Over 150 innovators from across local and central government came together to reimagine the planning system at the GDS Local Government Innovation Hackathon. 15 teams tackled real planning challenges with digital tools and AI – bringing the Blueprint for a Modern Digital Government to life.
The Blueprint for modern digital government highlights the importance of creating public services that work for all citizens. As the next generation of both service users and potential digital and data leaders, these students offered invaluable perspectives.
Services Week is returning for the sixth time this year and will be taking place from 18 to 22 March 2024. The annual event series is run by the Government Digital and Data community for people working in the UK public sector.
Find out more about the shortlisted entries for 2024’s Civil Service Data Challenge, the data competition designed to find a data-led solution to a technical or societal issue.
While the UK’s AI Safety Summit was in motion in November, the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) collaborated with PwC and Microsoft to run the Generative Artificial Intelligence Government Hackathon. We recently published an update to the 2022-25 roadmap …
Sue Bateman, Chief Data Officer at CDDO shares everything you need to know about the third Civil Service Data Challenge which was launched last month. Find out more about last year's winners and how you can enter.
In celebration of the 10th anniversary, and the recent refresh, of the Government Cloud First policy, the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) is excited to announce UK Public Sector Cloud Certification October! This is the most exciting month for …
Mark your calendars for 25-29 September 2023 for the third DataConnect event series, held in collaboration between CDDO and the DQHub at ONS. Find out more about the event and how you can showcase your data work.
Last month, CDDO's Chief Executive joined the judging panel for the Civil Service Data Challenge final. The challenge which brings civil servants from across government together to design and pitch innovative ideas for the use of data to solve some of the UK’s biggest challenges. Read more about the winning idea.
Data Challenge Finalists: meet the team connecting datasets across government to improve levels of compliance for child maintenance payments.
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