Local Digital
Local Digital is pleased to share an update on the Scalable Approach to Vulnerability via Interoperability (SAVVI) and Open Referral UK (ORUK) data standards. New pilots with Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council will test the adoption of these data standards, and identify vulnerability earlier, more consistently and more effectively.
Local Digital is pleased to share that the first release of the Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) Digital and Cyber Playbook is now live. The Playbook is an evolving collection of guidance, council experiences, and templates to support councils navigating the digital, data, technology, and cyber aspects of local government reorganisation.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is making a new Cyber Incident Response service available to English councils, helping them to respond to severe cyber incidents.
To help councils operate as intelligent buyers and support suppliers to meet sector ambitions, we are developing a software market intelligence tool.
We’re pleased to share a milestone in our social housing data work, the delivery of a new data standard to support Awaab’s Law.
The cyber threat to local government is real, increasing, and constantly evolving. Four years into the Cyber Support programme, we’re sharing insights on the impact of our cyber work.
The way citizens access public services is evolving, and GOV.UK One Login, a secure and unified sign-in system, is central to this transformation. The Local Digital team is launching a discovery phase to understand how One Login could benefit local government by addressing challenges in identity checks and authentication. Learn more and find out how …
Tom Smith, Director of the AI and Advanced Analytics Directorate at MHCLG, highlights the push for AI adoption, digital transformation and cyber resilience in councils, and the exciting opportunities to make progress in these areas through the work of Local Digital.
In this video case study, Norfolk County Council share their experience of the CAF for local government, including how it’s helped them to take a broader view of their cyber resilience.
We’re taking an iterative, user-centred design approach to building and introducing the cyber assessment service for local government.