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<p>The Government Digital Service leads the Government’s Digital, Data and Technology
(DDaT) function, helping departments build and run services that are digital by default
and focused on the needs of citizens.</p><p>GDS does this in a number of ways. It
works with departments to set the government's strategy for digital transformation,
including the Government Transformation Strategy. It runs the GDS Academy, which has
upskilled over 10,000 civil servants in the skills that are essential to building
public services in the 21st century, and deploys specialist DDaT teams across government
to accelerate the delivery of priority projects. GDS establishes, and assures projects
against, clear best practice standards to help departments deliver world-class digital
services that are designed around user needs. It also helps departments to build these
services by providing advice and developing solutions to common problems and making
them available for reuse across government’s digital estate; removing duplication
and freeing up resources for departments to focus on solving the hard problems that
are unique to them.</p><p>Within government we have a strong focus on the concept
of “digital maturity” which encapsulates not only delivery of excellent digital services,
but improving government’s processes, tools, and infrastructure, developing digital,
data and technology (DDaT) capability, and upskilling decision makers to ensure we
build on these foundations to deliver digital transformation at scale.</p><p> </p>
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