By admin, on July 29th, 2011
Hello,
Following our move into the Government Digital Service we have moved to a new site to better link our work with the rest of the group. Please update your RSS and follow us at http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/
This site will be archived by The National Archives as soon . . . → Read More: This blog has moved!
By JamesT, on May 20th, 2011
Mike Bracken. Picture courtesy of Thayer Prime
In the past few months this blog has made a few introductions and this will be the last for a while! We are very pleased to announce that Mike Bracken has been appointed as the Government’s new Executive Director for Digital from the 5th of July. The role . . . → Read More: Mike Bracken appointed as HMG Executive Director for Digital
By JamesT, on March 29th, 2011
Tom Loosemore
In January we announced the appointment of Chris Chant as Interim Executive Director for Digital Government. This appointment followed the publication of Martha Lane Fox’s report to Government, “Directgov 2010 and Beyond“, which made various recommendations to drive up the quality of the Government’s online presence and services.
A specific recommendation of the report was . . . → Read More: Towards a Single Government Domain
By admin, on March 15th, 2011
The Government Digital Service is the new name for the organisation created by the merging of Directgov and the Cabinet Office Digital Delivery and Digital Engagement teams, following the recommendations of the Martha Lane Fox review “Directgov 2010 and Beyond”. The organisation will be led by Chris Chant and will be based in the Cabinet Office . . . → Read More: Introducing the Government Digital Service
By JamesT, on February 15th, 2011
Greater transparency is at the heart of our commitment to open up Government to greater scrutiny and allow the public to hold us to account. Improving access to public sector data will help citizens to make choices about their services and better enable them to converse and collaborate with Government.
The Coalition Agreement stated that the Government . . . → Read More: Right to Data and the Protection of Freedoms Bill
By JamesT, on February 4th, 2011
Chris Chant at UKGovcamp. Image courtesy of Paul Clarke
Following the recent retirement of Andrew Stott as Director for Digital Engagement we have received several queries about the future of the Digital Engagement agenda. So we are very pleased to introduce Chris Chant, who has been appointed Director for DirectGov and Digital Engagement and will be . . . → Read More: Introducing Chris Chant
By JamesT, on December 8th, 2010
The Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, has announced a review of the impact of Transparency on Privacy to inform the Government’s approach to the release of data as part of the Transparency agenda.
The Review will enable Government to ensure that on-going releases of data are done in a way that provides maximum transparency of . . . → Read More: Transparency and Privacy Review to be led by Dr. Kieron O’Hara
By JamesT, on November 18th, 2010
Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, speaking at #openuk
Today in London, Europe’s first ever international data camp began with the UK’s Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, announcing that we are opening up data on central government spending. As part of its ongoing drive to make government more accountable and more transparent than . . . → Read More: Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, addresses Europe’s first international open government data camp
By JamesT, on November 18th, 2010
Welcome to the new blog platform for the reconstituted and repurposed Transparency and Digital Engagement team. As with the old Digital Engagement blog the team will be using this to talk about what we are up to, the technical challenges we are facing and to test out early solutions.
With Andrew Stott retiring the team is now . . . → Read More: Welcome to the new Transparency and Digital Engagement blog