Practical insights and inspiration for achieving better public service outcomes. Data lies at the heart of what we do. This collection seeks to help local public service organisations unlock the potential of data, whilst protecting the people and communities that they are there to serve.
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The collection is organised into four categories. Within each category is a range of topics relating to harnessing data in local public services.
This collection is produced by Martin Ferguson (Socitm Director of Policy and Research), Jisc, Splunk and Jos Creese (Creese Consulting).
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