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Centre for Data Ethics & Innovation (CDEI) - artificial intelligence barometer
The CDEI published in June 2020 its AI Barometer, a major analysis of the most pressing opportunities, risks, and governance challenges associated with AI and data use in the UK, initially...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Guide
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The Transformation & Innovation Exchange in Local Government (TIEx)
Responding to a call from councils, the LGA has created a new online hub that brings together practical help for local government about innovation and efficiency into one place. It features a...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Tool
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Metadata standards for sharing and publishing data
The Government Digital Service (GDS) have published guidance and standards on how to improve data sharing across government. This page includes standards on sharing and publishing data in...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  21 Aug 2023
Type:  Guide
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Understanding artificial intelligence ethics and safety.
Ethical considerations are likely to arise at every stage of an AI project and so the Government Digital Service (GDS) and Office for Artificial Intelligence (OAI) have published guidance on...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Guide
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Nesta suggests tools for local government to get the most out of the data it holds
Nesta suggests tools which can help organisations to get more form their data. This quick read explains why data maturity frameworks are useful, models for data maturity for social sector...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Tool
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Peer review framework for predictive analytics in humanitarian response.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in March 2020 has been working with partners to understand the current state of model development and use of predictive...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Guide
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The state of Offices of Data Analytics in the UK, Nesta.
Nesta's Office of Data Analytics (ODA) Programme aims to provide 'a model for multiple organisations to join up, analyse and act upon data sources from multiple public sector bodies to improve...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Guide
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Assessing if artificial intelligence is the right solution.
The use of artificial intelligence requires a large quantity of data. This guidance from the Government Digital Service (GDS) and Office for Artificial Intelligence (OAI) identifies 9 essential...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Guide
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Learning about users and their needs.
Guidance from the User research community around ensuring there is understanding on who is using a service and what they need from that service. The guide suggests there should be close...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Guide
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Institute for Government: Four things government must learn from the A-level algorithm fiasco.
In light of the Summer 2020 exams fiasco the Institute for Local Government have posted an article on the need to learn from this experience, drawing on algorithmic bias, accountability,...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Blog
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New Zealand Algorithm Charter Press Release.
In July 2020, the New Zealand Government became the first in the world to outline a set of standards to guide the use of algorithms by public agencies. The new algorithm charter aims to give...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Blog
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Public sector data analytics, a Nesta guide.
This guide is for public sectors organisations who are interested in using data analytics to make better decisions and improve public services. There are 8 modules covering a variety of...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Guide
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Algorithmic Decision-Making and the Control Problem.
There are long-held concerns that introducing computers into decision-making can lead to human operators becoming complacent or over-reliant on their computer support. This is referred to as...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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Decision-making in the age of the algorithm.
Published by Nesta, this guide puts focus on the issue of human and machine learning interaction so that frontline practitioners can use predictive analytics effectively.  The report discussed...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Guide
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Using AI in breast cancer screening to reduce false positives and false negatives (Feb 2020).
Published in The Lancet Digital Health Journal, this study aimed to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm for diagnosis of breast cancer in mammography, and explore whether it could...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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Predictive Analytics in the Troubled Families Programme.
The troubled families programme has often provided a testbed for pioneering predictive analytics. This blog post from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) helps to...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Blog
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Deloitte: Credit scoring case study in data analytics.
In this document Deloitte outlines one important application of advanced analytics in a private business setting, credit scoring. This case study showcases a solution to a common business problem...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  09 Dec 2020
Type:  Case study
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Addressing trust in public sector data use
An independent report by the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) on maximising the beneficial use of personal information held in the public sector.  Effective use of data is more...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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Data Ethics Framework
Published by the Government digital Service (GDS) this guidance is aimed at public sector organisations on how to use data appropriately and responsibly when planning, implementing, and...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Guide
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Project ExplAIn Interim Report
Project ExplAIn is a collaboration between the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and The Alan Turing Institute to create practical guidance to assist organisations with explaining...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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Data to the people, why coronavirus necessitates a new digital social contract.
This paper by Onward sets out the opportunities to embrace data and technology into policy and decision making in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The primary aim of the paper is to argue...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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UK government drops exam grading algorithm in the face of public anger.
