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Open Data & Government Data Programme Update event for external data users8 December 2015
Paul MaltbyDirector of DataGovernment Digital Service@maltbyps
In the last Parliament our data approach was dominated by open data
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The data user community worked wonders
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But like ODI & others we know we now need to stretch our approach wider and deeper
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That means, where appropriate, shared data, not just open data
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That means quality, not just quantity
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We will continue the deep involvement with external data users to keep pressure on the quality and quantity of open data
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But the big shift is to drive data quality by dog-fooding within government
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A new Government Data Programme aiming to transform how data is used across public services
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Too much government data isDuplicatedIn many different formatsHard to reachHard to maintainHard to put to good use
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Our aim = better digital services
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Our aim = good policy and operational decisions
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Our aim = economic benefits
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Our aim = public trust & security
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The Government Data Programme has 3 workstreams
1.Better use of data
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Driving internal use of new data with:
Data science and open data projects on top policy challengesData capability and literacy (with ONS)
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Maintaining UK’s international leadership on open data and transparency
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Improving decision making and boosting demand for data quality for benefit of all
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Data science opportunities: Unstructured data and visualisations
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Data science opportunities: Clustering and prediction
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There is some unfinished business on open data
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We especially want help from external users with ODI to keep driving the open data agenda
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ONS creating mainstream data science capability among analysts in government
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GDS will be supporting this, including through data literacy for non-data specialists
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2. Modernising data infrastructure
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Creating a security-conscious data layer in government consisting of
Data access toolsAPIsRegisters
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Resulting in a National Information Infrastructure of open and shared data to fuel business and government innovation
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Registers: lists of facts where the government is the canonical source of truth
API standards: so without friction appropriate data can be queried across government
Discovery tools: so civil servants can find out if data exists & if they can access it
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companies, charities, trade unions, courts, schools, universities, hospitals, zoos, circuses, inspections, licences, certificates, births, marriages, deaths, electoral roll, insolvencies, bankruptcies, passports, animal passports, drivers, vehicles, land parcels, land ownership, land use, legal boundaries, awards, tax rates, benefits, livestock movements, flood risk, river levels, companies, fish caught, patents, trademarks, designs, non-native invasive plants, bank holidays, food standards, clock changes …
“SCOLAND UK” “SCOTALND UK” “SCOTKLAND UK”“SCOTLAD UK”“SCOTLAND”“SCOTLAND UK”“SCOTLAND UK”“SCOTLAND UNITED KINGDO”“SCOTLAND UNITED KINGDOM”“SCOTLAND UNITED KINGODM”“SCOTLAND, UK”
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Registers are more than just a list
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Persistent & canonicalMinimum viable datasetA service, not a listIntegrity of historyOpen / shared / private
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Registers:Are owned by a departmentProvided as a service for others inside and outside governmentAccording to common design patterns & software
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Starting with commonly referenced registers such as
CountriesCompanies (limited companies, charities, sole traders)Local authoritiesPremisesAddresses
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No technology big bang required
Creating an API infrastructure across government and, where appropriate, to users outside
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Reducing the need for bulk data sharing in government
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So no more downloading and emailing data around Whitehall
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And no more disks in the post
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(but we know how important bulk availability of data is for some external users via data.gov.uk)
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We’re also starting to think about better data discovery tools - both inside and outside government
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There are currently no tools for civil servants to know whether non-open data exists across government
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Never mind knowing whether they can or should access it
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Or having tools available to help them query the data or provide basic manipulation, eg plot on a map
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A discovery process on tooling will start in the new year - we will be doing user research with users inside and outside government
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3. Data policy and governance
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Supporting the programme through cross-dept governance:
Agree the technical approach and common policies Data access legislation?International engagement and policies
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Creating shared vision & ambition and collective rules of the road
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A new Ministerial Group on Digital Transformation - including data
An external Steering Group chaired by National Statistician John Pullinger
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Open Data Institute keeping our feet to the fire and connected with external data users
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See more on the ODI process
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At the heart of the programme senior Data Leaders drawn from across government
Agreeing:Common policies (eg external sharing) Data standardsResponsibility for registersOpportunities for collaboration
And leading the new data vision across Whitehall
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Possible new data access legislation?
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Research and statistics●HMRC●ADRNs●ONS admin data
Tailored public services●Personal data for
defined & limited individual benefit
Fraud●Personal data for
tackling fraud (with sunset clause)
See more on the earlier open policy process with civil society at datasharing.org.uk
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Start with clear user need and public benefit
Use data and tools which have the minimum intrusion necessary
Create robust data science models
Be alert to public perceptions
Be as open as possible
Data science ethical framework
6 Keep data secure
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And tackling the big questions
Citizen consent and control of data When and how data should/shouldn’t be shared outside government
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Better use of dataOpen dataData ScienceData literacy and capability
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Modernising data infrastructureData discovery toolsAPIsRegisters
Data policy and governanceCommon policies and leadershipPossible legislationInternational leadership
Paul MaltbyDirector of DataGovernment Digital Service@maltbyps