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7 things we learnt on our US visit

Posted by: Olivia Neal and Rory Smith, Posted on: 17 November 2016 - Categories: Digital Service Platforms, GDS team, People and skills
A group photo of the attendees of the International Visitors Leadership Program

The US government runs an International Visitors Leadership Program, which brings together future leaders from around the world. The most recent visit was for future digital and technology leaders and GDS was invited to take part. We wanted to share what we learnt.

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GDS, USDS and sharing expertise

Posted by: Liam Maxwell and Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 20 January 2015 - Categories: GOV.UK, Transformation

One of our design principles at GDS is “Make things open: it makes them better.” Since GDS was set up in 2012, working in the open has been a big part of who we are.  It’s great for us to …

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