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Where are the public sector reformers? Help us find them!

When I joined the Institute for Government in 2013, the Government Digital Service (version 1.0) was in full swing. It provided an obvious…

Oct 30

Oct 30

Year note: 2024

I knew I’d forgotten to do something…

Oct 16

The Principal Skinner meme — top panel, a questioning Principal Skinner from the Simpsons with text, ‘Am I out of touch?’ — bottom panel, Skinner with text, ‘No, it’s the children who are wrong’ with ‘children’ crossed out and replaced with ‘public servants’

Oct 16

No 10 bans civil servants from speaking, bans us from seeing the guidance that bans civil servants…

In June, my friends at the Institute for Government reported the existence of ‘some unusual internal guidance’ that bans officials from…

Aug 21

Aug 21

The Data Game — all episodes

It’s the world’s first, the world’s best… almost certainly the world’s only data gameshow.

Nov 18, 2024

The Data Game — all episodes

Nov 18, 2024

A new thinktank for data and digital in government?

So. Working in the open, and all that…

Oct 9, 2024

Oct 9, 2024

How should we think about a National Data Library?

There have been some proposals for a national data library. How might using a library analogy help us think about it?

Jul 3, 2024

How should we think about a National Data Library?

Jul 3, 2024

Inter-ministerial group on AI yet to be established, reveals freedom of information request

The government has yet to establish a promised inter-ministerial group on AI — but does have them on levelling up, investment and space.

May 16, 2024

A banana, a plant and a flask on a monochrome surface, each one surrounded by a thin white frame with letters attached that spell the name of the objects

May 16, 2024

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9 February 2024

Data policy, sausages, R, and meet-ups

Feb 9, 2024

9 February 2024

Feb 9, 2024

Year note: 2023

A belated Happy New Year to you. If not quite as belated as last year’s year note on the long 2022, which covered some bits and pieces from…

Feb 8, 2024

Year note: 2023

Feb 8, 2024

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30 October 2023

Merry (AI policy) Christmas!

Oct 30, 2023

30 October 2023

Oct 30, 2023

Gavin Freeguard

Gavin Freeguard

Freelance, gavinfreeguard.com. All things (usually government) data. Dataviz etc newsletter at twitter.com/WarningGraphicC.

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