Friday Lunchtime Lecture: Open Data And The Government Data Programme

Friday lunchtime lectures at the Open Data Institute.

You bring your lunch, we provide tea and coffee, an interesting talk, and enough time to get back to your desk.

Paul Maltby, Director of Data at the Government Digital Service, will outline the new programme of work to improve the availability, quality and use of government data.

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Biography

As Director of Data, Paul leads teams in the Government Digital Service in the Cabinet Office responsible for making better use of data, data infrastructure and data policy and governance, supporting a cross Government Data Programme.

Paul was formerly Director of Open Data and Government Innovation leading both data-focussed teams such s Data Sharing, Data Science, Open Data and Transparency and policy innovation teams such as Analysis and Insight and the design-led Policy Lab.

Prior to this, Paul was Director of Open Data and Transparency in the Cabinet Office, which worked to release government data that can be freely accessed by citizens and businesses to help drive the next generation of data-led economic growth, strengthen government accountability and improve public services.