Digital

  • Trove.scot – user engagement

    23rd October 2024 by

    Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. This case study explores how the trove.scot Service Team took a user centred approach. This is the last of three case studies that have been prepared with Historic Environment Scotland (HES) to capture their activities and reflections. Check out the first two case studies...

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  • A shared destiny for public sector data

    18th October 2024 by

    Blog post by Shona Nicol, Head of Technical Data Policy, Data Division, Digital Directorate. As a data professional, it can sometime feel hard to get others interested in data. Perhaps like many in this profession, I can often express the importance and value of data for good in an overly technical way. However when our...

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  • Trove.scot – working with your supplier

    16th October 2024 by

    Guest blog by Laura Johnstone, Continuous Improvement team, Digital Assurance Office. Working with your supplier This case study explores how the trove.scot Service Team worked with the supplier they appointed to design and deliver trove.scot and their reflections. This is the second of three case studies prepared with Historic Environment Scotland (HES). The first, exploring...

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  • Trove.scot – embedding the Standard and working with the assessment process

    9th October 2024 by

    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,...

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  • ScotAccount – helping more people to access public services online

    23rd September 2024 by

    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...

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  • Moveable Transactions Project: good governance and active leadership

    18th September 2024 by

    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...

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  • Exploring public sector challenges through the lens of data: The 2024 Data Science Accelerator

    11th September 2024 by

    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...

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  • Moveable Transactions Project: creating a multi-disciplinary team

    11th September 2024 by

    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...

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  • Creating inclusive digital experiences: how Accessibility Cloud can help us all improve accessibility

    10th September 2024 by

    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...

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  • Variables added to the Scottish Government Design System Figma Kit

    6th September 2024 by

    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. This update includes the addition of several new...

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