Data Bites #47: Getting things done with data in government
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. Data Bites aims to change that.\n\nThis event was the 47th in our series, where the speakers present their work in an exciting, quickfire format.\n\nEach speaker had eight minutes, followed by eight minutes of questions from the audience. \n\nThis month's speakers were: \n\nPhillip Davies, Deputy Director of Business Surveys and Registers Transformation, Office for National Statistics, on \u2018Business Data Collection: Digital by Default & A Future Vision\nGordon Guthrie, Research Fellow at Scottish Government under the First Minister's Digital Fellowship Programme, on constitutional oversight of data as the foundation for digital transformation\nAdam Locker, Head of Data Architecture and Engineering at National Highways, on getting data things done\nSi\xe2n Thomas, Chief Data Officer at the Department for Business and Trade, on agile governance of Large Language Models (LLMs)\n\nThe event was chaired by Gavin Freeguard, Associate at the Institute for Government.