Mike Bracken

'Moving it to the Department of Fun, run by a minister who was forced to change the data privacy on his own app doesn't make sense,' says Bracken

Evisceration of Government Digital Service confirmed over Easter by Prime Minister's statement to Parliament

Co-op Group digital head Mike Bracken gives Computing his view of what digital transformation really is

'There are so many vested interests in this country feeding off the friction that the bureaucracy makes for itself'

Patterson was sad to see Mike Bracken leave GDS but believes that there is now an opportunity for new people, new roles and new approaches

The Co-Op hires the team that Bracken credits with creating the Government Digital Service

'It's hard to think of anyone in a company who doesn't use data' says Charles Griffith

Like several others, Falk leaves government without securing a new job, suggesting a degree of unhappiness with GDS direction

Yet another senior member of GDS resigns, after Mike Bracken's departure to the Co-Operative Group

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