{"id":33902,"date":"2022-10-13T11:32:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T10:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digileaders.com\/?p=33902"},"modified":"2022-10-13T11:32:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T10:32:39","slug":"a-new-direction-for-digital-looking-back-on-the-first-year-of-cddo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digileaders.com\/a-new-direction-for-digital-looking-back-on-the-first-year-of-cddo\/","title":{"rendered":"A new direction for digital: looking back on the first year of CDDO"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Central Digital and Data Office<\/span><\/a> (CDDO) was created in early 2021 to put the conditions in place for the digitally enabled transformation of Government through leadership of the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) function.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Laying the groundwork<\/h3>\n

Over the last year, under the impressive leadership of Joanna Davinson and more recently our <\/span>newly appointed Government Chief Digital Officer, Mike Potter<\/span><\/a>, CDDO has worked to revitalise digital and data communities across government and secured funding and business leadership for programmes that will revolutionise the way we do business. We have also launched a <\/span>cross-government strategy<\/span><\/a>, which we are now delivering against. All in all, it\u2019s been a busy year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Firstly, CDDO revitalised a number of cross government leadership communities – including Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Data Officer forums – to lead on shared objectives and architecture and to solve common cross-government problems faced by the 23k+ DDaT professionals across government.<\/span><\/p>\n

Secondly, CDDO partnered with HM Treasury to ensure digital and data programmes were backed by sufficient funding and resources to achieve transformation, resulting in the government investing an additional \u00a38 billion in the 2021 Spending Review to drive digital, data and technology transformation by 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thirdly, CDDO ensured that funding was directed towards a consistent set of priorities, through the development of a cross-government roadmap, with specific, measurable commitments, agreed to by Chief Digital and Information Officers, Permanent Secretaries and Ministers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Great expectations<\/h3>\n

People rightly expect government services to be as good as the best online experiences they have with the private sector. As we face new and emerging challenges: from climate change to war in Europe, the provision of services to those in need, such as in the pandemic or energy crisis \u2013\u00a0 digital and data is the key to government responding quickly and more effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

In CDDO we recognise the importance of data-driven insight into performance. As we looked at the cross-government landscape, we realised that the UK had lost ground compared to other international comparators and failed to keep pace with people\u2019s rising expectations. We set a new vision – to be a more efficient digital government that provides better outcomes for everyone by 2025. In practice this means:<\/span><\/p>\n