Digital

  • ScotAccount: Supporting more people to access digital public services

    26th August 2026 by

    Blog post by David Duncan-Fraser, ScotAccount Service Owner.  As more public services move online, making those services accessible to as many people as possible has never been more important. Whether someone is registering for a service, proving who they are, or accessing support, the experience should be inclusive and straightforward.  That commitment to digital inclusion is at the heart of ScotAccount.   Our recent introduction of HM Passport…

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  • data.gov.scot: public beta launches on 25 August

    19th August 2026 by

    Blog by Kate Stallibrass, Open Data Publishing Manager in the Digital Directorate’s Open Data Team, Data Division. We are pleased to announce that we plan to launch data.gov.scot as a public beta on 25 August 2026. data.gov.scot has been designed to make it easier to find, access and reuse public sector data about Scotland, while…

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  • Getting ready for beta: inside data.gov.scot

    7th July 2026 by

    Blog by Auren Clarke, Senior Product Manager in the Digital Directorate’s Open Data Team, Data Division. The Scottish Government is working with Storm ID to build data.gov.scot, a new service to make it easier to find, access and reuse data about Scotland. This blog is the second in a series. You can read the first…

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  • Technology Assurance Framework – what we learned from Major Digital Project Reviews in 2025-26

    24th June 2026 by

    Guest blog by Anneke Davie, Audit and Assurance Insights team, Digital Assurance Office. In 2025-26, 45 major digital project reviews were completed under the Technology Assurance Framework (TAF). These reviews generated 345 recommendations for improvement. These recommendations have been analysed to identify common challenges and are shared to support others to deliver more successful projects. This blog…

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  • Improving data access for ethical research and innovation

    23rd March 2026 by

    Blog post by Chris Bergin, Strategic Data Policy Adviser, in the Scottish Government’s Digital Citizen Division.   Today marks the publication of an Operational Framework  to support the secure and ethical use of public sector data, by Scotland’s innovators and researchers.   Scotland’s public sector personal data is a rich resource, that if used in…

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  • Help shape Scotland’s Open Data future – Imagining success in 2036

    17th February 2026 by

    I’m Martin Macfie, and I lead the Open Data team in the Data Division of the Scottish Government’s Digital Directorate. We’re inviting you to take part in a short workshop to help shape a bold, future-focused message for open data in Scotland. What we’ve been working on Since publishing the independent report on open data…

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  • Reflections on FutureScot’s Digital Scotland conference

    19th January 2026 by

    Becca Fairless, Head of Digital Strategy and Policy in the Scottish Government blogs about launching our refreshed joint Digital Strategy for Scotland at a recent digital conference. At the end of  last year we published our refreshed Vision for digital in Scotland alongside our joint Delivery Plan for Sustainable Digital Public Services. We launched this at FutureScot’s Digital Scotland…

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  • Creating the service patterns cards

    22nd December 2025 by

    Blog post by Kirsty Sinclair, User-Centred Design, Lead Service Designer, and Anusree Raju, Senior Interaction Designer. This is blog post three of three. Read the previous blogs in the series. Service pattern design work is supporting the adoption of common digital solutions and promoting reuse across services, aligning with the refreshed Digital Strategy for Scotland…

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  • Practical application of reusable service patterns on a real service use case 

    19th December 2025 by

    Blog post by Kirsty Sinclair, User-Centred Design, Lead Service Designer, and Anusree Raju, Senior Interaction Designer. This is blog two of a three blog series. Read blog post one. Service pattern design work is supporting the adoption of common digital solutions and promoting reuse across services, aligning with the refreshed Digital Strategy for Scotland vision…

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  • Reusable service patterns in Scottish public sector services

    18th December 2025 by

    Blog post by Kirsty Sinclair, User-Centred Design, Lead Service Designer, and Anusree Raju, Senior Interaction Designer. Service pattern design work is supporting the adoption of common digital solutions and promoting reuse across services, aligning with the refreshed Digital Strategy for Scotland vision statement: Sustainable Digital Public Services. Reusable service patterns is a term for design…

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