Digital
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8 Tips to improve your internet speed
23rd December 2020 by deborahamzil
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,...
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Digital Strategy Consultation – An Ethical Digital Nation
11th December 2020 by Stewart Hamilton
In a recent blog, we introduced the consultation for the new Digital Strategy for Scotland and highlighted why it is so important for people across the country to have their voices heard. This is the sixth and final blog in a short series taking a look at the key themes raised within the strategy. In...
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Join the conversation on digital ethics
8th December 2020 by Stewart Hamilton
The Digital Directorate’s, Digital Participation team are seeking engagement from the public, organisations and businesses on an open digital dialogue to gather opinions on the collection and use of information online. This work is being done as part of discussions on what it means to be an Ethical Digital Nation. We want to ensure that...
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Digital Strategy Consultation – A vibrant tech sector
7th December 2020 by Stewart Hamilton
We recently introduced a consultation for the new Digital Strategy for Scotland and highlighted why it is so important for people across the country to have their voices heard. This is the fifth blog in a short series taking a look at the key themes raised within the strategy and why a vibrant tech sector...
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What Scottish Government has learned about how to do ‘Digital Discovery’
4th December 2020 by Angela Saunders
Introduction I’m Angela Saunders, Product Manager at the Scottish Government. If you’re on the point of starting a “Digital Discovery” project, I want to tell you about what we’ve learned recently from ours. For those unfamiliar with the term, Discovery is the important first step in designing a public service. What is Discovery, and why...
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Data access for the public good
30th November 2020 by Stewart Hamilton
Blog by Tom Andrews, Communications and Engagement Manager, Statistics and Data Access Division. The Statistics and Data Access Division has been working with the Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR) to make data linkage – the linking of administrative data created by one organisation or department to that from another – in Scotland more...
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SG Payments – Moving from Alpha to Beta
25th November 2020 by Stewart Hamilton
Blog by Carron Macnab, Delivery Manager, Product and Commercial Division. As a key commitment in the Digital Strategy for Scotland, the SG Payments Service will incrementally replace existing disparate and disconnected platforms that we currently use for paying out pensions, benefits and grants. We’ve previously blogged about our successful Alpha and proof of concept phases,...
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Digital Strategy Consultation – A Digital and Data Economy
23rd November 2020 by Stewart Hamilton
In a recent blog, we introduced the consultation for the new Digital Strategy for Scotland and highlighted why it is so important for people across the country to have their voices heard. This is the fourth blog in a short series taking a look at the key themes raised within the strategy. In this blog,...
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Digital Identity Scotland – Industry event update
17th November 2020 by Stewart Hamilton
Claire Lumsdaine, Product Manager for Digital Identity in the Scottish Government, provides an update on the work of the Digital Identity Scotland programme. In our last Blog, we invited interest in an Industry Engagement event, shared material about our prototype work from earlier in the year as well as the outputs from some of our...
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Digital Strategy Consultation – Transforming Government
16th November 2020 by Stewart Hamilton
We recently introduced a consultation for the new Digital Strategy for Scotland and highlighted why it is so important for people across the country to have their voices heard. This is the third blog in a short series taking a look at the key themes raised within the strategy and why digital transformation of public...
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