On the topic of the Bank Holidays API, it may well be the most quintessentially British API in existence, with a boolean (true/false) value for "bunting". And, in case you were wondering, every bank holiday is a good day for bunting unless someone died for our sins! www.api.gov.uk/gds/bank-hol...

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An excellent part of this, which is often missing from big data releases, is a small set of sample data in the same format. Let's you see and test the data without needing to manage huge files.

New long, technical blog post - why django is my tool of choice for data pipelines dkane.net/2024/why-pos...

Some news about Data Bites… After 5 years, 49 events, 199 presenters, five PMs, 10 Cabinet ministers for data in govt & more bad jokes than any of us would care to remember, Data Bites is leaving @instituteforgov.bsky.social I’m delighted to say it has a new home at… @publicdigital.bsky.social!

At the London Civic Data Innovation showcase - great insights from James Bowles based on the evaluation of the projects

Interesting use of linking data from different sources. Although there's a small number of organisations on the gender pay gap list that give their employee numbers as "Less than 250" (presumably reporting voluntarily?)

Been doing some digging into charity data today and the gaps are quite something. We have no reliable mesaures for the contribution volunteering makes or for its significance in various sectors. h/t @dkane.net for sharing this link. 1/ www.probonoeconomics.com/taking-accou...

Thought I should do an intro... Hi, I'm David and I help people use and improve data about charities. I'm a freelance researcher, developer, analyst, working with charities, govt and other companies. There's more about my work on kanedata.co.uk

I'd like to chat with a few people working in local public bodies eg local authorities, NHS trusts, academy trusts, police forces, about working with local communities around data/digital stuff, and what kind of support would be helpful. Is that you or can you recommend someone?

Bluesky hive mind! Does anyone know of a decent, free or *very* cheap venue: - In SW1 (Whitehall/Westminster) - Fits c.40 people - Either A/V or good wifi (Idea is a monthly evening meet-up for people into public sector reform, UKGovCamp-y/OneTeamGov-y vibes, a couple of talks, chat, pizza etc)