Last December we asked for your help in selecting the standard formats for documents produced by the government. We published two challenges on the Standards Hub - challenges are problems that open standards might help to solve. Publishing these on …
When I ran the open standards consultation, I heard first hand the effect that government's choice of technology was having on people. Take documents, for example. You might think sending something to a department online is an easy thing, but …
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 …
Last year, we established our definition of an open standard for software interoperability, data and document formats, and the Open Standards Principles that explain our rationale for putting them into government IT. Now we are working on identifying the specific …