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If you’ve just finished school or university and are considering what career path you want to follow or you’re looking for a change in career and have an interest in digital then why not apply for the Welsh Government’s Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Apprenticeship.
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Have you ever wondered how taxes are spent in Wales? How Government in Wales works? or how Welsh Law is developed? If the answer to is yes to any of these questions, then you may be interested in our latest Open Government commitments.
Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg
We have always known the value of data – even in fiction. In 1892 Sherlock Holmes said:
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.”
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The Welsh Government’s Library holds a unique collection of library materials and publications. This includes documents dating back to the inception of the Welsh Office in 1965 and almost everything published by the Welsh Government since. As such the library provides a valuable service to Welsh Government staff as well as enabling the public to access Welsh Government publications. So, as you can imagine digitising our library collection was no mean feat. Continue reading
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We’re continually looking for ways to improve what we publish online as part of the changes we’re making to GOV.WALES. To support this improvement journey we have recently set up a series of content critiques, or crits for short, bringing together all those involved in designing web content from across Welsh Government.
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Since the introduction of our digital and data blog we’ve featured a number of different projects but with lots going on I thought I’d share some of our success stories and update you on some exciting new projects.
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If you’re a teacher or learner in Wales, you’ll probably be familiar with Hwb. If not Hwb is the online platform which provides access to a wide range of bilingual online tools and resources to support teaching and learning. Hwb is also one of Welsh Government’s biggest digital transformation programmes and over the past few months work has been undertaken to bring the running of this service fully in-house to Welsh Government. Continue reading
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The Welsh Revenue Authority (WRA) is the new tax authority for Wales, responsible for administering two new devolved taxes in Wales. The WRA was formally established by Welsh Government on 18 October 2017. One year on, Sean Melody, Digital Services Manager for the WRA explains the approach and the challenges, from a digital perspective, to establishing the WRA. Continue reading
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‘You’re exactly the kind of leader we need in Government in the future, you should join the Fast Stream’ – that was the extremely unexpected comment that prompted me to apply for the Civil Service Fast Stream.
Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg
Back in November we welcomed out first intake of Digital apprentices. Four months on we thought we’d catch up with them to find out a bit more about them and what they think of the experience so far. So, it’s over to our ‘Digi squad’ to tell you more.
