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Launching the new Policy Lab prospectus

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Launching the new Policy Lab prospectus

Donna Ward, Director of Strategic Policy in the Department for Education, launches Policy Lab's new prospectus. From catalytic interventions to ambitious system change, read on to find out about Policy Lab's methods, offer and impact.

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Being the Secretariat of an Open Policy Pilot – the AHWBE

Posted by: Helen Jeffries, Posted on: 4 February 2015 - Categories: Examples and findings, Skills, tools and techniques

...as in the companion animal and horses sectors) and increased the engagement of existing stakeholder groups to develop and implement the Bovine Tuberculosis Strategy; Tested and iterated the approach to...

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Prototyping an online crime reporting service: a Policy Lab success story

Posted by: Cat Drew, Posted on: 3 February 2015 - Categories: Examples and findings, Policy Lab

Last week the Home Secretary announced that Surrey and Sussex would trial a prototype online crime reporting service which could save around £3.7 million if it is offered nationally on...

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Open these: links for open policy makers (week 29)

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 30 January 2015 - Categories: Start the week
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Welcome to Open these, a regular post dedicated to the blogs, reports and discussions from the week we think open policy practitioners will enjoy.

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GDS Sprint and the Performance Platform

Posted by: Philippa Benfield, Posted on: 30 January 2015 - Categories: Events, Skills, tools and techniques

...to find. The performance platform has lots of possible uses for policy makers - for example, it means seeing how the relevant services are operating, in costs and activity, in...

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Testing policy sprints

Posted by: Cat Drew, Posted on: 28 January 2015 - Categories: Policy Lab

Yesterday we asked about how to use agile for policy making. Last week, Policy Lab experimented with doing it.   It kind of makes sense that we should kick-start a...

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The limits of agile - can we apply it to policy making?

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 27 January 2015 - Categories: Uncategorized

On Saturday, I went to UK Govcamp 2015, an all-day event where 200 people interested in innovation, data and digital in the public sector (among other things) get together to talk about - well, whatever they want to talk about …

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Open these: links for open policy makers (week 28)

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 23 January 2015 - Categories: Start the week
View of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament facing down Westminster Bridge

Welcome to Open these, a regular post dedicated to the blogs, reports and discussions from the week we think open policy practitioners will enjoy.

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"How do I do open policy making?": imagining an OPM toolkit

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 22 January 2015 - Categories: Examples and findings, Skills, tools and techniques
People are sitting at a table covered in paper and pens, creating imaginary 'ideal policy tools'.

...and maintained, added to and improved from when it first goes out for testing throughout its life. We’re currently in the discovery phase – this means we’re thinking hard about...

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Transforming Government at the Ministry of Justice

Posted by: Nupur Takwale, Posted on: 21 January 2015 - Categories: Examples and findings

...creative and innovative in this space. So if you have any ideas or contributions to what we’re doing, or are doing something similar, please comment below or get in touch....

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Open these: links for open policy makers (week 27)

Posted by: Lisa Ollerhead, Posted on: 16 January 2015 - Categories: Start the week
View of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament facing down Westminster Bridge

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Our methods are grounded in evidence, participation and experimentation.
They draw on diverse perspectives, tackle complexity and build consensus.

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