Government Digital and Data

Civil Service Data Challenge shortlist announced

Sue Bateman, Chief Data Officer, CDDO, 26 January 2024 - CDDO, Cross-government strategy, Data, DDaT events

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.

Introducing the Digital Readiness Check for government

Central Digital and Data Office, 23 January 2024 - CDDO

The Central Digital and Data Office has developed a set of key principles and questions to work through when developing policy or legislation, read more about the Digital Readiness Check in our latest blog.

Inside the largest global AI ‘hack’

Giles Hartwright, Deputy Director Modernising Technology, CDDO, 22 January 2024 - AI, CDDO, Cross-government strategy, Cyber security, DDaT community, DDaT events, Digital transformation, Government Digital and Data

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 …

Artificial Intelligence: introducing our series of online courses on generative AI

Tommaso Spinelli, Senior Artificial Intelligence Change Manager, CDDO and Thomas Beautyman, Deputy Director Government Digital Capability, CDDO, 19 January 2024 - AI, CDDO, Cross-government strategy, DDaT community, Digital learning and development, Government Digital and Data

Discover how to harness the power of generative Artificial Intelligence tools with CDDO's new online courses on Government Campus.

Deputy Prime Minister announces launch of cross-government Secure by Design approach

Fotini Tsekmezoglou, Head of Securing Digital Transformation, CDDO, 20 December 2023 - CDDO, Cross-government strategy, Cyber security, Government Digital and Data

Learn more about the cross-government Secure by Design approach featured prominently at the Government Cyber Security Conference held earlier this month.

It’s time to take a look at our standards and guidance

Ben Tate, Head of Strategy and Standards, CDDO and Ben Carpenter, Senior Product Manager, CDDO, 20 December 2023 - CDDO, Cross-government strategy, Government Digital and Data

Learn more about how the Transforming Government Services team at CDDO is redesigning the products and services offered to other government departments to support service delivery.

Ensuring government data drives improvements in public services

Sue Bateman, Chief Data Officer, CDDO, 5 December 2023 - CDDO, Cross-government strategy, Data, DDaT community

Government holds large volumes of data, find out more about Essential Shared Data Assets which are critical to delivery of cross-government operations.