...forming what’s known as the “curated” layer. This refined layer is optimised for analysis and is what end users interact with to generate insights and drive decisions. What starts as...
Yesterday we released a new set of data for the Transactions Explorer, covering October 2012 – September 2013. The Transactions Explorer is our tool for tracking the performance of the...
Mike recently blogged about the service transformation for the Carer's Allowance exemplar and mentioned failure demand. I wanted to go into this in a little more depth and show how...
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...varied users, for example: from the ‘front line’ (for example, staff at the border, in prisons, and in call centres) with access needs (at least 8% of civil servants have...
...also wasted trying to get data in order to prioritise her work, which proves almost impossible. The lack of performance data for non-digital channels makes it hard for her to...
...rhythm of data publishing? Is realtime actually necessary for our user’s needs? How do we make it as easy as possible for people to supply data? What are the governance...
The Data Science Accelerator is a cross-government training programme. It’s backed by GDS, the Office for National Statistics, Government Office for Science, and the analytical professions (statistics, economics, operational research...
The Data Science Accelerator programme is open again for applications until 12 June. Don’t miss out. Now in its third year, this successful skills programme has recently won an award...
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