A new mandated data standard for gender and sex was recently approved for use across the Public Service.
Changes to data, statistics and information can happen over time, and can include changes to the structure of the information to improve accuracy, relevance or efficiency or to adhere to international best practice. They may be forced due to changes in the source data for other reasons. All such changes need to be managed to ensure information is comparable over time.
Data dictionaries are useful information to include alongside your datasets. They help describe the elements and values contained within your data to help users reuse it. A simple data dictionary can be created quickly and should include a few key piece of information.
This style guide helps us keep the voice, tone, and messaging consistent across data.govt.nz. It specifies both general and specific rules and instructions for grammar, punctuation,…
While the Centre doesn’t provide ethics training courses, there are several data ethics courses targeting various analytical functions.
Agreement to terms1. Welcome to the data.govt.nz site and the catalogue.data.govt.nz site hosted and operated by the Department of Internal Affairs (”we”, “our”, “DIA”) (for the purpose of…
Kia ora. I'm helping to establish a new approach to data governance, one that changes the way we think about and implement it within government.
Effective data…
If you collect information about people you may get requests to correct that information. Knowing your responsibilities and having a system for managing corrections will improve data quality and ensure your legal responsibilities are fulfilled.
The capabilities in their 7 possible categories. Each of these categories relates to a stage in the data lifecycle. This view is useful if you want to focus in on a particular category to assess an individual or a team.
Data.govt.nz is being reshaped to make it more useful – and we’d like your input.