Modern approaches to crime prevention
Home Office Permanent Secretary Mark Sedwill looks at crime prevention in the digital age.
Distributed ledgers: changing the way government does business
Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Mark Walport challenges Civil Service leaders to identify the best opportunities for exploiting the transformative potential of distributed ledger technology.
Why Formula 1 could drive success in the Civil Service
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...to be found. New McLaren 12C in GREAT campaign colours Using evidence in government There is much the Civil Service can learn from such an approach. It is crucial that...
2015: the year the data revolution got serious
The UK's National Statistician, John Pullinger, looks at a new wave of innovation in government data that could help make life better and easier for us all.
My visit to Edinburgh - ancient and modern
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Jeremy Heywood describes his recent visit to Edinburgh, where he saw how civil servants are adapting to new developments in policy and technology.
Effective Big Data use needs collaboration
UK National Statistician John Pullinger says collaboration between civil servants is behind government progress in making smarter use of data. He urges more to enter a competition that encourages the development of data science.
Distributed ledgers: a new way to be paid?
Professor Sir Mark Walport, Government Chief Scientific Adviser, looks at an emerging database technology which, he believes, "could revolutionise the delivery of welfare".
How the Nudge unit threw light on lighting up
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Better policymaking, Civil Service Leaders
Jeremy Heywood looks at how the Behavioural Insights Team's latest report highlights a potential solution to the challenge of reducing deaths from smoking.
Behavioural insights give policy a nudge
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As the internationally-renowned Behavioural Insights Team - the so-called 'Nudge Unit' - publishes its latest report, Jeremy Heywood looks at the impact of behavioural science on policy making and helping people make better decisions in their lives.
Better data, better lives: chairing the UN Statistical Commission
...in that department. I arrived in New York on a bitterly cold weekend in early March to be briefed by the executive team at the United Nations on the role...