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About our guide to discovery

Posted by: Tracy Green, Posted on: 30 November 2017 - Categories: Defra digital
Screenshot of the guide to discovery

We've just published A guide to discovery (in alpha). We'd like you to tell us what you think of it.

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Taking action on age diversity in Defra

Posted by: Betsy Bassis, Posted on: 24 November 2017 - Categories: Defra digital
Carol Deakins

...a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. As we look ahead to the coming year, I’m particularly interested in exploring the intersectionality between age and other aspects diversity....

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Putting the Service Toolkit to work

Posted by: Harriet Green, Joint Chief Digital Officer and Myra Hunt, Joint Chief Digital Officer, Posted on: 22 November 2017 - Categories: Defra digital, Digital transformation
Waste export controls tool alpha

...it's very hard to update the database behind the scenes, so when new waste controls are created for new waste products, or to reflect changing policies in foreign countries, the...

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Partnership in Practice

Posted by: Ad West, Posted on: 20 November 2017 - Categories: Data Transformation, Defra digital, Defra Science and Innovation, Defra services, Digital transformation
approaching service design using a range of prototyping tools, including miniature farm models

Read a blog post about the Defra Livestock Information Programme - which is working with industry to transform how we track future livestock movements in the UK.

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Transformation: it’s been the new ‘normal’ for decades

Posted by: John Seglias, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Posted on: 17 November 2017 - Categories: Data Transformation, Defra digital, Digital transformation
John Seglias, Defra group Chief Digital and Information Officer

A post from John Seglias (Defra group Chief Digital and Information Officer) sharing some thoughts on transformation.

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Introducing the Digital Working team

Posted by: Tracy Green, Posted on: 17 November 2017 - Categories: Defra digital, Digital transformation
Digital Working team at work

Back in April, my colleague Colin Banno-Thornton wrote about the birth of the Enabling Digital Transformation team in Defra. Since then quite a lot has changed (not least the name of the team - I'll come back to that later), …

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What we mean by 'digital'

Posted by: Harriet Green, Joint Chief Digital Officer and Myra Hunt, Joint Chief Digital Officer, Posted on: 13 November 2017 - Categories: Defra digital, Digital transformation
Harriet Green and Myra Hunt

We took over as Defra’s joint Chief Digital Officers back in July. Since then, we've spent a lot of time meeting a lot of different people at all levels around the organisation, asking questions and listening.

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Posters to help Communities of Practice grow

Posted by: David Buck, Engagement, OpenDefra, Posted on: 8 November 2017 - Categories: Defra digital, Digital transformation
Communities posters on the wall

...going up on various Defra walls recently. We hope people all over government will find these new communities posters equally useful. There are two slightly different sets available to download...

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