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Written 17 posts
Bringing Ethics to the Forefront
23rd September 2021
A blog by the Data & Intelligence Network(D&IN) comprised of Scottish Government and our partners. The Data & Intelligence Network (D&IN) was established in May 2020 to provide evidence-based, objective analysis to inform local and national decision-making in response to COVID-19 outbreaks. Our framework Due to the complexity that often can accompany sharing data and…
Scottish Government celebrates World Interaction Design Day (IxDD 2021)
17th September 2021
For the first time The Scottish Government will be hosting a series of presentations and talks from 28th to 30th September to celebrate this year’s World Interaction Design Day for internal staff. What is IxDD 2021? IxDD 2021 is an annual event where Interaction Designers and User Centred Design practitioners come together as a united global…
Introducing the Digital Ethics People’s Panel
22nd March 2021
Anna Grant, Senior Policy and Development Officer in the Digital Futures Team at Carnegie UK Trust tells us about the work she is doing with Scottish Government’s Digital Directorate, Involve and 30 Scottish citizens to explore how Scotland can develop as an ethical digital nation and what this means to the people of Scotland. In 2019,…
Digital Identity Programme – Opportunity to Join our Online Stakeholder Event
19th March 2021
Susie Braham, Head of Data and Digital Identity Policy Unit within Digital Directorate tells us about plans to host an online digital identity stakeholder event. Last week, we launched our new Digital Strategy: ‘A Changing Nation: How Scotland Will Thrive in a Digital World’. It contains a commitment to introduce a digital identity service for Scotland,…
New Digital Strategy for Scotland – Digital Government and Services
18th March 2021
Last week we launched A Changing Nation: How Scotland will Thrive in a Digital World, a new Digital Strategy for Scotland. This is the third in a series of blogs looking at the three key themes in the strategy – People and Place, A Strong Digital Economy and Digital Government and Services, which will all…
Digital Strategy for Scotland – A Strong Digital Economy
17th March 2021
Last week we launched A Changing Nation: How Scotland will Thrive in a Digital World, a new Digital Strategy for Scotland. The strategy contains three key themes where digital will play a role in our recovery from coronavirus: People and Place, A Strong Digital Economy and Digital Government and Services, and we’re publishing a series…
8 Tips to improve your internet speed
23rd December 2020
Blog by Caitlin MacIver, communications officer in Digital Connectivity Division. Introduction Scottish Government’s Digital Connectivity Division within Digital Directorate is responsible for enhancing Scotland’s digital infrastructure while supporting connectivity-enabled innovation to maximise economic impacts. We want to ensure that everyone gets access to superfast broadband and knows how to check if they’ve already got it,…