Simon EverestTransformation Manager Government Digital Service@simoneverest

I’m from the Government Digital Service

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We’re a team at the heart of government building digital public services

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Our job is to transform government...

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Making services so good that people prefer to use them

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We started by building GOV.UK

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The best place to find government services and information

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Intro to GOV.UK at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_1gld1PIkA

8 million visitors every week

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8 million visitors every week

Home to over 200 departments and

organisations

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8 million visitors every week

Home to over 200 departments and

organisations

Saving more than £62million a year

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We’re now transforming government services

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25 of government’s biggest services redesigned to meet the needs of users

Services like...

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Carer’s Allowance

60,000 claims

Building DWP digital capability in

Preston

89% user satisfaction

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BETA

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Register to vote

45 million users

Individual electoral registration –

fundamental change to democracy

Connects to all local authorities

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LIVE

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Lasting power of attorney

89% user satisfaction

Run by new MOJ digital services teamFirst service to meet Digital by Default Service Standard

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LIVE

To do that we’re working with digital teams in departments all over the country...

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In Reading Defra are applying agile transformation to the CAP

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In Swansea DVLA are creating new motoring services

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In Newcastle and London HMRC are using exemplars to transform their architecture

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MOJ are about to start transforming courts

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We’ve made sure everyone can get the data they need to improve services too...

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GDSwww.gov.uk/performance

And we’re building a common way to sign in to services too

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How are we doing all this?

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We take the same approach to everything we work on...

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Open

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Open

Agile

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Open

Agile

Multidisciplinary teams

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Relentlessly focused on user needs

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You can’t fix that stuff in isolation...

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We’re also fixing government’s approach to technology

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New controls, advice and guidance all mean technology meets the needs of civil servants

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We’ve changed how government buys technology and digital services too, making the supply chain much more diverse

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Government’s supplier base used to be here...

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Now it’s here...

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And we’re making sure civil servants have the skills and capabilities they need to do their jobs

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What’s it for?

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To share progress on some of the services being developed across government, with geospatial data and tools at their core.

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To talk about the user needs we need to meet, the opportunities geospatial services provide government, and some of the technical challenges and options available.

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To meet and talk with other people across government who are faced with similar problems to you…

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So…

Stack Maps - what’s it for?

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Thanks! And onto the really interesting stuff…

Simon Everest@simoneverest