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Guest post: What D5 is doing about open markets
Dr. Kim Eun Ju, of the Korean National Information Society Agency
Guest post: Improving the technology at DCLG
Darren Scates is the Technology Leader at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). We’ve been looking at how we can improve technology at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
Keep on opening
The Open Standards Principles were published in 2012, they set out the Government’s policy on selecting and implementing open standards.
What we’re doing on open standards
We’ve been selecting open standards to help government to adapt to changing needs and technologies.
Freeing up unused IP addresses - an update
In February, I introduced our discovery work with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)
Guest post: The promise of computational thinking
Nine months ago, London hosted the first meeting of D5 - a group of the most digitally advanced countries in the world.
Network principles for government
In the work we do with network designers and end users across government the same issues keep cropping up.
Working with the Technology Leaders Network
Andy Beale talks about the latest meeting of the Technology Leaders Network (TLN). We introduced the Technology Leaders Network to you in November 2014. It’s the governance group for government technology and a vital decision making body for the technology …
Help us find the right open standards
The Standards Hub is where we ask you to share your expertise and knowledge. You help us select open standards that will deliver better, more efficient services.
Selecting standards for describing languages and countries
The Open Standards Board is a group of experts drawn from government and not-for-profit organisations as well as volunteers from academia and industry.