MeasureCamp is a free, informal ‘unconference’ for digital analysts, held on a Saturday in London twice a year. Its objective is ‘the transfer of knowledge’, and everyone is encouraged to...
...is a free library for fast and accurate record linkage, which is now in its third version. It has the following key features: Faster and more accurate than other free...
...free tools that I use to convert postcode data into useful maps. My example shows sample data of football stadiums in Great Britain. Mapping Sheets This Google Sheets add-on allows...
...needs, and Digital Service Standard requirements. The team confirmed that the support will be sustainable and free to the user. The team has identified suitable actions for the next phase,...
...source code to be made publicly available. Rather than making a judgement on what source code will be useful and reusable, the default approach should be to publish (sensitive information...
...live service and when. Finally, the assessment team are concerned by HMRC’s restructure of their product teams, into a central delivery team. Points 2, 14 & 19 of the standard...
Performance Platform Data and performance analyst colleagues working in central government will be familiar with the GDS Performance Platform. In many cases you will be responsible for the data that...
...Architecture Community (GDAC). Aligning the data communities across government At the moment we have a number of central data communities that we’ve been speaking to as part of our work...
In 2022, we launched our ICO25 strategy to transform the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) into a regulator fit for the digital age. Central to this was creating a robust data...
...the service’s code - Service Standard point 15: The team should engage with GDS to help choose an appropriate open licence for the publishing of their service’s code. Summary The...
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