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Government Launches Beta Of Design System For Digital Service Teams

GOV.UK Design System aims to make it easier for teams to build complex service by bringing common elements and styles…

7 years ago

Government Data Website Suffers Security Breach

Yet another security incident suffered by the UK government

7 years ago

Government Plans Online Residency Procedure For EU Nationals

The planned online system is aimed at replacing the unwieldy 85-page paper form currently required to establish UK residency

7 years ago

Damian Green Takes Over Government Digital Leadership

Green, the former secretary of state for work and pensions, is to take over as minister for the Cabinet Office…

7 years ago

Common Technology Services Head Iain Patterson Quits GDS

Patterson, who worked to help government bodies exit onerous IT contracts, is the latest to leave the Government Digital Service

8 years ago

GDS Addresses Legacy IT In Revised Tech Code Of Practice

No sweeping changes, but GDS aims to simplify the road to government digital transformation

8 years ago

NAO: Government Digital Service ‘Struggling To Adapt’

After carrying out its initial objectives, the Cabinet Office's GDS has found it difficult to define its place in managing…

8 years ago

GDS Begins GOV.UK Verify Local Authority Tests, Notify Will Launch In 2017

The Government Digital Service said it would begin its first two alpha-testing programmes for local government use of Verify, following…

8 years ago

Government Must Use AI To Cut 250,000 Jobs, Says Reform

Think tank Reform urges the use of artificial intelligence, chat bots and drones to automate everything from public-sector administration to…

8 years ago

Government Digital Service Saves £339m Of £3.3bn In 2015/16

GDS helped departments reduce costs by implementing spending controls and managing strategic ICT implementation, the government said

8 years ago

GDS: Public Services Network On The Way Out As G-Cloud 9 Nears

Government cancels PSN's long-term future while announcing schedule for upcoming G-Cloud procurement framework

8 years ago

UK Government Suffers ‘Alarming’ Loss Of Senior GDS Staff

Concerns raised as Government Digital Services fails to hold on to top talent

8 years ago

GDS Appoints Anna Shipman As Open Source Lead

The government legitimises its commitment to open source

8 years ago

Government ‘Can Change’ Despite GDS Turmoil And Long-Term IT Contracts With Megavendors

UK Cloud CEO says there is evidence of a culture shift in Whitehall as smaller vendors wouldn't have got a…

8 years ago

Government ‘Could Save’ £2bn By 2020 If It Sorts Out Its Digital Strategy

Institute for Government slams Whitehall for digital transformation failures and lack of leadership

8 years ago

Government Digital Service CTO To Step Down In New Year

Andy Beale is the latest high-profile figure to leave the embattled service

8 years ago

Government Digital Service Faces NAO Review Over ‘Failures’

The spending watchdog is to probe GDS following 'senior management failures' over a Defra project last year

8 years ago

Councils Sign Up For ‘Laggard’ Gov.UK Verify Trials

GDS is to trial the authentication scheme with 19 councils, as Capgemini says Verify delays are holding back UK e-government

8 years ago

Embattled GDS To Take On Digital Training Role

The digital service is to take control of the DWP's training programme and establish a 'digital hub' in Aldgate

8 years ago

GDS Aims To Boost Gov.UK Verify Adoption With Local Council Pilot

Government Digital Service will continue to push is government-as-a-platform plans beyond Whitehall but cloud challenges await

8 years ago

New Cabinet Office Minister Welcomes Smaller IT Suppliers

New 'Supplier Standard' aims for closer collaboration with industry and better access for smaller businesses

8 years ago

Government Identity Assurance Head Latest To Step Down

Janet Hughes' departure from the Government Digital Service is part of a wider Whitehall digital shakeup

8 years ago

Why Is The Met Police Still Outsourcing Multi-Million IT Deals To Huge Suppliers?

IN DEPTH: Sooraj Shah investigates whether there is any logic in 2016 for the Met to sign long-term deals with…

8 years ago

GDS Will ‘Not Be Broken Up’ Says New Head

Kevin Cunnington thanks predecessor Foreshew-Cain and rejects speculation about GDS future

8 years ago

UK Gov Gives First G-Cloud Blockchain PaaS Agreement To Credits

Credits will serve Blockchain platform to UK public sector via government's Digital Marketplace

8 years ago

The Changes At GDS And HMRC Signal The Demise Of Digital In Whitehall

ANALYSIS: The departure of Stephen Foreshew-Cain and Mark Dearnley could mean the end of GDS as we know it

8 years ago

GDS Chief Stephen Foreshew-Cain Leaves Government

GDS future questioned again as Stephen Foreshew-Cain leaves a year after being appointed

8 years ago

Delayed Gov.UK Verify Identity Authentication Platform Will ‘Go Live Next Week’

Government Digital Service (GDS) says Gov.UK Verify has passed 'digital by default' tests and is ready for wider rollout

9 years ago

GDS: Digital Revolution Will Change Way Citizens Interact With Government By 2030

Government Digital Services (GDS) chief Stephen Foreshew-Cain says digital will mark the biggest transformation in the civil service since its…

9 years ago