What you can learn from making data user-centred
Data infrastructure is about building the foundations for the way government uses data. This work deals with some very technical, system-level infrastructure. So we did some user research.
Data
You can find more information about data on the dedicated Data in government blog.
Help us give government better data about services
The Performance Platform measures how government services are performing. The team recently did a rediscovery of its work and now we’re exploring what data we should provide and how we should provide it to enable better decisions about government services.
Designing the register creation process
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Martin Jordan – former Head of Service Design, GDS and Tom Hughes - Senior Content Designer, Posted on:
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Data
When designing services or creating content, we always start by thinking about user needs. We create registers in the same way.
Data literacy: helping non-data specialists make the most of data science
Data has a vital role to play in developing government policy and in delivering services that meet the needs of people across the UK.
An open address register
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Paul Maltby - former Director of Data, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Data
The government will provide up to £5 million to develop options for an authoritative address register that is open and freely available.
What’s happening with data
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Stephen Foreshew-Cain - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Data, GDS team
It’s time to update you on what’s been happening on our work with data.
Fail them faster
The other day, while driving along a local shortcut, I was faced with a ‘road closed’ sign and had to u-turn. Beyond the sign, there was no road where road had been yesterday.
Please release me: building a new statistical release calendar
Sam Hall is Head of Publishing Operations at the Office for National Statistics.
Helping government find user needs with analytics
Over the last couple of months we’ve run search engine optimisation and analytics workshop sessions for content designers in government departments and agencies.
Over 50 million visits and other data stories
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Peter Jordan - former Head of Performance Analysis, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Data
The product analysts are always keeping an eye on how GOV.UK is performing, and I thought it would be interesting to share a milestone and some other data about user behaviour.
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