An article in the Global Government Forum in light of the governments decision to overturn exam results produced by an algorithm in Summer 2020.
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Blog
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Social Sector Data Maturity Framework
From the Future World of Work, this guidance enables organisations to benchmark their development across 7 key themes including data and analysis.
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Guide
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Local Government Self-Assessment Data Maturity Tool from the LGA and Nesta
From the Local Government Association working in partnership with Nesta and Porism, this tool is designed to help make an honest assessment of how advanced your organisation is at dealing with...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Tool
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A guide to using artificial intelligence in the public sector.
A guide from the Government Digital Service (GDS) and Office for Artificial Intelligence (OAI) on how to choose, build, and use AI in the public sector to ensure that local government is...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  31 Jul 2023
Type:  Guide
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The future of predictive analytics in councils.
This short paper published by academics of the Catalyst Project at the University of Essex briefly highlights the benefits that the adoption of predictive analytics can provide to local...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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Nesta: Datavores of Local Government
A discussion paper published by Nesta (2016) on using data to make services more personalised, effective and efficient. This paper looks at how councils can can get more from their data, and...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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Oxford Internet Institute: Comprehensive review of data science approaches in local government.
Including discussion on predictive analytics, AI and new forms of data, the report aims to provide a basis for people working in local government to start on their own data science projects....
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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Synthesized Tool: Bias identification and remediation in data driven applications.
With algorithms seeming to generate unintended, or biased ‘advice’ in high-profile cases such as the various fiascos during the summer of 2020, the tech ...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
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Suffolk County Council: Exploring and expanding the use of predictive modelling to understand future demand for children’s social care.
In their successful application to the Local Digital Fund, Suffolk County Council demonstrate how they are using predictive analytics to develop a data-driven understanding of children in care,...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Case study
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The Rule of Law and Automation of Government Decision-Making. An academic paper from New South Wales
Governments are deploying automation tools in making decisions that affect rights and entitlements. The interests affected are very broad, ranging from time spent in detention to the receipt of...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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The Data Delusion: Protecting Individual Data Isn't Enough When The Harm is Collective
A research paper that looks at the legal protections and implications of using and sharing personal data as part of the Covid-19 track and tracing systems developed as an urgent response. ...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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The ‘golden view’: data-driven governance in the scoring society.
From the Internet Policy Review, this article draws on the first comprehensive investigation into the uses of data analytics in UK public services, outlining developments and practices...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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Should We Trust Algorithms? An academic paper by David Spiegelhalter, Harvard Data Science Institute
There is increasing use of algorithms in the health care and criminal justice systems, and corresponding increased concern with their ethical use. But perhaps a more basic issue is whether we ...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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Interpretable machine learning - a UK Parliament research briefing
Machine learning is increasingly being used to support decision making in a variety of applications including recruitment and clinical diagnoses. While ML has many advantages, there are...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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Algorithm-assisted decision-making in the public sector: framing the issues using administrative law rules governing discretionary power
A Royal Society article by Marion Oswald which considers the risks and challenges raised by the use of algorithm-assisted decision-making and predictive tools by the public sector. It reviews...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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Five data-ethics and AI experts on... what we can learn from the 2020 qualifications algorithm fiasco
An article in Civil Service World where The Open Data Institute (ODI) asked experts to explain where Ofqual and other qualifications regulators went wrong in this week's A-Level grade controversy
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Blog
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Reclaiming the Smart City: Personal Data, Trust and the New Commons.
This report discussed why and how city governments are taking a more responsible approach to the use of personal data. It addresses some of the major flaws in how traditional smart city...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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The Governance of Data in a Digitally Transformed European Society
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) report summarises the second workshop of the DigiTranScope Project held at the Centre for Advanced Studies of the Joint Research Centre in Ispra, on October...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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New Statesman article - How citizen-scoring algorithms are being used by local government in the UK.
