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It may become increasingly necessary to charge for open data By Andrew Collinge, Advisor, Smart Dubai, and former Director for Intelligence and Analysis, Greater London Authority This is the second of two pieces. It sets out principles and action areas that will make open data work in modern data markets and communities. Andrew Collinge The first article set out the current state of play for government open data. It argued that the first ten years of the open data movement had seen a quiet ma...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Highmark Health engages Verily to reinvent the healthcare experience for Highmark Health customers and clinicians March 2, 2021 GMT PITTSBURGH and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Highmark Health, a national blended health organization, today announced a strategic collaboration with Verily that will complement and build upon the partnership it recently announced with Google Clou...

GCHQ outlines how it’s going to ensure its (secretive) use of AI is ethical Read later Audio version Summary: GCHQ, has released a report that outlines the risks and opportunities when making use of AI for its UK security and intelligence operations. (Image sourced via GCHQ website) This week the UKs security and intelligence agency GCHQ shared an in-depth document outlining how it is thinking about AI ethics, specifically how it can be held accountable for its us...

Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund’s lengthy approval process leads to delays in funding projects and could be a deterrent, according to the National Audit Office.

Topics Local authorities have been innovative in using data in response to Covid-19, but it needs engagement with local citizens to make it sustainable, according to a new report. The Government’s Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) has produced Local Government Use of Data During the Pandemic from a forum involving councils across the country and research into public attitudes. Its key findings include that local authorities have used individual- and population-level data creativel...

Councils need funding to maintain data innovations, says report Local government needs increased investment to ensure recent data-driven innovations are maintained, a new report has argued. The analysis by the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) found the pandemic has accelerated the innovative way councils use data at a local level. It highlights a range of innovations by local government during the crisis such as Argyll and Bute Council’s trial of drone technology to deliver medica...

Read later Audio version Summary: The UK’s Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation highlights a number of barriers to continued, successful data use for local government beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that government institutions can provide better services for citizens when they have access to, and know how to effectively use, public datasets. The response to the novel Coronavirus has been strongly supported by access to health data, data sharing, hospita...

Date Time Action needed to maintain councils’ momentum in supporting communities through data-driven innovation The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI), the UK government’s advisory body on the responsible use of AI and data-driven technology, has published new analysis on the use of data in local government during the COVID-19 crisis. It draws on findings from a forum attended by local authorities across the country, in which they explored changes to data use during the pandemic a...

CCS goes live with £800m NHS IT framework Digital Capability for Health framework covers development and IT management services for health and social care organisations Share this item with your network: By Published: 04 Feb 2021 11:25 The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has gone live with a four-year, £800m framework providing IT management services for NHS and social care. The Digital Capability for Health framework, created in collaboration with NHS Digital, aims to help health and car...

CDEI: Local government data use must keep up Covid momentum The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation says momentum in local authority data use during the Covid-19 pandemic is in danger of being dissipated without central government investment and support for data skills development Share this item with your network: By Published: 04 Feb 2021 9:15 Good Covid data work in local government could run out of steam, the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) has cautioned. The UK governme...