Jessica McEvoy

Head of Policy & Engagement for Verify

Government Digital Service

@jessicalakevoy

Calm, integrity,

professionalism

and pride

Transforming

the nature of

government

Whole services

Whole services

Whole government

Rethinking

organisational

boundaries

GDS

From government of the industrial age

to government of the digital age

GDS

Fixing the basics

A more diverse, digitally skilled workforce

Policy making as service design

Platform thinking

GDS

Data will be easier to

find, access,

use and share

Services will shape

government, not the

other way round

Not just making

existing things

better…

… but completely

rethinking how we

work, what we do

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GDS is here to

make it easy for

government to

be digital

GDS

A mixture of delivering, enabling,

guiding and directing

Delivering

Enabling

and

guiding

Directing

We have a

mandate to

uphold

standards

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There’s a community of digital

service teams out there

GDS

That community looks to GDS

for leadership and support

A cross-government

perspective

A digital profession

Breadth and depth

of expertise

A thriving

digital culture

Funding and

capability to deliver

shared components

and services

A mandate to

set and enforce

standards

It’s not just about

doing what’s easy

Thanks!

Jessica McEvoy

@jessicalakevoy