Previously, we described some technical features needed to support the creation of registers. When we talk about the technical details, we often get asked whether a register is like a particular data technology such as a relational database, a graph …
On the registers team, we are building a product that provides teams with data that is good enough to build services on. Registers are defined by certain characteristics such as being live data and being the only authoritative list for a …
We’re pleased to announce that the local authority England register has been released to beta! In this guest post the register’s custodian, Stephen McAllister, shares his experience of going through the register creation process and responding to the feedback received …
The Registers Design Authority is a small team focused on building a service to help quickly establish open registers across government. Like any digital team, we need to understand our users and how best to meet their needs. Our primary …
We recently shared what we've learned so far about how government data is published. This has already helped us think about how we can improve the way we do this, but we still want to know more about users at …
Last month the Open Government Partnership (OGP) celebrated its fifth birthday in the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York. It was an exciting milestone for an organisation which has grown over five short years from an ambitious …
A few months ago, we published some guidance on GOV.UK that explains how registers are created. We did this to meet what was a previously unfulfilled user need. We often come across people who collect, manage or store data for …
A few weeks ago, the Department for Communities and Local Government’s local authority England register was released to alpha. Hot on the heels of that, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) second register - the territory register - is now …
This week we have launched a revamped system for publishing data on staff roles and salaries across government departments, agencies and other bodies. This ‘organogram’ data shows the hierarchy of senior civil servants, their pay and responsibilities. Junior staff are …
We want more citizens and businesses to find open government data - and for that data to be as useful as possible. Our users have told us that problems with the quality of the data available through data.gov.uk mean that …
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