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Podcast: Open standards, emerging technology and the government of the future

Posted by: The GDS Team, Posted on: 14 November 2018 - Categories: Digital strategy, Podcast, Technology
Terence Eden and Sarah Stewart recording the podcast

GDS’s open standards lead Terence Eden joins us on our latest podcast. He talks about his mission to make government more open and the risks and rewards of emerging technology.

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When is it ok not to open all source code?

Posted by: James Stewart, Posted on: 8 October 2014 - Categories: GOV.UK, GOV.UK One Login, Technology

To meet the Digital By Default Service Standard, digital services have to ‘make all new source code open and reusable, and publish it under appropriate licences.

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First open standards selected

Posted by: Liam Maxwell, Posted on: 27 September 2013 - Categories: Technology

We set up an Open Standards Board last April to help us decide which open standards to use in government technology. Selecting and implementing open standards will make our services better and give us more flexibility in choosing our suppliers. …

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This week at GDS

Posted by: Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 24 September 2013 - Categories: Accessibility, GDS team, GOV.UK, Transformation

...also work on Assisted Digital, which is profoundly important. All these jobs can be found out on the website: digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/jobs. Interviewer: Until next time. Mike Bracken: Till next time, onwards....

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This week at GDS

Posted by: Mike Beaven - former Director for Transformation, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 10 September 2013 - Categories: GDS team

Mike Beaven talks about the latest quarterly update to the Transactions Explorer and welcomes cross-government heads of communications, whose monthly meeting is being hosted by GDS this week.

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Opening up open standards

Posted by: Paul Downey, Posted on: 6 September 2013 - Categories: Technology

Last night GDS hosted the first in a series of events to increase awareness, and participation in, the open standards process. It was held at  The Hub, a venue in Kings' Cross. We want your help to identify the specific open standards …

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This week at GDS

Posted by: Mike Beaven - former Director for Transformation, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 3 September 2013 - Categories: GDS team

Mike Beaven talks the report Smaller, Better, Faster, Stronger: Remaking government for the digital age, an upcoming Digital Advisory Board meeting, Thursday's Open Standards event, and more.

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Open Standards show and tell

Posted by: Hadley Beeman, Posted on: 14 August 2013 - Categories: Technology

...which evaluates the proposals and advises the Open Standards Board At the show and tell we’ll go through each of these activities and explain what will happen with your input,...

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Open Standards Board sets the direction

Posted by: Linda Humphries - former Senior Technology Adviser, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 17 May 2013 - Categories: Digital strategy

...the European Common Assessment Methodology for Standards and Specifications as a starting point for the criteria to be used by advisory panels and challenge owners when assessing challenge proposals. The...

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The Open Standards Board

Posted by: Liam Maxwell, Posted on: 15 April 2013 - Categories: Digital strategy

In the Open Standards Principles we said that we'd set up an Open Standards Board to help us to decide which open standards to use in government IT. Now that we've published the first 8 challenges on the Standards Hub, …

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