Digital
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A shared destiny for public sector data
18th October 2024 by deborahamzil
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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Next-Generation Metadata Catalogue: Revolutionising Data Discovery in the Scottish Public Sector
3rd September 2024 by Stewart Hamilton
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…
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Open Data in Scotland : A Blueprint for Unlocking Innovation, Collaboration and Impact
29th August 2024 by Stewart Hamilton
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…
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Call for action from the Digital Directorate. Can you help us to build a public participation platform?
31st July 2024 by Stewart Hamilton
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…
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Back to the Future: Building a vision for public sector data
11th July 2024 by Stewart Hamilton
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,…
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Leveraging new technologies to shape innovative engineering solutions
28th June 2024 by Stewart Hamilton
Guest blog by Georgia Boura, Graduate Civil Engineer, Transport Scotland. As the national transport agency for Scotland, it’s essential for Transport Scotland to understand travel behaviour across the country. The traditional way to do this is through travel surveys, however collecting data in this way is time and cost intensive and therefore these cannot be…
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Moving open data forward – the Benefits, Challenges and Opportunities of Open Data for Producers, Users and Leaders
8th May 2024 by Stewart Hamilton
This blog has been written by Martin Macfie, Head of Open Data in the Digital Directorate’s Data Division, in which he discusses recent work to better understand the benefits, challenges and opportunities of Open Data. What we’ve been doing We need to be more strategic in the way we approach the publishing, messaging and culture…
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Data maturity information sessions for public sector organisations
1st May 2024 by Stewart Hamilton
Blog by Sally Kerr, Data Transformation Lead in Digital Directorate’s Technical Data Policy team. Better use of data is fundamental to driving efficiency and innovation in our public services and our economy, to deliver better outcomes for the people of Scotland. For public sector organisations to understand how to use their data effectively, it is…
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Are you a transformational leader passionate about data in Scotland?
24th April 2024 by deborahamzil
Blog by Tom Wilkinson, Chief Data Officer, Scottish Government Public sector data is a vital component in making sure that services for the people of Scotland are delivered efficiently and effectively. In an increasingly complex world, data plays an ever-expanding role in shaping and supporting economic, societal and environmental transformations. To support the public…
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Data Science Accelerator – 6 new projects welcomed
9th October 2023 by Stewart Hamilton
The Data Science Accelerator is an annual programme that offers public sector analysts the opportunity to develop their data science skills. In September, we welcomed six exciting new projects onto the sixth year of the accelerator in Scotland.
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