Government Data Science community meetup, May 2020

We held our first fully-digital community meetup on 1 May 2020, with over 100 colleagues coming together to share how they are using Machine Learning (ML) in the UK government...
We held our first fully-digital community meetup on 1 May 2020, with over 100 colleagues coming together to share how they are using Machine Learning (ML) in the UK government...
...Second, implementation is at an early stage internationally, creating a window of opportunity to align standards before implementation, rather than retrospectively. How to contribute to the beneficial ownership Open Standard...
Photo by Sean McCormack-Kuhman (@sean_kuma) from Canva Sometimes analysts want to compare data on outcomes for different ethnic groups internationally. This might be because national governments want to understand how...
...The Succession Select search tool is regularly used to identify individuals across government to support important career conversations. The IDEA unit continues to manage the tool, with plans to enhance...
...week =TODAY()-WEEKDAY(TODAY(),1) ISO reporting week If you prefer reporting from a Monday to Sunday here are the formulas. Monday of last complete week =TODAY()-WEEKDAY(TODAY(),1)-5 Sunday of last complete week =TODAY()-WEEKDAY(TODAY(),1)+1...
...can develop open source tools to automatically manipulate and reshape data, run algorithms and analysis on it, and funnel the outputs to decision makers. However, a common barrier to this...
...Using harmonised categories makes it easier to analyse ethnicity data wherever it is collected. But there can be barriers to changing to harmonised classifications. Difficult to change classifications Changing some...
...has been iterated and tested to make the service simple to use. There is a clear process to establish whether a licence is required prior to a simple application process....
...always needed our developers to write the code. The Admin App, codenamed the Onboarding App, changes this. On average a new dashboard took us weeks to develop. The app means...
...tools; consider different tools during move to beta. Need to look into static analysis, and improved automated testing. Improving the service Need to flesh out the plan for outages more...