Digital

  • Digital connectivity – Janet’s Story

    16th April 2024 by

    Blog by Karen Tease, Communications and Engagement Executive, Digital Connectivity Division. Continuing our recent R100 blog series here is a great story about Janet from Duns in the Scottish Borders, and how the programme got her connected. The Scottish Government’s R100 Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme (R100 SBVS) has helped thousands of people connect to faster...

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  • Digital connectivity – Connectivity at Seaton Estate

    10th April 2024 by

    Blog by Karen Tease, Communications and Engagement Executive, Digital Connectivity Division. Continuing our series on the story of the Reaching 100% (R100) programme, our second blog is about one of the registered suppliers on the programme.   A supplier is a company that is part of the R100 Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme (SBVS) who can...

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  • Digital connectivity – The story of the Reaching 100% (R100) programme

    4th April 2024 by

    Blog by Karen Tease, Communications and Engagement Executive, Digital Connectivity Division. This is the first blog in a short series providing background and updates on the R100 programme. Bringing superfast broadband to Scotland is one of the most ambitious infrastructure programmes in Europe and as such, digital connectivity is a key part of the Digital Scotland...

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  • ScotPayments – Confirmation of Payee has launched

    28th March 2024 by

    Blog by Megan Abbott, Lead Business Relationship Manager, ScotPayments. In our last blog, we shared a progress update for ScotPayments, a new payments service being designed and built by the Digital Directorate. Since then, we have gone live with our new feature Confirmation of Payee. Confirmation of Payee helps users verify that they are sending...

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  • Census 2022 – Go live checklist

    20th March 2024 by

    Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. The Digital Assurance Office have been working with the National Records of Scotland (NRS) to capture and share some of their experiences from the delivery of the Census Programme. This is the eighth in a series of case studies.  You can read the earlier...

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  • Census 2022 – resourcing

    13th March 2024 by

    Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. The Digital Assurance Office have been working with the National Records of Scotland (NRS) to capture and share some of their experiences from the delivery of the Census Programme. This is the seventh in a series of case studies.  You can read the earlier...

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  • Census 2022 – cyber security

    6th March 2024 by

    Guest blog by Berit Braun, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. The Digital Assurance Office have been working with the National Records of Scotland (NRS) to capture and share some of their experiences from the delivery of the Census Programme. This is the sixth in a series of case studies. You can read the earlier...

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  • Privacy by design and default – ScotAccount

    29th February 2024 by

    Laurie Brown, Digital Information Security Officer, provides strategic information security direction, assurance, and governance across a number of Scottish Government digital public services including the work to introduce ScotAccount.   ScotAccount is an online service that allows people to sign in to public services in a user-centred and secure way. It makes accessing services easier and...

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  • Census 2022 – contract management

    28th February 2024 by

    Guest blog by Berit Braun, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. The Digital Assurance Office have been working with the National Records of Scotland (NRS) to capture and share some of their experiences from the delivery of the Census Programme. This is the fifth in a series of case studies. You can read the earlier...

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  • Census 2022 – procurement

    21st February 2024 by

    Guest blog by Berit Braun, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. The Digital Assurance Office have been working with the National Records of Scotland (NRS) to capture and share some of their experiences from the delivery of the Census Programme. This is the fourth in a series of case studies. You can read the earlier...

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