Stewart Hamilton
Written 205 posts
Communications and Engagement Officer
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…
Data Science Accelerator – It’s about the journey not the destination
26th August 2024
Guest blog post by Lilly Herridge, Senior Assistant Statistician, National Records of Scotland. Next week sees the launch of the 2024 Data Science Accelerator, a public sector programme that supports innovation in the use and analysis of data. I’m now part of the judging panel that selects projects for this programme but back in 2018,…
ScotAccount – Usability by design and default
2nd August 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 the secure and simple way to access public services online. It makes accessing services easier because you can use one account to sign in…
Call for action from the Digital Directorate. Can you help us to build a public participation platform?
31st July 2024
Blog by Michaela Omelkova, Data Ethicist, Data Division. In the Scottish Government, we believe that actively listening to and acting on public opinion is essential to good governance. Public participation is after all a key aspect of modern democracy, and one of the building blocks of our trustworthiness. At the moment, the Scottish Government uses…
Digital programme – Digital Scotland Service Manual
30th July 2024
Blog by Thomas Ozers, Senior Delivery Manager, Digital Scotland Service Manual team. Hi there! A very warm welcome from the Digital Scotland Service Manual team to our blog! In this first one, we’re keen to outline what the manual is and who it is for, and outline some of the key pieces of work we’re…
Scottish Government Design System Axure library update
23rd July 2024
Blog by Anusree Raju, Senior Interaction Designer, Digital Services Division, Digital Directorate The Scottish Government Design System (SGDS) team recently launched a new version of its Axure widget library (scottishgovernment_designsystem_v2.0.rplib). It contains new and updated components and patterns. An Axure library is a collection of pre-made components to use in your designs to save…
An introduction to the Digital Programme
17th July 2024
Blog by Paul Fagan, Head of Digital Programme This is part of series of blogs about the Digital Programme. Introduction Hello and a very warm welcome to the first in a series of blogs on the Digital Programme! For our first outing, we’re keen to give you an overview on why we need the programme,…
Technology Assurance Framework – what we learned from Major Digital Project Reviews in 2023-24
16th July 2024
Guest blog by Berit Braun, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. The Digital Assurance Office (DAO), who administer the Technology Assurance Framework (TAF), share the lessons learned from their assurance reviews to support others to deliver more successful projects and programmes This blog shares what we learned from the 30 major digital project reviews carried out…
Technology Assurance Framework – what we learned from Digital Scotland Service Standard Assessments in 2023-24
16th July 2024
Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office The Digital Assurance Office, who administer the Technology Assurance Framework (TAF), share the lessons learned from their assurance reviews to support others to deliver more successful projects and programmes. This blog shares what we learned from the 28 Digital Scotland Service Standard (DSSS) assessments…
Back to the Future: Building a vision for public sector data
11th July 2024
Guest blog post by Albert King, Chief Data Officer, NHS National Services Scotland. Earlier this year, The Scottish Government put out a call inviting people to come together to co-create a long-term vision for public sector data in Scotland. This is clearly something people care deeply about as we had a great response, from which,…