Kainos Assists Government and GDS in Transforming Public Services

London, UK - September 2^nd, 2013 Digital solutions company Kainos has announced its involvement in a number of prestigious Government Digital projects in conjunction with the Government Digital Service (GDS) and its drive to make public services 'Digital by Default'. Kainos is actively engaged in a series of projects for high-profile Government departments and agencies, as well as the Government Digital Service (GDS), to help redesign the digital services that government provides - making them so straightforward and convenient that all those who can use them prefer to do so. Kainos is delivering a number of Government Transactional Services, some of which are Exemplar projects including, the Individual Electoral Registration Digital Service for Cabinet Office, a Driver's Information Enquiry service for DVLA and a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) application and payment service for Defra. It's also seeing an increasing demand for the deployment of digital services, and is utilising its knowledge and experienced gained on GDS projects to transform other public services throughout the UK. In each initiative, the high calibre, skill and experience of Kainos project teams, along with the open source technologies and agile methods employed, have helped simplify projects, accelerate delivery times and keep costs down, ensuring output in a matter of weeks rather than months or years. 'Our ability to meet the Government's criteria for affordability and quick results is down to our years of experience of agile development, collaborative project work and open source technology, and our vendor independence,' comments Nigel Lynas, Government Digital Sales Lead at Kainos. 'By working in partnership with users right from the outset, we are able to ensure that the digital service is intuitive and fit for purpose, de-risking projects and boosting user adoption.' Kainos has benefited from G-Cloud which has enabled it to engage and procure effectively with Government, which until recently was almost impossible for small companies. The introduction of the new Digital Services framework later this year should also open more doors.