Data Bites #18: Getting things done with data in government
b"Better use of data is key to more effective government. Across government, teams are doing fascinating work with data. But those projects don\\u2019t get the attention they deserve.\\n\\nAt this month's event, the 18th in our series, the speakers presented their data projects in an exciting, quickfire format. Each set of speakers had eight minutes, followed by eight minutes of questions from the audience.\\n\\nOur speakers were:\\n\\nMatthew Gould, CEO at NHSX and Baroness Kate Rock, discussing 'Has Covid changed how government thinks about data?'\\nPamela Dow, Executive Director, Government Skills and Curriculum Unit in the Cabinet Office, on how Covid has helped the civil service rethink how data is used to make decisions.\\nMay-N Leow, Head of Local Digital Collaboration Unit at MHCLG, on levelling up the local government response to Covid with data.\\nDoug Gurr, former CEO at Amazon UK, and government adviser, on the lessons government has learned about data in the past year and how we can build for the future.\\n\\nThe event was chaired by Gavin Freeguard, associate at the Institute for Government."