Stewart Hamilton
Written 194 posts
Communications and Engagement Officer
Trove.scot – embedding the Standard and working with the assessment process
9th October 2024
Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) care for and curate millions of internationally renowned collections and archives. As the lead public body for Scotland’s historic environment, they also play a key role in identifying, celebrating and protecting Scotland’s most significant heritage. Their records on listed buildings,…
ScotAccount – helping more people to access public services online
23rd September 2024
Trudy Nicolson, Programme Director for the Scottish Government’s digital identity programme, updates us on progress and the opportunities ahead. ScotAccount launched in February 2023 as a secure and simple way to access public services online. Working initially with Disclosure Scotland, ScotAccount has enabled people to access their disclosure results online. More recently, ScotAccount has assisted…
Moveable Transactions Project: good governance and active leadership
18th September 2024
Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. Introduction Registers of Scotland (RoS) are undertaking a project to build, launch and maintain two new public Registers, introduced by the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023. The timeline for the commencement of the Registers is dependent on the implementation of secondary legislation. Read our…
Exploring public sector challenges through the lens of data: The 2024 Data Science Accelerator
11th September 2024
Blog by Joyce Dalgleish, Data Innovation and Change Lead, Scottish Government. The Scottish Data Science Accelerator offers an annual development opportunity for public sector staff to build data science skills through the exploration of a real-life public sector data challenge with the support of a mentor. On 4 September, our year 7 cohort came together to…
Moveable Transactions Project: creating a multi-disciplinary team
11th September 2024
Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. Introduction Registers of Scotland (RoS) are undertaking a project to build, launch and maintain two new public Registers, introduced by the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023. The timeline for the commencement of the Registers is dependent on the implementation of secondary legislation. Read our…
Creating inclusive digital experiences: how Accessibility Cloud can help us all improve accessibility
10th September 2024
This blog has been written by Mark Palmer, Accessibility Lead, Digital Directorate, to announce the roll out of Accessibility Cloud to public sector organisations. Accessibility Cloud is now available for automated testing As Accessibility Lead I’ve seen first hand the challenges we all face when creating digital experiences that are truly accessible to everyone. We…
Variables added to the Scottish Government Design System Figma Kit
6th September 2024
Blog by Kevin Allen, Lead Graphic Designer, Digital Services Division. We are very happy to announce the latest update to the Scottish Government Design System Figma Kit, bringing the kit in line with our refreshed styling guidance and the most up to date design features in Figma. …
Moveable Transactions Project: active learning and applying lessons in real time
4th September 2024
Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. Introduction Registers of Scotland (RoS) are undertaking a project to build, launch and maintain two new public Registers, introduced by the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023. The timeline for the commencement of the Registers is dependent on the implementation of secondary legislation. The Digital…
Next-Generation Metadata Catalogue: Revolutionising Data Discovery in the Scottish Public Sector
3rd September 2024
Blog by Masood Alam, Chief Data Architect, and Catherine Ojo, Lead Data Scientist, from the Scottish Government’s Data Division. In a time when data drives decision-making, the Scottish public sector is making a significant move with the prospective development of a state-of-the-art Federated Data Catalogue and Metadata Repository, using machine learning & graph analytics. This…
Open Data in Scotland : A Blueprint for Unlocking Innovation, Collaboration and Impact
29th August 2024
This blog has been written by Martin Macfie, Head of Open Data in the Digital Directorate’s Data Division to announce the publication of an independent report on open data for the Scottish Government. Publication of report In May 2024, I wrote a blog which outlined Scottish Government commissioned research to better understand the benefits, challenges…