data bites

Better use of data is key to more effective government. Across government, teams are doing fascinating work with data, on everything from policy to public services, from data sharing to data visualisation, and from infrastructure to ethics.

But those projects often don’t get the attention they deserve.

At this event, the first in a series of monthly meet-ups, four speakers presented their data projects in an exciting, quickfire format. Each speaker had 8 minutes, followed by 8 minutes of questions from the audience.

In April, we heard from:

Louisa Nolan, Lead Data Scientist at the ONS Data Science Campus, talking about faster indicators of economic activity
Paul Maltby, Chief Digital Officer, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, talking about data in housing and land
David Divitt, Vice President, Financial Crime Product Management, Vocalink, a Mastercard company, talking about using data to uncover new, increasingly sophisticated patterns of financial crime
Sophie Adams and Jon Downing, Product Owner and Data Scientist, Ofgem, talking about data analytics 
This event was chaired by Gavin Freeguard, Programme Director and Head of Data and Transparency, at the Institute for Government.

We would like to thank Vocalink for supporting this event.

Data Bites #1: Getting things done with data in government

Better use of data is key to more effective government. Across government, teams are doing fascinating work with data, on everything from policy to public services, from data sharing to data visualisation, and from infrastructure to ethics.

But those projects often don’t get the attention they deserve.

At this event, the second in a series of monthly meet-ups, four speakers presented their data projects in an exciting, quickfire format. Each speaker had 8 minutes, followed by 8 minutes of questions from the audience.

In May, we heard from:

Aleks Bobrowska, DWP Data Science Newcastle Hub, talking about bringing skills demand data to local government via a digital service.
Sam Roberts (DCMS) and Sarah Gates (GO Science), talking about the UK government's work on the Data Ethics Framework.
Simon Worthington, founder of Register Dynamics and formerly of the Government Digital Service, talking about Personal Data Exchange.
Martin Pilkington (Director, RHE Global) and Huw Williams (former Ceredigion Regulatory Services Manager), talking about generating positive social outcomes from citizen reporting: The Noise App.
This event was chaired by Gavin Freeguard, Programme Director and Head of Data and Transparency, at the Institute for Government.

We would like to thank RHE Global for supporting this event.

data bites

Fergus Walden