All posts tagged "shared data"

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  UK civil service showcases crowdsourced ideas to improve data use

  The UK civil service has unveiled eight grassroots ideas on how to make better use of data in government. The projects make up the long list of the Civil Service

  • Posted August 3, 2021
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  Know your knowledge: organising governments’ data assets

  At the Government Digital Summit, digital leaders from 15 countries debated their goals and frustrations in the gargantuan task of improving data management. Matt Ross hears how officials from the

  • Posted July 9, 2021
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  Crystal clear: Sir Ian Diamond on using data to profile the pandemic

  The UK civil service has transformed its data operations during the pandemic, says Office for National Statistics chief Professor Sir Ian Diamond – web-scraping, integrating datasets, and building partnerships with

  • Posted May 11, 2021
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  UK health data strategy set to embed pandemic emergency measures

  A forthcoming data strategy from NHSX, the UK’s digital health unit, will advocate for some emergency changes implemented during the pandemic to be sustained, the organisation’s chief executive Matthew Gould

  • Posted April 8, 2021
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  UK Data Challenge launches to unearth and develop staff ideas

  The UK has launched an initiative to gather civil servants’ ideas for how to make better use of data, tapping into the workforce’s expertise to kick off a new set

  • Posted March 30, 2021
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  Common data standards are essential for governments – but so is public trust

  Standards and infrastructure are central to improving data-sharing across government, a recent GGF webinar found. But equally important is a less tangible asset: public confidence and engagement. Adam Green reports

  • Posted March 15, 2021
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  First build the foundations: Shaida Badiee on governments’ misplaced aid policies

  After nearly two decades running the World Bank’s Development Data Group, Shaida Badiee now works to help developing nations improve their data systems. And she has a clear message for

  • Posted March 2, 2021
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  Survey: centre of government should win new data powers, say UK civil servants

  Most UK civil servants want to see the centre of government win new powers to drive departments’ progress on the use of data, outnumbering those opposed by three to one,

  • Posted February 9, 2021
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  Responsible innovation: how to put data to work in government

  At Innovation 2020, a panel of senior leaders from Israel, Germany, Canada and the UK discussed how better management and use of data can support public sector innovation – and

  • Posted December 4, 2020
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  How governments can harness the power of open data

  Publishing datasets can help governments support economic outcomes and be more transparent. But ethics and cybersecurity must be baked into their approach, advised experts at a recent DELL webinar When

  • Posted November 9, 2020
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