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UK’s digital leaders set out goals on data and skills By Adam Branson on 04/05/2021 The UK’s new central digital teams are to accelerate their work on digital skills throughout the workforce. Credit: Rob Thom/UK CivilService / Flickr The UK’s new central digital teams are to accelerate their work on data management across government, career development within the profession and digital skills throughout the workforce, the civil service’s digital leaders explained at an event last Friday...

Government digital chiefs outline plans for CDDO and GDS Paul Willmott, Joanna Davinson and Tom Read talk about establishing a digital, data and technology sub-board, plans to hire a chief technology officer and a chief data officer, and a five-year plan for the Government Digital Service Share this item with your network: By Published: 04 May 2021 14:29 Paul Willmott, chairman of the government’s Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), is in the process of creating a digital, data and ...

The Government is planning to create a sub-board for digital, data and technology within the Civil Service Board. Joanna Davinson, executive director of the recently created Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) within the Cabinet Office, referred to the plan during an online presentation organised by the Institute for Government Thinktank. She said it will work with the CDDO to boost the efforts around central government to bring data, policy and operations together. “We need to get a lot b...

City Moves: Who is switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? Snakes and Ladders provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every Wednesday afternoon. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. In this week’s City Moves, we have a host of newly created roles making their way across the Square Mile. From chief data officers to directors of environment social and governance – the new positions mark a fresh online era, as well as the inc...

CDDO will assess delivery of government digital projects Government Digital Service boss Tom Read and the government’s Central Digital and Data Office executive director Joanna Davinson reveal next steps for digital, data and technology in government Share this item with your network: By Published: 06 Apr 2021 13:30 The government’s newly launched Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) aims to get to the “heart” of Whitehall’s digital transformation, according to its executive di...

Hawaii Data Landscape: Antiquated Infrastructure, Widespread Distrust - Honolulu Civil Beat Hawaii Data Landscape: Antiquated Infrastructure, Widespread Distrust New report from the Hawaii Data Collaborative lays out the challenges faced by the state’s data ecosystem and recommendations on how to move forward. Reading time: 6 minutes. A report released last week by the Hawaii Data Collaborative found the challenges go beyond problems with infrastructure, technology, manpower and other resour...

Read later Audio version Summary: The UK government’s rhetoric about data strategy and economic renewal can be compared with what is happening in the real world. (Image by www_slon_pics from Pixabay ) The UK launched its National Data Strategy last September, after more than two years of Brexit-inspired hiatus, bafflement, shoulder-shrugging, and pettifogging. Yet just a few months earlier in March, 2020s Westminster eForum on UK data strategy had presented an alarming picture of rudderless...

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UK launches fellowship to attract tech talent to government Programme jointly run by Number 10 and Government Digital Service will see 10 leaders enlisted to address key challenges in the public sector Share this item with your network: By Published: 10 Mar 2021 15:06 The UK government has announced the launch of an innovation fellowship programme aimed at attracting technology and digital talent to the public sector, as part of a broader research and development plan. Run jointly by Numb...

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