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Delivering technology transformation at UK Export Finance
Lawrence Nichols, head of IT at UK Export Finance (UKEF), talks about his experiences of the recent technology transformation in his organisation.
How can services work for government and citizens?
Recently a small group of technology leaders from across government discussed the role that we play in developing user-centric services and their impact on wider society.
Welcome to our new Open Source Lead
I’m pleased to announce Anna Shipman as the new Head of Open Source, leading a concerted approach to greater use and reuse of open source across government.
Talking challenges and change at GitHub Universe
A short while back I was fortunate to speak at GitHub’s annual Universe conference in San Francisco. I was asked to tell the story of GOV.UK and I was keen to emphasise a number of points.
How can we make big data work for government?
We recently held our first Technology Leaders session which was open to a wider guest list than just Tech Leaders. We decided to blog after each of these sessions so that those who aren’t able to attend can read about what we discussed. In this blog we talk about big data.
What’s Up With Open Standards?
Catch up with the work the Open Standards team have been doing to streamline the processes we have, so we can better support the community and get a clearer picture of what works and what doesn’t.
Securing email in a London borough
Bruce Thomson, IT Security Manager and Julian Hamlin, IT Security Appliance Manager from Hillingdon council explain how they secured email in their borough.
Lead the programme for the new Technology Leaders Network
We’re looking for a Technology Leadership Manager to lead the development of the Technology Leaders Network.
Implementing secure email in a local authority: experiences from Fife
Martin Kotlewski, Lead Officer for Security & Compliance from Fife Council, talks about securing government email in a local authority.
Sharing our approach with India’s tech leaders
Building upon the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and India to share knowledge and skills in digital transformation, we travelled to India to discover how the Government of India is transforming online access to services for citizens and how we can work together.