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Members of the Analysis Function People Board Shadow Board holding a virtual meeting Written by Nicholas Webster, Welsh Government The Analysis Function’s People Board (AFPB) Shadow Board (only in government would you get away with such a long name!) supports the work of the Analysis Function by shadowing a senior board specifically focusing on developing capability across government analysts. The ultimate goal of the People Board is to ensure we have the right people in the right place with the right skills at the right time to deliver better analysis for better delivery. The role of the S...

Digital Government From: 13 May 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Good morning everyone, and many thanks to Govnet for inviting me here today and giving me the opportunity to share the plans and priorities for the Digital, Data and Technology Function for the coming year, led by the Central Digital and Data Office. The theme of the next two days is enhancing government to citizen engagement through the digital evolution, and there is so much to talk about as always. Earlier this year, the Cabinet Office announced the new DDaT leadership team. The appointments of...

Analysts Assemble From: 6 April 2021 The Analysis Function’s Michelle Bowen is an integral part of the planning team for our very first Analysis in Government month this May and tells us why connecting analysts together is like assembling a group of superheroes! Over to you Michelle: “We love a movie night in the Bowen household. Most recently we have been re-watching all the Marvel Avengers superhero movies (in chronological order!). What have Marvel movies got to do with analysts I hear you ask? Well… Over the past few months, I have been working on Analysis in Government month. A...

Optimizing public services: Cities that run their own operating system Watch Now For about a year and a half now, the UK government has been on the hunt for one of the biggest jobs in tech. The Cabinet Office has been recruiting for its next Government Chief Digital Officer (GCDO), a £200,000-a-year role operating at the most senior level of the civil service, to accomplish a seriously daunting task: to lead the public sector's digital transformation.   Now, fifteen months after the GCDO's job was first advertised, and despite confirming on various occasions that the recruitment process w...