Director of Data, Government Digital Service
I gave a talk to the Government ICT 2.0 conference this week on the work of the data group here in GDS. The main reason for this talk was to show how deeply data and digital concepts are intertwined, and …
On Tuesday we published data access legislation as part of the Digital Economy Bill. The Bill is an important part of what we are seeking to do in GDS to transform our relationship to data and unleash the next decade of …
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 …
On Tuesday night some of us from across government departments involved in the Government Data Programme caught up with a group of external data users over a few mince pies. As always it was good to hang out with a …
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 …
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.
We have formed a new data group in GDS to support a cross-Government Data Programme. The aim of this is to transform how government uses data to drive benefits to citizens: supporting better decision making, digital services, opening data to …
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 …
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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