I really enjoyed being able to get to UKGovCamp 2012 last Friday where I had a chance to outline some of our thinking around GOV.UK.
Sonal Shah, White House social innovator and former Head of Global Initiatives at Google.org gave an inspirational lecture about innovation in the US Government at Portcullis House on the 18th January 2012.
I am delighted to welcome Emer Coleman to GDS, as Deputy Director of Digital Engagement. We have always supported digital engagement at GDS, and Emer’s appointment will raise our game as we develop more products and services with partners and …
Another very well attended AgileTea last Thursday at Cafe Zest! The theme of the session was 'Procure and Deliver', timely given the recent focus on Chris Chant's blog post, the Government's Supplier event on 21 November on how Government wanted to make it …
There are three TeaCamp-style events happening through November and December. Applycamp on the 22nd November is followed by the second AgileTea event on Thursday 24 November. Both deal with Government procurement although Applycamp is specifically for the G-cloud framework. Finally …
Have you ever wondered what being a social worker actually involves? Or what a fire-fighter does on an average shift? Or what it takes to run the busiest library in the country? Norfolk County Council gave the curious-minded a chance to find out on Tuesday 4 October 2011 when three of its Twitter accounts revealed what goes on in a working day in five very different areas. #nccourday
A write-up of last week's Teacamp from Daniela Oellers: I attended last week’s Teacamp session on behalf of the Digital Engagement team at the Cabinet Office. My name is Daniela Oellers, PhD and I’m a German civil servant, working for …
On Friday 30th September we re-launched the website for the UK Civil Service. This site is the primary means of communicating what the constitutional role of the UK Civil Service is, what it does and the codes it is bound …
In a previous post we discussed a few of of the ways government is using social media to interact better with citizens. Asking for ideas for new health apps, live blogging events (DECC’s Pylon design competition) and MoD’s personal security for social media campaign going viral …
Hi, my name is Abby Peel and I have recently joined Mark O'Neill in the Innovation and Delivery team within the Government Digital Service as Head of Community. The team is working with government and non-government communities to continue to …
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