An article from the New Statesman on how predictive and advanced analytics are being using in local government in the UK. Looks at how this data is collected and kept safe, and the issues with...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Blog
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Artificial Intelligence: How to get it right
This report was published in October 2019 by NHSX. Intending to provide a cohesive overview of the current use of data-driven technologies within the health and care system, the report aims to ...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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15 challenges for AI: or what AI (currently) can’t do. An academic paper
Scientific breakthroughs and economic successes in the fields of research, development, and application of systems with artificial intelligence abound. But, aside there are a number of...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics: An Evaluation of Guidelines
A number of ethics guidelines have been released in recent years. This research comprises normative principles and recommendations aimed to harness the “disruptive” potentials of new AI...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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British Computer Society: How do we make algorithms do the right thing?
A report from the BCS - the chartered institute for IT - which sets out an analysis of the Ofqual exam grade awarding algorithm to identify how principles of openness, accountability...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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Why Predictive Algorithms are So Risky for Public Sector Bodies
A paper by Madeleine Waller (Kings College London) and Paul Waller (Bradford University) that examines the use, deployment and risks of algorithms in decision making by public sector...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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New York Times article - How Facebook data is able to be used to determine suicide risk using algorithmic analysis (Dec 2018)
A New York Times article showing how Facebook personal data is being used for suicide prevention.  Raises ethical and legal questions.  ...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Blog
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Innovative public-private partnership has developed intelligent automation within council services at South Kesteven District Council
This information page sets out an award winning project in which a joint team was set up by South Kesteven Council and Ernst and Young to deliver intelligent automation in four key areas for...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Case study
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Consultation on the public algorithms of Nantes Metropole (France)
A website (in French) published by Nantes Metropole setting out the automated calculation tools in use to calculate aid, set fees or establish an invoice. In 2019, Nantes Métropole committed...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Other
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Socitm calls on local authorities to learn the lessons – and think long and hard before they use algorithms
Mark Lumley, Director of Digital & IT at London Borough of Hounslow, on behalf of the Society for innovation, technology and modernisation (Socitm) sets out risks and issues associated with...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Blog
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What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC) report: machine learning models miss children at risk
After 18 months of work, What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC) reports these findings of its research into the use of machine learning in children’s social care. The research finds that...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Report
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Socitm knowledge base search: data ethics in the public sector
The Society for innovation, technology and modernisation (Socitm) has an extensive online knowledge base of support, reports, guidance and good examples for deployment of IT solutions in the...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Guide
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Socitm presentation: Dr Allison Gardner, Keele University. Ethical Use of Emerging Technologies and Data
At a recent virtual event held at Society for innovation, technology and modernisation (Socitm) in October,  Dr Allison Gardner, Programme Director Data Science Degree...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
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Judicial Review of Automated Public-Sector Decision-Making - Aug 2018
From SSRN Solutions:  Discussions on there being no clear understanding of how administrative law should be applied to algorithm and auto-predictive decision-making. This paper brings together ...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Blog
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Guardian article Nov 2020: Suggesting local government use of algorithms to help make claims decisions
Sarah Marsh & Niamh McIntyre at the Guardian newspaper published this article suggesting that tools are used widely in Local Government to inform decisions on everything from housing to...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Blog
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Guardian article Aug 2020: Call for more transparency on analytical tools used in local public services
Sarah Marsh at the Guardian newspaper published this case for more transparency in local government predictive analytics in August 2020
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Blog
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Guardian article Oct 2019: Suggesting local government use of algorithm use in analytics is unreliable
Sarah Marsh at the Guardian newspaper published this assessment of risks and issues in use of predictive analytics in October 2019
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Blog
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Government Data Science Accelerator Mentoring Scheme
This government programme is run by the Government Data Science Partnership (GDSP) – a collaboration between GDS, ONS and GO-Science.  Its role is to give public sector analysts the opportunity...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Training
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City of Amsterdam Algorithm Register
The City of Amsterdam has established this highly effective online register of analytic algorithms in use in the public sector.  It has the objective towards transparency, review, challenge,...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Other
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Amsterdam Township - getting a grip on algorithms in public sector
This website is in the Dutch language but modern browsers offer an effective translation feature into English.  It sets out guidelines and checklists that public sector organisations should...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Guide
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NESTA AI toolkit to help communities use data and artificial intelligence to tackle the climate crisis
This toolkit is for civil society organisations and local authorities who want to empower communities to address the climate crisis, using AI to help manage, maintain and augment civic assets....
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  15 Jun 2022
Type:  Tool
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