Recently North Yorkshire County Council's Technology and Change department ran its first hack. What’s a hack you say? Well it’s become one of those things that I’ve spent a lot of time explaining to a lot of people over the past 6 weeks, and I still haven’t nailed it, but here goes. A hack, hackday or hackathon is basically an event that gets a bunch of interested people together to tackle a specific problem and is often a real mix of techie nerds and business folk. Why it’s called a hack? I’m not sure, probably because it’s a bit more hip and trendy than “loosely organised tech get-together”.
That aside we focussed on the flooding in Richmondshire last summer, which saw a record amount of rain fall on a relatively small area and cause quite a lot of disruption; the really interesting part of the problem was that the public were posting pictures and tweets of the impact of the floods, often with video and pictures many hours before we became aware of how and where the flooding was c…
In accordance with the public Contracts Regulations 2015 regulation 113(7), North Yorkshire County Council publishes statistics showing how far the authority has complied with its obligations under this regulation to make payments within 30…
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In this article you will find a wealth of information relating to the 2019 version of North Yorkshire's Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). You can navigate through the various topics by clicking on the buttons at the top of the articl…
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The Data and Intelligence Team have created a dashboard that presents statistics on personal injury collisions and casualties on public roads (including footways).
It is based on 'Stats 19' forms, which are completed by police officers inv…
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In 1942, the government published a landmark document that became known as the Beveridge Report. It set out proposals for widespread reforms to tackle society’s ‘five giant evils’ – want, disease, ignorance, idleness and squalor – through a…
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Power BI is a tool used by NYCC to visualise data and share important insights. Below are a series of frequently asked questions and answers.
If you find that your question is not here, or if one of the solutions provided does not work for…
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Housing in North Yorkshire is unaffordable for many, placing pressure on the limited Affordable Housing stock in the county.
Good quality housing has a critical role to play in creating and supporting economic growth and helping to preven…
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