Stewart Hamilton
Written 166 posts
Communications and Engagement Officer
Technology Assurance Framework – Governance and project control
24th April 2024
Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. The Digital Assurance Office (DAO), who administer the Technology Assurance Framework, share the lessons learned from their assurance reviews to support others to deliver more successful projects and programmes. This blog shares our insights relating to governance and project control. This is our fourth…
Digital connectivity – Janet’s Story
16th April 2024
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…
Digital connectivity – Connectivity at Seaton Estate
10th April 2024
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…
Digital connectivity – The story of the Reaching 100% (R100) programme
4th April 2024
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…
ScotPayments – Confirmation of Payee has launched
28th March 2024
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…
Census 2022 – Go live checklist
20th March 2024
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…
Census 2022 – resourcing
13th March 2024
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…
Census 2022 – cyber security
6th March 2024
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…
Privacy by design and default – ScotAccount
29th February 2024
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…
Census 2022 – contract management
28th February 2024
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…