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Apologies - I forgot to add: The govt deadline for consultation responses is 11.45pm GMT on Weds 9th December. We plan to review any feedback we receive on our draft by 12 noon GMT on Tues 8th December. Thank you! M --- --- "Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." RW Emerson -- On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 at 18:54, MG Zimeta <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello, > This is a bit niche, but I think important, so I'm sharing it here. > > This autumn the UK govt has been running a consultation on its draft > National Data Strategy - which includes, eg, the digital economy and the > use of AI in the public sector. Any organisation or person in the UK is > entitled to respond to the consultation with their views and evidence. But > it often tends to be specialist organisations that respond to these kinds > of opportunities because they have the capacity (=staff capacity and > previous experience of consultations) as well as the technical subject > expertise. > > The organisation I work for, the Open Data Institute (ODI), believes that > data should work for everyone. So we've decided to share the outline of > our draft consultation response in the public domain to let others see our > evidence base and our arguments, and to get feedback on our draft. The > consultation includes questions about the role of data and digital tech in > pandemic response, for example, and also the possible impact of the > proposals in the National Data Strategy on individuals covered by the 2010 > Equality Act. > > Our draft document is here > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SYIsU4DgXmf0FEJcTHVT96dOz4qxtQWPprfZ803B3_c/edit>: > what have we done well? What’s missing? Where do you disagree with us? > We're also circulating the document more widely on Twitter, here > <https://twitter.com/ODIHQ/status/1334516369254191114>, with some other > background materials, so please also feel free to share any of the links in > that Twitter thread. We really welcome the engagement and the different > perspectives and expertise. And we're also excited about the opportunity to > work in the open like this in a transparent and collaborative way. > > Many thanks and all good wishes > Mahlet > > --- --- > "Do not go where the path may lead; > go instead where there is no path > and leave a trail." RW Emerson > -- > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BRITISHBLACKSTUDIES list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=BRITISHBLACKSTUDIES&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/BRITISHBLACKSTUDIES, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/