We’ve launched a new technology strategy for Parliament. Read our interview with PDS’s Chief Technology Officer, Mark Lyons, about what this means for Parliament and the people who work here. Before we get into the strategy, how do you find …
I head up Parliament’s Enterprise Architecture team. You might be wondering ‘what is enterprise architecture?’ It’s a framework for understanding, defining and mapping how an organisation works, which then helps us make effective decisions about technology. And in Parliament this …
Microsoft 365 is a suite of applications that includes Word, Teams, SharePoint, and many others. When it was first rolled out across Parliament in 2018, it had a big project team that provided training, guidance, and support to users. But …
Parliament is a busy workplace, and our intranet has information about everything we need to know, from important news stories and events happening on the parliamentary estate, to health and wellbeing resources, or the practical information every workplace needs to …
Recruiting people into technical digital roles and helping them develop their skills in-post has been a long-standing challenge for Parliament. We’ve been working to improve our offer for technical roles, helping people to build a career that brings long-term rewards and challenges.
The name of the Information Systems 24/7 team gives you a clue about our working hours. We work almost every day and night of the year, meaning there is always someone from our team available to support the work of Parliament and its community.
We're working to improve the service for resolving IT issues in Parliament, focusing on the end-to-end journey from raising an IT issue when it first appears to getting it solved.
Parliament’s previous digital strategy ran from 2016‒2021 and focused on a set of aspirations and principles that underpinned an ambition to provide excellent digital services to a modern Parliament. During a challenging time, our digital service responded robustly to cyber-attacks and …
It's an exciting time to join PDS. Despite Covid-19, we are hiring and onboarding new team members. Here are some tips on what applicants can expect in video interviews.
PDS Managing Director Tracey Jessup explains why it's a really exciting time to be part of digital in PDS and highlights some of the changes taking place