT) profession.
Goodbye GDS, “Hello, World!”
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Kevin Cunnington - former Director General, GDS, Posted on:
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GDS team, People and skills, Transformation
When I joined GDS as Director General nearly 3 years ago, I said I wanted to strengthen and accelerate our work to help transform government and improve public services for citizens. For me personally, it’s mission accomplished.
What the multi-disciplinary GovTech Catalyst team has learned one year on
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Ian Tester - Head of Product, GovTech Catalyst, GDS, Posted on:
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Digital strategy, GDS team
It’s been one year since the first GovTech Catalyst competition was launched. We share what we’ve discovered through working with a huge range of suppliers and organisations across the UK.
Learn more about the new mentoring scheme from the GDS Women’s Network
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Katherine Stevens - Senior developer and Ciara Davey - Senior user researcher, Posted on:
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GDS team, People and skills
If you’re looking for a mentor or would like to offer your skills as one, our new scheme could be for you. Find out how it works and how you can get involved.
Podcast: The year in review at GDS
For our last podcast of 2018 we thought we'd look back over the past year. Listen to us talk about what GDS has achieved and what we're looking forward to in 2019.
Podcast: Find out about the GDS Women’s Network
For our latest podcast episode we're joined by Liz Lutgendorff and Rosa Fox from the GDS Women's Network. We talk about why the network was set up, what it does and discuss wider issues of inclusion and diversity.
Breaking down barriers to digital career progression
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Kevin Cunnington - former Director General, GDS and Tia Priest - Diversity and Inclusion Manager, Posted on:
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GDS team, People and skills
We want to increase ethnic minority representation at Senior Civil Servant level, so we held an event to find out what was stopping progression. Learn what was discussed and what government departments are doing about it.
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What’s next for digital identity in government?
Find out how we’re working with government teams to co-design a single sign-in and digital identity solution that works for all services and their users.