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 government
Rethinking
organisational
boundaries
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From government of the industrial age
to government of the digital age
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Fixing the basics
A more diverse, digitally skilled workforce
Policy making as service design
Platform thinking
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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
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A mixture of delivering, enabling,
guiding and directing
Enabling
and
guiding
We have a
mandate to
uphold
standards
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There’s a community of digital
service teams out there
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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