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Sharing is daring: why joined-up use of data is so challenging for government – and how to get better at it

By 2025, all critical data assets will be available for use across the UK government. That is the goal set by ministers, who recognise that while the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated […]

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Find out how Nordic governments are creating a ‘living lab’ for innovation

Data is integral to the work of governments in the 21st century. Administrations around the world are using data from a range of sources, including anonymised and aggregated payments information, […]

Faster, broader, safer: linked data’s potential to transform government decision-making

In an uncertain world, public data is helping us tackle complex and cross-cutting issues. Dominic Hale, head of strategy for the Integrated Data Service at the Office for National Statistics, […]
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Modern slavery detection plan triumphs in UK Data Challenge

A plan to use data to detect incidents of modern slavery has come first in the UK Civil Service Data Challenge, securing £50,000-worth of development support to take the project […]
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Four public servants’ ideas shortlisted in Canadian Data Challenge

The shortlist has been announced in Canada’s Public Service Data Challenge programme, which gathers ideas from the workforce on how the government could make better use of data – and […]
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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 […]