Data Bites #44: 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.\\xa0Data Bites aims to change that.\\n\\nThis event was the\\xa044th in our series, where the speakers presented their work in an exciting, quickfire format.\\n\\nEach speaker had\\xa0eight minutes, followed by eight minutes of questions from the audience.\\xa0\\n\\nThis month's speakers were:\\xa0\\n\\nStan Gilmour, National Risk Technology Lead at the Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser, National Police Chief\\u2019s Council, to provide an update from his discussion at Data Bites #8 on the progress towards a Common Data Platform for cross-agency data collaboration in support of public health approaches to serious violence prevention and the potential for wider support to \\u2018whole of society\\u2019 change programmes\\nLex Jones, Chief Executive of the Registry Trust, on using better data to make better decisions\\nMicha\\u0142 Por\\u0119ba, Head of Profession for Data Architecture and Data Engineering at the Department for Business and Trade, on Data in DDaT: Our Perspective\\nJen Woolford, Director of Population Statistics at the Office for National Statistics, on the future of population statistics\\n\\nThe event was chaired by Gavin Freeguard, Associate at the Institute for Government."