What a content designer does in alpha
What a content designer does in alpha
Kaitlin D'Avella explains what content designers do in the alpha stage of a project.
A new discovery for tracking waste
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Alistair Paul, Waste Regulation and Crime, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Digital transformation
A cross-government collaborative team recently started a discovery looking at how waste movements are tracked across the UK. The team is keen to hear from regulators and businesses, to find out more about their needs. In this post I’ll explain …
Change is hard, but better than not changing at all
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Harriet Green, Joint Chief Digital Officer and Myra Hunt, Joint Chief Digital Officer, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Digital transformation
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is one of Defra's delivery bodies. It is responsible for safeguarding animal and plant health for the benefit of people, the environment and the economy. Part of its work involves inspecting all sorts …
Platforms can be products too
Like many other government organisations, we have embraced the Service Manual, and we’re increasingly putting service design thinking and agile working methods at the heart of our approach to delivery. It’s change, and change for the better.
Rethinking how people send us data
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Harriet Green, Joint Chief Digital Officer and Myra Hunt, Joint Chief Digital Officer, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Digital transformation
The law says that companies disposing of waste into landfill sites must have a permit. The permit requires them to monitor various things, so that we understand what impact the site may be having on the environment. The list of …
About our 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.
Taking action on age diversity in Defra
A year ago I was asked to sponsor a new network - one being set up by a group of people who wanted to bring attention to an aspect of diversity that doesn’t always get recognised or talked about. That …
Putting the Service Toolkit to work
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Harriet Green, Joint Chief Digital Officer and Myra Hunt, Joint Chief Digital Officer, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Digital transformation
The conventional view of waste is that it's not worth anything to anyone, which is why it gets thrown away in the first place. But waste is more complicated than that.
Partnership in Practice
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Ad West, Posted on:
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Data Transformation, Defra digital, Defra Science and Innovation, Defra services, Digital transformation
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.
Transformation: it’s been the new ‘normal’ for decades
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John Seglias, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Posted on:
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Data Transformation, Defra digital, Digital transformation
A post from John Seglias (Defra group Chief Digital and Information Officer) sharing some thoughts on transformation.
Introducing the Digital Working team
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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