Welcome to Government Digital and Data
Welcome to Government Digital and Data
We're excited to introduce you to 'Government Digital and Data' - the new name for our blog.
We're excited to introduce you to 'Government Digital and Data' - the new name for our blog.
Many organisations are looking at how generative artificial intelligence will help and challenge their businesses. And government is no different. Learn more about the general principles on the government’s use of generative artificial intelligence.
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.
In our latest CDDO blog you can learn more about the Chief Technology Officer for UK Government, David Knott including his return to the Civil Service and priorities for the months ahead.
Last week saw the launch of Digital Leaders’ Download, a new interview series in collaboration with PublicTechnology and CDDO's Chief Executive Megan Lee Devlin. Find out more about the series and where you can find it.
Here, Richard Morton reflects on the past 7 years of accessibility work in the Government Digital Service, Central Digital and Data Office as well as across government and the wider public sector.
Learn more about Secure by Design which has been cemented as a necessity in both the Government Cyber Security Strategy and the Transforming for a Digital Future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data. Both strategies reinforce the need of embedding cyber security into the delivery of digital services - at every stage.
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.
A great service works well for users, efficiently. CDDO has been collaborating with service teams across government to learn how services can become more efficient.
To support development of the Data Marketplace, CDDO are working across government to implement a common approach to recording metadata, read more about what we are doing, and why.
A lot of us rely on getting data from outside our teams to help us to do our jobs. Data that we then use to make decisions. If higher quality data means our judgement can be more accurate, then it’s clearly in our best interests to do all we can to facilitate high calibre information sharing. Fiona Macauley, Product Manager at CDDO shares her top tips for data commissions.