DDaT framework revamp, Gov skills shortages, Navigating delivery challenges

Welcome to Digital Government Round-up, your regular LinkedIn newsletter update on the latest trends, news, and insights in public sector digital change

In this edition...

?? DDaT framework revamp: The DDaT Capability Framework has had a redesign. In this blog, Ma?té de La Guéronnière from GDS looks at what's been updated. New functionalities include a skills A to Z that enables users to scroll all the capability framework skills and the descriptions of their levels.

?? Digital skills shortages. A report by the Public Accounts Committee warns that digital skills shortages in the civil service increase risks and costs. The lack of digital expertise prevents genuine transformation of government services, limiting upgrades to incremental changes.

?? Ebook — Overcoming government agile delivery challenges: Discovery, alpha, beta, live. At face value, it's all quite straightforward. In reality, there are still many areas of ambiguity that can leave you searching for clarity at every stage. Find out how to overcome those challenges with our new ebook.

?? Defining Public Design: This thought-provoking post from Andrew Knight , Head of the UK Government's Policy Design Community, discusses the need for a clear and unified definition of design in the public sector. He makes a case for "Public Design" and explores its potential definition.

?? Data Marketplace for Government: The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) aims to facilitate responsible data sharing across government. Keiran Millard , who heads the CDDO's data architecture team, discusses the Data Marketplace, a key initiative to help achieve this.

?? MoD's legacy tech: A new report by the NAO looks at the Defence inventory management. While the MoD has taken steps to improve, the report notes that legacy IT systems present ongoing challenges in effectively managing defence.?

?? AI principles to protect consumers:?The Competition and Markets Authority published?a report?following its initial review of foundation models (FMs), which are large, general-purpose AI systems trained on diverse data, like ChatGPT. It has proposed principles to ensure consumer protection and healthy competition are at the heart of responsible development and use of FMs.

???? US Digital Transformation Looking overseas, the US's Office of Management and Budget has released the long-awaited guidance to transform federal digital services. In a blog post, Federal CIO Clare Martorana cited the government's "unacceptable" poor digital services and explained how the new guidance will drive progress.

What else you need to know…

?? Here's how the team running GOV.UK moved it to a container-based platform, making the platform secure, easier to scale and eliminating repetitive tasks for developers.??

?? Andrea Leary , Head of Content Design at the Department for Business and Trade, on how well-designed information is formed by good content design principles and processes.?

?? Find out how prototypes allow teams to evaluate the designs of their services and decide if they're fit for purpose.?

?? A new supercomputer set is to be built in Bristol, in a move to drive pioneering AI research and innovation in the UK.

?? Find out what will take place at the AI Safety Summit 2023 in Bletchley Park this November. The summit brings together international governments, leading AI companies, civil society groups and research experts.?

And finally…

?? Best place to work — UK IT Awards

Nominations for the prestigious BCS & Computing UK IT Industry Awards have been announced, with plenty of public sector organisations among the nominations. Zaizi is a finalist in the "Best Place to Work" category ?? Read more?

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