Working together to tackle our environmental impact
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.
Turning river level data into meaningful content
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.
Sustainability and digital transformation: opportunities and challenges
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John Seglias, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Posted on:
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Digital transformation, ICT sustainability, Strategy
John Seglias, Defra group Chief Digital and Information Officer, reflects on the Greening Government ICT 2018 annual report (published on 29 January 2019).
Running retros in pairs: what it’s like, and what we learned
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Defra digital
David Thomas and Christina Gyles share their thoughts on the idea of 'pair facilitation' after attending the Agile in the City conference in Bristol.
Getting robot help with legacy software
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Myra Hunt, Joint Chief Digital Officer and Harriet Green, Joint Chief Digital Officer, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Digital transformation
Let's talk about legacy software. Every large organisation has some. We have plenty. When we say 'legacy', we usually mean software and systems that are old. But old software isn’t necessarily bad software.
Embracing the concept of community
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Defra digital, Digital transformation
Imran Hussain reflects on his first month in the Community of Practice lead role for the Defra group.
Postcard from Barcelona - what we learned at the Gartner Symposium
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John Seglias, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Posted on:
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Digital transformation
John Seglias (Chief Digital and Information Officer) and Malcolm McKee (Chief Technology Officer) share their thoughts after attending the annual Gartner Symposium in Barcelona.
Introducing the government-wide sustainability strategy
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John Seglias, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Posted on:
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Digital transformation, ICT sustainability, Strategy
John Seglias, Defra group Chief Digital and Information Officer, talks about the updated Greening Government Sustainable Technology Strategy to 2020.
Switching to GOV.UK Notify for flood warning texts
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Steve White, Delivery Manager - Flood Warning System, Environment Agency, Posted on:
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Defra digital
The Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales are responsible for providing flood warning information to properties at risk of flooding. In recent weeks we’ve been moving our text notification service to GOV.UK Notify, providing us with many benefits and improvements.
When ‘efficient’ processes make us less efficient
We’ve all been there - you have to deal with a problem by calling a large organisation, and you end up being put through to a call centre. You explain the problem to one person, who puts you through to someone else, so you explain it all over again.
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