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.
And it’s goodbye from him
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Alexander Coley, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Digital transformation, Open data
In March, a small milestone went largely unnoticed. The UK Open Data movement was 10 years old. It has been a privilege and an honour to be a part of the movement within Government during this time. At the end …
Landmark Envirocheck: providing insight using Defra's open data
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Mike Williams, Data Research Consultant, Landmark Information Group, Posted on:
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Defra digital
The following case study from Mike Williams, Data Research Consultant at Landmark Information group, shows how Defra's open data is being provided as a service alongside environmental expertise, to advise developers on the suitability of land for development. With the Government Digital Service …
Do we have the right technical skills?
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Lynn Heeley, Biodiversity Data Specialist, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Posted on:
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Defra content design, Defra digital, Digital transformation, Open data
The JNCC Technical Skills Framework – a strategic approach to training The majority of staff at the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) are scientists. We also have a dedicated technical development team but how do we know that we have …
Data Programme Board: putting the user first
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Miranda Kavanagh, Executive Director of Evidence, Environment Agency, Posted on:
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Digital transformation, Open data
Recently I attended the first meeting of the Defra Data Programme Board. This is the group of senior officials advising the SRO of the Defra Data Programme, Emily Miles, and reports into ExCo, the executive team of Defra chaired by …
Defra helps UK top world open data ranks
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Stefan Janusz, Communications, Defra Data Programme, Posted on:
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Data Transformation, Defra digital, Open data
Last week (21 April) the World Wide Web Foundation published the results of its Open Data Barometer, which showed that the UK remains at number one in the world. The barometer compares a number of measures to judge how well …
Environment Agency: going above and beyond
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Miranda Kavanagh, Executive Director of Evidence, Environment Agency, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Open data
This week we’ve released our water quality archive as open data (you can find it all here on data.gov.uk). The archive provides data on the quality of rivers, lakes and estuaries. There are a staggering 58 million measurements and 4 …
Why publish data, unless you want it to be used?
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Lisa Allen, Data Protection Programme and Deborah Yates, Open Data National Lead, Environment Agency, Posted on:
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Open data
About the authors: Lisa leads a team in implementing data governance and data quality, with a responsibility for developing, implementing and measuring the Environment Agency’s data maturity model. Deborah co-ordinates and leads work across the Environment Agency to embed an …
Key flood data goes open
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Trevor Linford, Flood - Data & Systems Manager, Environment Agency, Posted on:
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Defra digital
April is a busy month in our open data journey, as we make a number of significant flood-related datasets open including: Flood Map for Planning Areas that benefit from flood defences Flood storage areas Flood zones Spatial flood defences (without standardised …
Going open: assessing risk
Back in November, Alex Coley blogged about being comfortable with risk – explaining the risks we consider when making our data open and the simple tool we use to help assess them. The Open Data Risk Assessment Tool was developed by the Environment …
Natural England hits its target early
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Hannah Ross, Open Data Project Manager, Natural England, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Open data
Natural England has released its 1000 open datasets three months earlier than the June target set by Elizabeth Truss MP. This important milestone forms part of the total of 8000 promised by the Defra group to the Secretary of State …
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