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UK Public Sector: The Evolving Role of Data Integration

Independent Report by Kable Market Intelligence

How UK public authorities can become data driven organisations

Independent Report by Kable Market Intelligence

This new Kable report, features insights from government data scientists and gives a detailed assessment of the challenges facing UK public authorities in their transition to become joined up, data driven organisations.

This 20-page report examines the distinct challenges of data integration in the UK public sector – in terms of data complexity, organisational priorities, governance, fears over data protection, skills development, procurement, and the cloud.

There’s no easy answers to these challenges, but the demands to re-use data to increase efficiency and the drive for improved decision making are immediate. The benefits in terms of better targeted and less wasteful services cannot be ignored.

Key topics covered in this report include:

  • Why there needs to be a change in thinking behind the collection of data – looking beyond immediate purpose to the much wider potential that lies in its reuse and integration with other data.

  • The potential of new data sources – including longitudinal and land studies, surveys, future integration of big data and The Internet of Things.

  • The importance of rules to standardise the way data is managed – not just in terms of labelling and storage, but in the detail of its metadata and semantics.

About Kable

Kable Market Intelligence

Kable Market Intelligence

Kable's expertise in the public sector is authoritative. Drawing data from multiple sources, Kable systematically transforms it into opportunity information, tactical intelligence, research, analysis and consultancy at levels no one else can approach.

Kable consultants have an intimate understanding of the peculiarities of Whitehall – and town hall – dynamics, conducting ongoing conversations with their key decision makers. This ensures the procurement and spends data we extract, and the quantitative and qualitative research we draw from it, is always informed by a deep understanding of public policy.