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Civil Serf suspended

I’m reluctant to write this solely on the basis of a piece in the Mail (on Sunday?), but it seems Civil Serf has been identified and suspended by DWP. Investigators hunting for the blogger summoned her to a meeting last week, when it is understood that she denied responsibility. She was told she was being [...] read on »

How many Directgov sites?

You know the way all government sites are meant to be merging into Directgov... does that or doesn't that cover externally located subdomains of direct.gov.uk? I did a quick bit of Google research and uncovered the following non-authoritative list... read on »

Where’s our Directgov blog?

When the Guardian’s Michael Cross interviewed Directgov chief executive Jayne Nickalls in August last year, he wrote: In its response to the Power of Information report, the Cabinet Office proposes that Directgov embraces Web 2.0 technology by incorporating a blog in which users exchange their experiences. Now if it’s really in the official Cabinet Office document, ‘The [...] read on »

Thoughts from Barcamp: just do it

The mere fact that Saturday’s BarcampUKGovWeb happened at all would have been enough in itself; but the assembled group of influential, inspirational and interesting people made for a fantastic day. At one point in the afternoon, I remember looking at the schedule and getting depressed at the countless interesting sessions I’d missed. It’s been a [...] read on »