Heading into the future without forgetting the past – A Parliamentary Digital Service Blog Post
2017 has included some unexpected things for the PDS. In her first week, Tracey Jessup talks about becoming the new Director, what PDS has achieved so far and what the future holds.
Read more at the Parliamentary Digital Service Blog: https://pds.blog.parliament.uk/2017/09/15/heading-into-the-future-without-forgetting-the-past/
The eyes and ears of Hansard – A Parliamentary Digital Service Blog Post
Hansard isn’t only about the written word. They also stream and record more than 70 hours of live video every day when there’s a full set of Parliamentary proceedings to cover.
Read more on the PDS Blog: https://pds.blog.parliament.uk/2017/09/13/the-eyes-and-ears-of-hansard/
Developing our skills through 10% time – A Parliamentary Digital Service Blog Post
You might have heard of companies which let their employees spend a percentage of their time on creative projects that will benefit them. Emma Allen introduced this in the last organisation she worked for and she’s blogged about doing the same for her teams at PDS.
Read more on the PDS Blog: https://pds.blog.parliament.uk/2017/09/08/developing-our-skills-through-10-time/
Players wanted for Monday night 8aside Football
There has been a change to the way in which courier deliveries are made to Parliament, and you should have received an email giving you the details.
If you haven’t received the email, you can view the information on the intranet. Please do take the time to go and read it, because it is very important and affects the way in which you need to order and receive goods.
The DVLA is currently experiencing some intermittent issues with external telephone calls. This means that some of you may experience problems when trying to call the MP hotline provided by the DVLA. Engineers are working hard to fix the problem. In the meantime, please use the email address provided on the hotline list.
The House of Lords Committee on Political Polling and Digital Media takes evidence from Demos and academics in its second public evidence session.
The sessions focus on the impact of social media on political opinion polling, the prospect for social media analysis to provide an alternative to traditional approaches to analysing public opinion and how the media reports on opinion polls when they are published.
The Committee meets on Tuesday September 12 in Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster
At 10.45am
At 11.45am
In his final week, Director of the Parliamentary Digital Service Rob Greig reflects on his time working on digital transformation and the challenges ahead, in this excellent podcast from Ben Woodhams and Robert Brook.
Worth subscribing to the UK Parliament feed on Soundcloud for more.
A new online course from Futurelearn will explain how petitioning the UK Parliament works and explore the possible impacts and outcomes. Discuss what makes a petition successful, understand the role of the Petitions Select Committee and explore case studies of petitions that have achieved change.
It has been developed for Parliament Week.