Joining up the dots: the findings of our recent API discovery

...In January 2024 James Freeland, Senior Data and Security Architect and Alex Smith, Head of Data Security and Platforms at the Government Digital Service (GDS), teamed up to work on...
...In January 2024 James Freeland, Senior Data and Security Architect and Alex Smith, Head of Data Security and Platforms at the Government Digital Service (GDS), teamed up to work on...
...but are particularly useful for code in text files for example R or Python code. Whilst git can be used locally on a single machine, or many networked machines, git...
...be a subject matter expert to join—just an open mind and a willingness to learn. 2024 Wrapped This year, we’ve read: ● Technology Is Not Neutral by Stephanie Hare ●...
...2024, we’ll draw together our different prototypes and strands of work on exemplar end-to-end services or datasets. We will: Select a small number of pilot areas and test our approach...
...2022 and 2024. These cases spanned a wide range of government bodies, including the Cabinet Office, HM Revenue and Customs, and Department for Transport. From these cases the most roadblocks...
...to do this the first time you run it The script needs to be saved and authorised The code You can paste the code straight into the script editor window....
...of code working properly you can very quickly reuse the same code again, changing it to collect different metrics and dimensions. For example in the complete script I have quickly...
...and decision-making more transparent. Why use open source code for data analysis? To summarise many other articles on the benefits of using open source code for data analysis: Analyses and...
...code available as open source. One recommendation for the future is to continue to clearly separate out secure code and patterns from the wider code base to allow more code...
...having been done, as well as reasons for the service not having published the code yet, and plans in place to publish code over the coming months. The service manager...