Stewart Hamilton
Written 226 posts
Communications and Engagement Officer
ScotAccount is finalist in Delivering for Citizens Award – transforming access to public services in Scotland
11th December 2025
Blog post by Trudy Nicolson, ScotAccount Programme Director, the Scottish Government. We’re delighted to share that ScotAccount was a finalist in the Delivering for Citizens Award at the 2025 Civil Service Awards, a recognition of teams that put people first and deliver measurable improvements to public services. As the only submission from the Scottish Government to be shortlisted from a total…
ScotPayments: Confirmation of Payee – Driving Efficiency and Fraud Prevention
8th December 2025
Blog by ScotPayments’ Raven Green, Senior Digital Portfolio Manager and Megan Abbott, Lead Business Relationship Manager. Last year, we wrote about the launch of Confirmation of Payee (CoP), a simple but powerful feature that checks names and bank details before payments are made. At the time, we knew CoP had the potential to reduce misdirected…
Shaping the Future of Statistics.gov.scot: From Discovery to Alpha
2nd December 2025
Blog by Auren Clarke, Senior Product Manager, and Sean Nugent, Technical Architect in the Scottish Government Digital Directorate, Data Division. We’re pleased to be able to share with you the latest from the Statistics.gov.scot Improvement Project. This blog is for those wanting to stay up to date with what we are planning for statistics.gov.scot, and…
Refreshing Scotland’s Digital Strategy: Part 6 –Recommitting to our collaborative plan
18th November 2025
Blog post by Becca Fairless, Head of Digital Strategy and Policy, Scottish Government. Welcome to the sixth edition of our blog-along on our refresh of the Digital Strategy for Scotland. My colleague Martyn Wallace from Digital Office for Scottish Local Government provided the most recent update – in it he gave you a wee sneak…
Mapping the Future: Scotland’s LiDAR Revolution
3rd October 2025
Guest blog by Mathew Williams, Scottish Government Chief Scientific Adviser for Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. My name is Mathew Williams, and I have the privilege of serving as the Scottish Government Chief Scientific Adviser for Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. In this role, I help shape policy around our natural world by bringing scientific…
Technology Assurance Framework – what we learned from Digital Scotland Service Standard Assessments in 2024-25
11th September 2025
Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office In 2024-25, 22 Digital Scotland Service Standard (DSSS) assessments were carried out under the Technology Assurance Framework (TAF). The Digital Assurance Office, who administer the TAF, have analysed the outcomes from these assessments to identify common challenges and are sharing these to support others…
Technology Assurance Framework – what we learned from Major Digital Project Reviews in 2024-25
11th September 2025
Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. In 2024-25, 37 major digital project reviews were completed under the Technology Assurance Framework (TAF). These reviews generated 288 recommendations for improvement. The Digital Assurance Office (DAO), who administer the TAF, have analysed these recommendations to identify common challenges and are sharing these to support others…
Making It Happen: Scotland’s Vision for Public Sector Data
26th August 2025
Blog by Joyce Dalgleish, Data Innovation and Change Lead, Scottish Government. It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 months since we shared the draft of the vision for public sector data. Since then, we’ve been genuinely heartened by how many of you have leaned in—giving your time, sharing your experiences, joining groups, and contributing ideas. Your…
ScotPayments – Onboarding milestones and reflections
17th July 2025
Blog by Megan Abbott, Lead Business Relationship Manager, ScotPayments. Milestones In a recent update, we shared that the ScotPayments team was focused on onboarding new partners and progressing toward Public Beta. Since then, we’ve made significant strides. In January, we began onboarding the Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) as our second Beta partner. We’re proud to share…
ScotAccount: transforming public services in Scotland
16th July 2025
Blog by Trudy Nicolson, Programme Director for the Scottish Government’s ScotAccount programme. It has been a busy period for the ScotAccount team, and we wanted to mark that by sharing an update on our progress. We are delighted to report that the service goes from strength to strength in supporting the modernisation of public services…