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Introducing GOV.UK Accounts
I last posted back in June about our plans for GOV.UK. We want to help people navigate GOV.UK as quickly and easily as possible, and ensure we can proactively support their needs, without them needing...
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Podcast: The Data Standards Authority
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vjm7sk/DSA_Podcast_v6_FINAL__mixdownbszrq.mp3 The September episode of the Government Digital Service (GDS) Podcast is about the Data Standards Authority. By creating...
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Leading GDS through the expected and unexpected
When I accepted the role of Director General at the Government Digital Service (GDS), I knew it would be both rewarding and challenging. I knew GDS was full of incredibly talented people. And, I knew...
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What happened when we stopped having meetings and sending emails
At GDS, we’ve always promoted the benefits of working in multidisciplinary teams, being co-located as much as possible. Bringing together specialists to work on problems in the same building has clear...
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UK claims number 2 spot in OECD digital government rankings
I’m delighted to share that the UK has come second in the Digital Government Index (DGI) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The rankings were announced at the OECD’s...
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Buying digitally, with social purpose
Improving procurement globally has benefits for citizens, civil servants and governments around the world. It helps tackle corruption and improves services for users. With the global cost of...
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Podcast: Celebrating Black Excellence in Tech
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/jhgvg5/Black_Excellence_Podcast_v4ax6lr.mp3 The October episode of the Government Digital Service (GDS) Podcast is about Black excellence in tech. This episode our...
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New approaches to GOV.UK content
Over the past year we’ve been writing about the ways in which GOV.UK will develop, in order to continue meeting user needs, as expectations around how and where to receive information evolve. We’ve...
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The Document Checking Service: trialling online passport validity checks
We’re running a project to see whether organisations outside government can use real-time passport validity checks to build useful digital services. We’re doing this by making the Document Checking...
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Podcast: GOV.UK Pay
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/play/t3fwek/GOVUK_Pay_Podcast_FINALb4x7d.mp3 GOV.UK Pay is the government’s payment service. It allows service teams across the public sector to take payments quickly,...
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GDS turns 9
Fiona Deans, Director General Today GDS turns 9. We’ve come a long way since a small team assembled in a government building near Waterloo, tasked with making a revolution in digital government a...
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Podcast: GDS in 2020
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/play/8sh7yz/2020_in_review_podcast_FINAL8c7qt.mp3 The final episode of the Government Digital Service (GDS) Podcast in 2020 is a look back at what happened over the past 12...
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New year, new DDaT leadership
I last blogged about our digital, data, and technology (DDaT) ambitions back in August, when we launched the recruitment competitions for the Government Chief Digital Officer (GCDO) and the GDS Chief...
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Spending Review - getting the right funding for the right challenges
The whole of government has just been through a Spending Review (SR) process, which is where departments work with the Treasury to outline the work they want to do over the coming year (or sometimes...
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Delivering digital transformation through remote partnerships
The Government Digital Service (GDS) is a world leader in digital government and leads the UK’s digital transformation, which is built upon principles that reflect the role of digital in supporting an...
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Government as a Platform (GaaP) milestones
Government as a Platform (GaaP) products make it easy for service teams to design and host services, send messages and take payments, making it quicker and cheaper to create the essential services the...
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Podcast: The Clinically Extremely Vulnerable People Service
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xs54ry/VPS_Podcast_Final_v18l9tm.mp3 The Clinically Extremely Vulnerable People Service - or “VPS” - was set up as part of the government’s response to coronavirus to...
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Introduction to the No.10 Fellowship Programme
The No.10 Innovation Fellowship Programme is a new flagship scheme run in partnership by Number 10 and the Government Digital Service (GDS) to attract top talent from the digital and tech sector into...
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Lessons on maintaining staff engagement
It’s now been a year since the Government Digital Service (GDS) transitioned to remote working in March 2020. We have been reflecting on the challenges GDS’s Internal Communications team has faced,...
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Public sector leadership in international digital transformation
On 10 February 2021, the Government Digital Service (GDS) International team collaborated with the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to host a virtual conference for European public...
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