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Following Jesus, husbanding @fordface, dadding Ezra and Eleanor, supporting #bcafc. Displaced Yorkshireman in Paris working @oecd on diggov/data. @gdsteam alum.
Jun 9, 2023 20 tweets 19 min read
A 🧵on our journey with this Recommendation

The prompt came from Italy's @ItalyMFA_int Presidency of @g20org in 2021. Our team provided support to them by carrying out a survey and preparing this Collection of Digital Identity Practices: doi.org/10.1787/752238… In early October 2021 we presented an Issues paper "on digital identity systems and the potential for OECD guidance" to the Annual Meeting of the E-Leaders Working Party, at the time chaired by @sikkut
Jun 15, 2018 31 tweets 14 min read
So, remarkably today was my last day at GDS after six years so I'm going to treat/subject you to a thread...

Such mixed emotions. I've been so lucky to call this my workplace. It's been an absolute privilege so I am at once incredibly excited and desperately sad. There's a lot to reflect on what I've done and what I've learnt in the six years since @ejhp's invitation to join @SarahPrag and @marksheldon on the team prepping to launch GOV.UK.