What’s address matching and why do we need it? Departments, agencies and other service providers will often request and maintain their own address information. However, each organisation will capture slightly different information about an address or may store it in …
We’re making some changes to how the data.gov.uk homepage looks. This will help our users to understand what the site is for, what types of data we have, and how they can search the catalogue. The previous design highlighted open …
...possible. We started with open registers and, in true GDS style, we began with sticky notes. Collecting words Our team, including developers, a content designer and a technical architect collected...
...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...
Better access to reliable and accurate data has the power to improve lives. This is the fundamental building block of all public services and has to be part of any digital transformation. We can see the power of good quality …
Last week Open Knowledge published the third edition of their annual Global Open Data Index. This year Taiwan topped the table of 122 countries, with the UK finishing second - pipped to the top spot after two years as the …
If Tesco knows day-to-day how poorly the nation is, how can Government access similar insights so it can better plan health services? If Airbnb can give you a tailored service depending on your tastes, how can Government provide people with …
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.
...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...
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