Data Strategy

Secure by Design: how automation is strengthening data assurance across government

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Discover how GDS is using automation and secure design to improve how the government collects and analyses security assurance data.

Governance lessons from the UK-US PETs Pilot for cancer research

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The UK-US Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) pilot demonstrates how privacy-by-design can be applied to international data sharing and provides a concrete model for future PETs projects across government. In this blog, we reflect on the governance lessons from the pilot.

Making the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS) mandatory across government

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The use of the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS) became mandatory for central government in 2024. Read about how the GDS Data and AI ethics team have rolled out the mandate across government and how they have updated the ATRS to reflect learnings from this process.

Information Commissioner's Office unveils data strategy: How we are shaping the future of data in regulating information rights

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) shares how they are using data to empower through information.

Improving Data in the Criminal Justice System 

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Data plays a crucial role in enhancing decision-making within the Criminal Justice System (CJS). The CJS Data Improvement Programme, led by the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office, addresses the challenges of fragmented data across various organisations by fostering a unified approach to data management. By leveraging innovative tools like Splink for data linking, …