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New Whitehall innovation hub

There's nothing explicitly technological in the announcement today by the National School of Government that 'the Sunningdale Institute has established an Innovation Hub to develop know-how on stimulating and supporting innovation in government and the public services' - as announced in the DIUS Innovation Nation white paper. (See Steph's interactive version.) But since the Hub's [...] read on »

WordPress and widgets as DIUS consults

There's no stopping Steph Gray over at DIUS. Last week it was a 'commentable' White Paper, driven by WordPress. Today, they've launched a remarkably deep consultation site on Science and Society. In his writeup, Steph is kind enough to quote my own work for the Ministry of Justice's Governance of Britain as an inspiration. But [...] read on »

DIUS living up to its name

I'm genuinely delighted to see the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills allowing itself some room to innovate. As DIUS social media manager Steph Gray explains, they've just published an interactive version of their white paper on innovation (published a few months back), using - wahey! - WordPress. Or more specifically, CommentPress: the theme which [...] read on »