An online notebook
A quick pointer to an interesting project in central government in the UK. It’s looking at redefining the technology used by civil servants to get their jobs done. There are a number of interesting issues around this agenda. The experience people have at home with software – particularly web based applications like Facebook, Amazon and … Keep reading
The new Government Digital Service, the part of the Cabinet Office tasked with taking forward various elements of the digital agenda in Whitehall (and beyond) has a new blog. Very nice it is too, and anyone with an interest in online innovation in public services really ought to subscribe. Simon has some background on the … Keep reading
Once again, the quality commentary on the latest reports into government IT spending is coming from blogs. Simon Dickson: The real story, such as it is, is the Committee’s apparent recognition that the current process – reliant on a small number of large suppliers being given over-spec’ed, over-detailed, over-sized and over-priced projects – is the … Keep reading
Last week, the Cabinet Office published a new action plan for government and open source, to level the playing field when it comes to procuring software. So we consider that the time is now right to build on our record of fairness and achievement and to take further positive action to ensure that Open Source … Keep reading
Steph has posted about the work he has been doing getting the Power of Information Taskforce report online for interested folk to comment on it before it gets published. It’s a lovely piece of work: It is in fact a new theme, not the usual CommentPress which has been lying dormant for quite a while. … Keep reading