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 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 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