Government Digital Service

Government Digital Service
Agency overview
Formed11 December 2011 (2011-00-11)
Parent departmentCabinet Office
Websitegov.uk/digital-service

The Government Digital Service is a unit of the Government of the United Kingdom's Cabinet Office tasked with transforming the provision of online public services.[1] It was formed in April 2011 to implement the "Digital by Default" strategy proposed by a report produced for the Cabinet Office in 2010 called 'Directgov 2010 and beyond: revolution not evolution'. It is overseen by the Public Expenditure Executive (Efficiency & Reform). GDS is primarily based in the Whitechapel Building, London.[2] Its CEO is Tom Read.[3]

  1. ^ Digital Advisory Board to support Government Digital Service Archived 10 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine wired Magazine. Retrieved 25 April 2012
  2. ^ New minister pays a visit to GDS's new HQ GOV.UK Retrieved 28 June 2017
  3. ^ "New year, new DDaT leadership - Government Digital Service". gds.blog.gov.uk. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

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