October 8, 2013
If GOV.UK is delivering the website, what’s the purpose of digital communications teams in government departments? That’s one of the interesting issues tackled by the Cabinet Office’s Digital Communication Capability Review, whose draft report is online for public comment for another couple of days. It’s a fine piece of work, led by some creative thinkers…
June 14, 2013
Nick Halliday is asking another of his interesting questions: Creating a public sector digital maturity model – what is missing? http://t.co/wtWuTGrNgh will share results — Nick M Halliday (@nickmhalliday) June 13, 2013 And here’s his Google Doc so far as he starts to answer it. I think the concept of a flexible, down to earth…
June 29, 2010
I’ve been chatting to quite a range of folk grappling with the issue of what to do – on a shoestring – in the digital space with their Department in this brave and uncertain new world. It’s fair to say that digital plans in government right now have to take account of three realities: There’s…
May 21, 2010
So, a week into a new kind of government, what does the outlook for digital look like? In terms of public sector IT at least, it looks broadly as through the principles and plans outlined by the Conservatives over the last six months are being brought into effect, with added emphasis on civil liberties. Looking…
March 24, 2010
It’s Ada Lovelace Day, an international day of blogging to draw attention to the achievements of women in technology and science, and I’ve taken the pledge to write about a female heroine of science or technology. My everyday heroine is Marilyn Booth, a civil servant, working in Science & Society policy in a central government…
March 16, 2010
Shortly after the forthcoming General Election, I’ll be leaving the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Tomorrow will mark my second anniversary of working at BIS, and its predecessor, DIUS. It’s been a fantastic couple of years, which has introduced me to some phenomenally talented and creative people in and around government. I’ve been privileged…
February 26, 2010
Yesterday at work, we hosted the first meeting of intranet club, bringing together intranet managers from 12 central government departments for a show and tell about design decisions, technologies, user involvement and project management. It was a fascinating couple of hours, with a group of people who rarely get together in that way, aside from…