Same name, new ambitions
Same name, new ambitions
A new chapter begins. We unveil the name and vision for the new digital centre for government.
The same new GDS
...have imagined all these years later there would be the disparity we see today. GDS has a gender-balanced senior management team, but GDS’ Director General Kevin Cunnington and the senior...
GDS introduces students to Artificial Intelligence at TeenTech City
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Mat Gregory - Lead Data Scientist for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Data, People and skills
...- an event showcasing tech and science careers - at the Emirates Stadium. Despite 2018 being Arsène Wenger’s worst season in charge of Arsenal, there was certainly no lack of...
How we worked together to prepare for GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has recently come in to promote transparency around the collection, use and storage of data. In this blog post, we speak to some of the many people across GDS who have been involved in preparing for GDPR.
The first GovTech Fund competition is now live and open for applications
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Nick Tait - Head of Advisory, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital strategy
...companies develop their offers. "In case you missed his speech at #Sprint18, we caught up with Oliver Dowden, Minister for Implementation, on the #GovTechCatalyst challenges he launched today:" How to...
How we write guidance for the Service Manual
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Joe Harrison and Louise Miller - Senior Content Designer, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Content design, Ways of working
...using the language they use. If your service scope is too broad, it won’t be obvious what problem it’s solving. And users won’t be able to get straight to the...
What we’re doing to make it easier to blog at GDS
...only include a selection of blog posts. However, we encourage authors to get in touch with the blog editors they worked on their posts with to find out how their...
10 May 2018: Sprint 18 live blog
If you didn’t get a chance to attend Sprint 18, make sure you read our live blog from the day. It includes a summary of what happened, photos, videos and tweets.
What’s coming up at Sprint 18
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Kevin Cunnington - former Director General, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Sprint, Transformation
Sprint 18 is coming up in 1 week – on 10 May. Kevin Cunnington talks about the themes Sprint will focus on, and how they drive our work and our purpose – to help government work better for everyone.
We’re improving the digital and IT spend controls process
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Nic Harrison and Chad Bond - former Deputy Director for Standards Assurance, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Transformation
We are introducing a new approach to the spend assurance process for technology and digital services across government. Find out how and why we’re doing this.
Consultation launch: accessibility of public sector websites and apps
A poster showing advice for designing for screen reader users. The posters are available to download. This year the UK is implementing the EU Directive on the accessibility of public...
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