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This blog is no longer being updated.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.
#JobHack: Summary of Ideas
At the Job Hack, held at Digital Catapult on Monday 19 October, teams were challenged to come up with new ideas so that young people can get access to the training and employment opportunities they need to succeed. Here is …
Improved search for Contracts Finder Archive
An improved way to search the Contracts Finder Archive has just been released by the data.gov.uk team. This will help users when searching in this archive of contracts, which covers public sector contracts put out for tender and/or awarded during …
Indices of deprivation available as 5* Linked data
England Indices of deprivation data available as 5* Linked Data The Department for Communities and Local Government has released the English indices of deprivation 2015 in linked data format on the OpenDataCommunities platform. Full details are available in the blog …
#JobHack Participant Briefing
Introduction On 19 October 2015, the Cabinet Office will host the UK’s first ever Job Hack at the Digital Catapult in London. Thanks for joining us! Part of the government’s commitment to ending long-term youth unemployment, the event will bring …
data.gov.uk publisher reports
As the scale of data published on data.gov.uk increases, publishers often need to manage hundreds of datasets. As a result of this we've gradually added different reports to help them stay abreast. And of course these are all open to …
Tidying time series data
Last week we had a blitz of tidying the data.gov.uk catalogue, focussing on data in time series. We've not been happy for a while that data that is released as monthly updates is sometimes added to data.gov.uk as separate datasets. …
Our plan for data
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Paul Maltby, Posted on:
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Data Infrastructure, Data Leaders, Data Policy, Data Science, Government Data Programme, Making better use of data
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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Paul Maltby, Posted on:
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Data Infrastructure, Data Policy, Data Science, Government Data Programme, Making better use of data, Open Data, Registers
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 …
Good stuff, continued
In my previous post I argued that a combination of ‘chance’ and open data can lead to good stuff happening. I supplied a few examples, and also mentioned ‘engineering serendipity’, where ‘chance’ is given a bit of a boost. In …
Kicking off the Open Government Project
Join us on our journey towards the next UK open government National Action Plan! We are kicking off with an event on 13 July (9.30am to 4pm) with Rt Hon Matthew Hancock MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office. The Open …
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