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Working together to tackle our environmental impact

Posted by: Mattie Yeta, Sustainability Lead, Posted on: 7 February 2019 - Categories: ICT sustainability
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Mattie Yeta, Sustainability Lead, explains how partnerships are at the very heart of Defra's vision, with the creation of a Joint Sustainable ICT Group.

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Turning river level data into meaningful content

Posted by: Michael Lyons, the Environment Agency, Posted on: 5 February 2019 - Categories: Defra digital
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Defra deals in data. And lots of it. A big part of the department’s job is to collect, process and, through careful service design, convert data into something useful for citizens, businesses and other agencies.

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