...roll out mandatory use of the ATRS in government departments in phases, beginning in March 2024. Each organisation has been asked to map all algorithmic tools across their organisation which...
...surprising: 53% of the time, manual coders disagreed about how a survey should be coded. We can see this in the chart below, which shows how often volunteer coders applied...
...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...
...around where the line between acceptable and intrusive tracking should be drawn. In particular, the group considered the difference between technologies like third-party cookies (used with consent), device fingerprinting, and...
...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...
...is established. The assessment panel is, however, concerned by the amount of work required to meet the standard at Beta within the challenging timeframes the project has, the handoffs between...
...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....
...Some of the pages formerly within the Highway Code section of GOV.UK There are a number of options you may consider in solving such requests, and some are better...
At GDS we believe that making things open makes things better, which is why I recently participated in an open peer review of open code written by Public Health England...
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