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Gavin Freeguard
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Freelance. Data etc. Currently @instituteforgov @ODIHQ @PublicDigitalHQ @mySociety. Also @WarningGraphicC @OpenGovUK @TheOrwellPrize
Mar 8, 2023 • 24 tweets • 12 min read
Happy Data Protection and Digital Information (No 2) Bill Day! #DPDIBill

Today's Commons Order Paper gives us the long title for the Bill - the same as when it was introduced in summer 2022 commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/75863…

Expect it to be presented after PMQs & any UQs/statements Bill to make provision for the regulation of the processing The government has published a press release which gives a little, but not much, more detail:

'British Businesses to Save Billions Under New UK Version of GDPR' gov.uk/government/new…
Jun 15, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
It’s taken 4 months but Cabinet Office has finally answered my #FOI request for names/membership of Cabinet Committees:

They’re refusing to release the info, citing ‘future publication’

(Background: ) A Freedom of Information re...Image They’ve applied a public interest test about releasing the info now versus some undetermined time in the future (this is a real flaw with section 22 – they don’t have to say when it will be published).
Mar 3, 2022 • 18 tweets • 7 min read
Delighted to be doing some work for @ODIHQ on how govt thinks about 'data literacy'

What does ODI mean by ‘data literacy’? theodi.org/article/data-l…

#DataLiteracy A picture of a graph drawn ... In short, it’s ‘the ability to think critically about data in different contexts and examine the impact of different approaches when collecting, using and sharing data and information’, rather than the technical skills required in working with data
Sep 9, 2020 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
🚨 NATIONAL DATA STRATEGY KLAXON 🚨

DCMS has published the 'framework' Strategy gov.uk/government/pub…

A consultation is open until 2 December - submit responses here gov.uk/government/con… Strategy has 4 pillars:
- foundations (standards, ensuring data is findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable)
- skills
- availability (better coordination and sharing)
- responsibility (lawful, secure, fair, ethical, sustainable and accountable use)

=> 5 priority missions
Jul 22, 2020 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
Responsibility for 'govt use of data' has transferred from DCMS to Cabinet Office (after moving from CO to DCMS back in 2018).

Main thought:

Time for shuffling deckchairs is over - it's time for govt to set a direction, starting with the National Data Strategy later this year We were a bit more open than most to data policy moving to DCMS in 2018.

Political energy had gone out of the agenda at Cabinet Office, DCMS had a Sec of State (Matt Hancock) who was clearly interested in it.

He was reshuffled to health 3 months later.
Jul 28, 2018 • 18 tweets • 10 min read
So it’s a Saturday afternoon, it’s 20+ degrees outside – you know what you should do?

That’s right, read a thread about GOVERNMENT ORGANOGRAMS, a year on from our @instituteforgov #IfGhackday #opendata Organograms aren’t most obvious data thing to get pulses racing. Hardly AI, blockchain (#buzzword), Citymapper etc.

Part of Cameron’s May 2010 pledges (bit.ly/2LXhdqE) to open up data, they include names, salaries, professions, jobs of civil servants & units w/in depts