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Scores of GDS staff moved to new Central Digital and Data Office
Responsibility for controls and standards has been taken on by new entity
The east London headquarters of GDS and CDDO. Credit: Derwent London
13 May 2021
In the last month, scores of staff from the Government Digital Service have moved over to the newly established Central Digital and Data Office, which has taken on a range of standards and controls functions that were previously the remit of GDS.
CDDO, which is led by former Home Office digital chief Joanna Davinson, now holds responsibility for managing and implementing all digital, data and technology strategy and standards throughout government. This includes the Service Standard – a set of 14 rules against which services are assessed at every stage of their development. The newly created Cabinet Office body also oversees open standards and government’s Technology Code of Practice.
Crystal clear: Sir Ian Diamond on using data to profile the pandemic
By Matt Ross on 11/05/2021
Diamond briefs the public at a daily COVID-19 press conference last year: his agency’s data has helped shape policies and communications during the pandemic. Credit: Pippa Fowles/Number 10 Downing Street/Flickr.
The UK civil service has transformed its data operations during the pandemic, says Office for National Statistics chief Professor Sir Ian Diamond – web-scraping, integrating datasets, and building partnerships with businesses and foreign governments. And with more analysts and statistics professionals, he tells Matt Ross, it could move even faster
“We have seen a rapid and incredibly impressive use of statistics over the last year, in radical, novel and innovative ways,” says Professor Sir Ian Diamond. “During the pandemic, we have done things at much greater pace than we might have otherwise.”