It’s time for a new ONS website platform
It’s time for a new ONS website platform
Martin O'Brian, Deputy Director Digital Delivery, provides an update on the work to deliver a new platform and content for ONS.GOV.UK
How to make your browser download our latest statistical releases at the time of publication
The code of practice for statistics requires that “statistics should be available to all users at the same time” so we must ensure our website can meet demand. To do this, we cache our website content and Tanya Vaughan, Digital Services Programme Manager, explains in this post why we do it, the different types of caching and how to make sure your browser downloads our releases at the time of publication.
Why we're decommissioning PublishMyData and where to get the data afterwards
At the Office for National Statistics, we are continually improving our digital products and services. Bobby Harrop, Delivery Manager, shares our plans to retire PublishMyData’s Data Explorer tool and how it will be succeeded by a new Data API.
Changes we’re making to our API service
At the Office for National Statistics, we are continually improving our digital products and services and James Male, Senior Product Manager, shares our plans to retire an API and how to get the data from an alternative ONS API.
Improving our website search
Rob Thomlinson, Senior Product Manager, shares how we're updating our website search with natural language processing to provide users with richer search results to increase the probability of them finding what they're looking for.
Exploring the power of generative AI - insights from our hackathon.
Fahad Anwar, Head of the Software Engineering Practice at the ONS, provides an overview of the 3 day hackathon on the use of Generative AI (GitHub Copilot) and shares valuable insights into the significance of embracing AI in the pursuit of enhanced productivity and innovation in software development.
Our Business Analyst development programme - what a difference a year makes
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Business analysis, Digital and Data Academy, ONS digital people, People and skills
In December 2022, ONS welcomed 11 new Business Analyst apprentices through our Business Analyst Development Programme. One year on, Jodie Stephens, Head of Practice for Business Analysis, takes the opportunity to reflect on their incredible development.
AI have a cunning plan - take aways from Think Data for Government
Matthew Benjamin, Programme Delivery Manager for Digital Partnerships at the ONS, takes the opportunity to share his thoughts on the Think Data for Government event, highlighting some of the successes, challenges and opportunities around increased data usage.
Designing content for the ONS - an insight into the whats, wheres and whys of the team and how content they are in their roles
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Content design, ONS digital people, People and skills, Recruitment
Our content designers help to ensure all of our publications are as well put together as possible, carrying out proof-reading, making sure our writing style is consistent and paying attention to the accessibility of our official written content.
Jacob Starling speaks to Cariad Sealey, one of our current content designers, who gives an insight into the whats, wheres and whys of the team and how content they are in their roles.
Delivering the Government cloud first policy – what it looks like in practice at the ONS
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Automation, Cloud, DevSecOps, Technology
Peter McKenzie-Baughan, Head of Cloud Services and Support, shares what the Government cloud first policy looks like in practice for us - how our cloud services are a constantly evolving and maturing capability within ONS, the approaches we take to ‘keeping the lights on’ and how it's underpinned by collaborative and creative thinking.
Economic outputs and key systems - where our new Technical Lead role fits in
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We talk to Alastair Christie, Head of Partnership Development within our Digital Services & Technology (DST) directorate to learn about the tech lead role that will help develop a new system to underpin the statistical outputs on the UK economy.