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That's a wrap-up! Reflecting on the DataFunction Unconference

Angharad Stone, The Environment Agency, Beck Strickland, 'Everything Data', the Environment Agency, Elspeth Body, Farah Ahmed, Head of Strategy, Defra Data Transformation Programme, Mike Rose, Head of Engagement, OpenDefra and Sophia Oliver, Head of Data Programme and Data Function, 9 December 2016 - Data Transformation, Defra digital, Open data

The Defra Data Function met in a crisp and frosty Birmingham to discuss the future direction of data in Defra

Sharing our learning so far about livestock information

Simon Hall, 8 December 2016 - Defra digital

Following on from the last blog about Defra's livestock information programme Simon Hall shares some of our learning so far.

Livestock information: working to keep the UK at the forefront of animal tracking

Simon Hall, 29 November 2016 - Defra digital

Defra's Livestock Information Programme has done a lot of work over the last nine months to make sure that our approach is truly outcome and user focussed. Our learning has revealed an opportunity much, much bigger than just reducing the cost of IT. Here’s why.

Eden tamed: using data to solve flooding in Cumbria

Stefan Janusz, Communications, Defra Data Programme, 19 November 2016 - Data Transformation, Defra digital, Open data

Healthy competition is a fantastic way to focus teams on tasks, concentrating efforts on a single goal within a time limit. The space race, the Sinclair-Acorn 8-bit computer race ('the battle for our classrooms'), the race to claim priority for …

Content clinic 10 November: what we talked about

Ben Clancy, 15 November 2016 - Defra content design, Defra digital

The Defra content team held its first content clinic on a slack channel with editors from Natural England, the Animal and Plant Health Agency, the Rural Payments Agency, Environment Agency and Defra. Headings Can we use H4s in detailed guides? No - …

Content designers need experts

Ben Clancy, 8 November 2016 - Defra content design

You might have heard that people have had enough of experts. Those people are definitely not content designers. Experts help content designers write factually and legally accurate guidance. Without input from a subject-matter expert (SME) content could lead its users …

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That's a wrap-up! Reflecting on the DataFunction Unconference

Sharing our learning so far about livestock information

Livestock information: working to keep the UK at the forefront of animal tracking

Eden tamed: using data to solve flooding in Cumbria

Content clinic 10 November: what we talked about

Content designers need experts

Satellites, sensors and savings - the 2nd meeting of Defra's Data Programme Board

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Regulated customers: embracing digital and data to design simpler services

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