This blog is now archived
This blog is now archived
This blog is no longer being updated. If you're interested in how we're using performance analysis and data science in government, read about it on the cross-government data blog.
Improving government organogram data
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 …
What we discovered about how government data is published
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 …
Government ICT 2.0 conference: How does data fit with digital?
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 …
Getting the most out of in-depth interviews for data science literacy
When it comes to user research on a topic with lots of unknowns, it can be a challenge to figure out how to begin. For this discovery project, my purpose was to understand how we might improve data science …
Registers in a digital ecosystem
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, …
Local authority England alpha register
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 …
Ideas to help civil servants understand the opportunities of data
Posted by:
Ed Parkes, Posted on:
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Categories:
Data Science, Government Data Programme, Making better use of data
Back in April we set out our plan for the discovery phase for what we are now calling “data science literacy”. We explained that we were going to undertake user research with civil servants to understand how they use data. …
Discovering how data is published
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Louise Petre and Maria Izquierdo, Posted on:
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Categories:
Data Infrastructure, Data.gov.uk, Government Data Programme
Data.gov.uk is undergoing a discovery phase. We’re doing this because user feedback and our previous research suggests that it’s not easy to find and use data on the site. We need to understand why this is. It's a big challenge and …
API First at data.gov.uk
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Ross Jones, Posted on:
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Categories:
Data Infrastructure, Government Data Programme, Open Data
There is a lot of talk about APIs in government right now, and how they affect the work we are doing at GDS. We thought it was worth sharing how we approach APIs when it comes to data.gov.uk. Data.gov.uk is …
The language of addresses
Addresses are a critical part of our national data infrastructure, but address terminology can be really confusing. We thought it would be useful to explain how we talk about addresses
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