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 …
We’ve had a lot of great feedback on registers, but by far the most common reaction is a sense of puzzlement over how simple they are, and how minimal the data in each register is. Registers are minimal by design, …
We’ve recently been working with a number of government departments to help them turn their lists into registers. Back in July we started working with the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) on a local authority register. Having progressed …
New words (and dreaded acronyms) are all too common in government. Sometimes they’re words you’ve never heard before, sometimes they’re words you know but which are used in a different way, and sometimes - the worst times - people use …
We’ve talked about registers a lot on this blog. We’ve explained why they’re different to other datasets, shown what they can do, and explored how they can link to one another. We’ve also described them in a little more detail …
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 …
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 …
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