cloud – Technology in government

Introducing the Cloud Challenge Book 2026

Posted by: Tommaso Spinelli, Cloud and Platforms Service Owner, GDS, Daniel Tea-Lewis, Principal Architect, GDS and Edward McCutcheon, Government Chief Architect, GDS, Posted on: 7 July 2026 - Categories: Cloud, GOV.UK, Technology

We've published the Cloud Challenge Book 2026 - setting out five national-scale challenges and inviting industry to innovate and invest with us.

Connecting government and academia: Responsible AI Through Cloud Technology event

Posted by: Wednesday Moore, Senior Community and Engagement Manager, GDS and Tommaso Spinelli, Cloud and Platforms Service Owner, GDS, Posted on: 2 July 2026 - Categories: AI, Cloud, Technology

The first joint Cloud, FinOps, and AI community event brought together professionals from across government and academia to discuss AI in cloud technology.

Introducing the government’s Chief Technology Officer Council

Posted by: Dan Bailey, CTO, CDDO, Posted on: 30 November 2021 - Categories: CTO Council, Open Source, Open Standards, Security, Tools, Transformation

Central Digital and Data Office's new Chief Technology Officer, Dan Bailey, outlines plans for the Office of the Chief Technology Officer and the CTO Council.

Creating a new sustainability point for the Technology Code of Practice

Posted by: Lewis Dunne, Senior Policy Advisor, CDDO and Sophie Jenkins, Policy Advisor, CDDO, Posted on: 10 November 2021 - Categories: Transformation

How the Technology Policy and spend controls teams aim to use technology to help make a greener government.

To build or to buy - that's the technology question

Posted by: Amina Omar, GDS Technology Policy Advisor, Posted on: 3 February 2021 - Categories: Tools, Transformation

We’ve updated the purchasing strategy guidance in the Technology Code of Practice, to offer more advice of when to buy and when to build.

What we learned from a recent GraphQL workshop

Posted by: Amina Omar, GDS Technology Policy Advisor, Posted on: 28 August 2020 - Categories: Event, Open Source, Open Standards, Tools, Transformation

The Government Digital Service (GDS) recently hosted a remote GraphQL workshop for around 70 people from across government. Here are the main talking points from the event.

Managing GDS’s internal infrastructure during lockdown

Posted by: Mohamed Hamid, GDS Lead Infrastructure Engineer (Internal Infrastructure), Posted on: 21 May 2020 - Categories: Tools, Transformation

GDS’s internal IT infrastructure was built to support flexible working, so here’s how we were able to adapt to a completely remote workforce.

How the GDS Service Desk is adapting during coronavirus

Posted by: Charles Davis, Head of Service Desk at GDS and Owain Hopkins, Senior IT and Business Manager at GDS, Posted on: 19 May 2020 - Categories: Tools

Lockdown measures caused by coronavirus (COVID-19) meant that the Government Digital Service switched to be a fully remote working organisation. Read to find out how the service desk adapted to continue supporting their users.

Introducing the GOV.UK cloud guide

Posted by: Tom March, GDS Lead Technology Advisor and Rhiannon Lawson, GDS, Head of Technology Policy, Posted on: 31 March 2020 - Categories: News, Transformation

GDS is putting all of its cloud policy, guidance and case studies in one place to make it easier for public sector organisations to find the information and use the cloud.