Government ICT 2.0 conference: How does data fit with digital?
...of what this transformation looks like, with an example from our work on open registers. This image shows a common problem: 12 ways of spelling ‘Scotland’ in the Companies House...
Paul Maltby
Director of Data, Government Digital Service
Data access legislation and data reform
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...are doing so. To date our work on registers - an ecosystem of interconnected data stores of trustworthy data that are easily accessible - has focused on lists of open...
Data Access Consultation
As readers of this blog will know, the government has embarked on a programme to transform the use of data in public services. We're focusing on the use of open data, data science, fixing our core data infrastructure and developing …
Re-engaging with our external data users
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Data Leaders Network, Data Policy, Data Science, Data Sharing, Open Data, Open Data Institute, Open Government Partnership, Registers
...Whitehall: from data science, registers, open data and preparations for possible data access legislation. I’ve put the slides I used up on Slideshare. John Pullinger the National Statistician and Chair...
Institute for Government Whitehall Monitor report
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Data Sharing, Institute for Government, Making better use of data, Open Data, Public Service, Spend Data
The Institute for Government (IfG) recently produced the third of its Whitehall Monitor reports. If you haven’t had a look you should - it’s an interesting and well-written report by Gavin Freeguard and team that summarises the current state of …
Our plan for data
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After a few years looking after the UK’s efforts on open data and policy innovation I am taking on a new role as Director of Data from within the Government Digital Service in the Cabinet Office.
The work of the government data programme
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...government, where core data is held in canonical registers and accessed across government through APIs using common standards. This will make data - where appropriate - more easily discovered and...
Progress on the National Information Infrastructure Project
Data is the backdrop to our lives, and we are growing more dependent on it every day. In our personal lives, location data connects us with restaurants, parks and events, while our to do lists and emails keep us on …
Open data is like a box of chocolates
In November, the Transparency Team continued its tour across the UK with a visit to Cambridgeshire. Cambridgeshire Insight and district councils were recently awarded £122,000 from the Cabinet Office’s Release of Data Fund and they are using it to get …
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