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2022 Civil Service Data Challenge finalists revealed

From policy experiments in virtual worlds to data dashboard to improving child maintenance compliance: 2022 Civil Service Data Challenge finalists revealed The finalists for the 2022 Civil Service Data Challenge […]

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The day-to-day of digital transformation: how governments are honing their data strategies

As governments amass ever larger sums of data to keep pace with the growth of digital public services, big questions loom about how they’re using the information they have, and […]
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Services Australia exposed in robodebt deal controversy; UK education department scolded for data protection law breach: policy & delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Services Australia gave US$3.6m in additional work to prosecuted robodebt collector It has been […]

Seven public servants’ ideas picked up by Canadian Data Challenge

Launched earlier this year, the Public Service Data Challenge aims to identify and develop public servants’ ideas on how to make better use of data in government – here, we […]

Data now, not later: why real-time information represents a step change for policymakers

Real-time data enables governments to keep track of events and trends as they shift, and has important applications in policy design work and the delivery of public services. At a […]

An ideas accelerator: how the UK’s Data Challenge built two new public services

Gathering ideas from the workforce, the 2021 Civil Service Data Challenge put the best on the path to delivery, bringing benefits for UK citizens overseas, peatlands conservation and the net […]
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From tackling COVID-19 fraud to helping detect modern slavery: longlist for 2022 Civil Service Data Challenge revealed

Eight groundbreaking ideas to improve the use of data across the UK government have been selected for further development as part of the 2022 Civil Service Data Challenge. Following a […]

Five technology considerations for law enforcement

Law enforcement professionals play a selfless role in keeping us safe. While they feel a sense of pride in their daily work, they also feel an urgency to do more, […]
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Are we seeing a major shift in government data sharing?

Integrating data is notoriously difficult in government but many demonstrated in their COVID crisis response that it can be done. During a Global Government Forum webinar, public and private sector […]
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Civil servants get more time to enter 2022 Data Challenge

The deadline for entries to the 2022 Civil Service Data Challenge has been extended to Friday 29 July to give officials extra time to submit their ideas. The challenge, which […]