by Shelley Heckman | Apr 7, 2021 | Data Sharing, Data Standards, Information Governance, Interoperability
Today we are talking about information governance. Those that follow the SAVVI blogs will know that we are in phase two of our initiative to support data standards for vulnerability, and that this is not the first time I have blogged about this topic. Indeed, back in...
by Shelley Heckman | Mar 11, 2021 | Application of Standards, Data Sharing, Interoperability
At Savvi, we are delighted to announce that we have successfully won funding for phase 2 of the SAVVI (Scalable Approach to Vulnerability via Interoperability) project. This is a perfect time to reflect on phase 1 and to share what we plan for phase 2. Reflections on...
by Shelley Heckman | Jan 26, 2021 | Application of Standards, Data Sharing, Interoperability
Those that have been following us on the SAVVI journey will know that it’s been an intensive few months. Our project was funded to explore the scope for, and make recommendations on, potential sector-wide data standards that will help local councils (and their...
by Shelley Heckman | Dec 18, 2020 | Application of Standards, Data Sharing
Here at SAVVI, we are not just a bunch of technical nerds that love data standards; we’re the practical sort too, and we recognise that just developing standards doesn’t mean anyone will actually use them. It’s vital that we engage the tech industry to understand...
by Shelley Heckman | Dec 16, 2020 | Application of Standards, Data Sharing, Interoperability
If you have heard about the SAVVI project, or have been following the SAVVI progress, you may have come across the fact that we have not been shy in promoting the work we’re doing. If you’ve followed our blogs and our numerous show and tell presentations, you will...
by Shelley Heckman | Dec 16, 2020 | Data Sharing, Data Standards, Interoperability
The SAVVI project is interested to see that last month the House of Lords Public Services Committee published a report on data sharing for Covid 19. This report, A Critical Juncture for Public Services: Lessons from COVID19, provides an analysis of how public services...
by Shelley Heckman | Nov 26, 2020 | Information Governance
The SAVVI project continues to move at pace! For those that are new to SAVVI, we are working on an MHCLG C19 Challenge Funded project to propose data standards to improve how local councils can find vulnerable people and households. Since our last blog, we have...
by Shelley Heckman | Oct 16, 2020 | Data Standards, Interoperability, Open Data
At iStandUK we have been working at pace on the SAVVI project since our last blog post. We came up with a new name for our project: Scalable Approach to Vulnerability Via Interoperability (SAVVI). Our name for the MHCLG C19 Challenge Fund project to propose data...
by Paul Davidson | Aug 28, 2020 | Data Standards, Open Data
At iStandUK, we’re excited to have been selected by MHCLG’s Covid19 Challenge to run a project to propose the data and standards that can improve how local councils can find vulnerable people and households, and then promote a coordinated multi-agency response. ...
by Mevish Khalid | Feb 27, 2020 | Data Standards, Open Data
Currently, in the UK, most organisations in the public sector, whether it be local authorities, health, housing, police, fire or voluntary have a form of directory that is used to store and list local services. In each locality, directory content is often duplicated...
