The Government Digital Delivery Agency (GDDA) was established to accelerate the use of digital capabilities across the Public Sector to better serve our customers: all New Zealanders.

The expected outcomes are a modern, fully digital public service, that is capable of delivering faster, more efficient and connected services, and addressing silos that contribute to duplication, inefficiencies, slow decision-making and risk aversion.

The placement of the GDDA in the Commission enables a greater collective opportunity to influence, engage, and affect change across the Public Sector. This will aid the Public Sector as a system to enhance technology adoption, taking a considered and deliberate approach to address the needs of New Zealanders by: 

  • Creating a unified ‘digital front door’ to many public services 
  • Centralising digital investment and procurement for efficiency and reuse 
  • Embracing technology, including better use of AI. 

See also: the Digital Government website

 

 

The Government Digital Delivery Agency is made up of seven groups:

Digital Government Strategy

The Digital Government Strategy group brings together strategic system leadership functions to deliver the government’s priorities, with a focus on modernising digital services, emerging technologies, and optimising the Public Sector.

The group engages across the public and technology sectors to build and maintain a view of future horizons, and identify opportunities for the public sector to continue to optimise digital capability and delivery.

Digital Government Agency Partnerships

The Digital Government Agency Partnerships group brings together the functions that provide advice to support and enable agencies to plan and execute better digital public services for New Zealanders.

The group helps drive sound digital investment decisions for the Public Sector and embeds integrated standards and assurance practices.

Digital Government Services Delivery

The Digital Government Services Delivery group brings together the functions that deliver a range of services to or for the Public Sector, including the All-of-Government Portfolio of digital products and ICT services.

The group supports the standardisation and consolidation of agency ICT infrastructure and services, and works with the supplier market to deliver modern digital procurement models for digital and ICT.

See also: New Zealand Gazette and Domain Name Service

Government Services Security

The Government Services Security group provides security certification and assurance to ensure the All of Government Portfolio of digital products and ICT services are safe, secure, and resilient.

The group also provides incident support and advice, and operational security management and vulnerability scanning for core services.

Digital Trust Framework

The Digital Trust Framework group brings together the functions that ensure safe, accredited digital identity services, by carrying out regulation, accreditation, and market development.

More information: Trust Framework for Digital Identity

Māori Digital and Crown Relationships

The Māori Digital and Crown Relationships group delivers the functions that ensure Iwi-Māori digital aspirations are embedded across Te Tari Taiwhenua, and the public sector.

The group connects and supports delivery through providing authoritative advice, undertaking partnering and engagement, and leading key initiatives.

Branch Performance

The Branch Performance group brings together the functions that connect delivery of the Government Digital Delivery Agency (GDDA) work programme to the Commission’s Strategic Outcomes and Impacts, ensuring the outputs support outcomes delivery.

The group works across the GDDA and with the Commission to lead GDDA’s work planning and governance processes, corporate accountability planning and reporting, servicing of ministerial and government stakeholder needs, and the GDDA’s international engagement.