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A few more developments over at the Foreign Office to note. Meg Munn, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State is now blogging - making a total of 3 FCO ministers, along with Messrs Miliband and Murphy. They've also been bringing in a few other Embassy staff - including the High Commissioners to Nigeria and Malta, [...] read on »

There's been a sudden flurry of Parliamentary Questions (PQs) landing on the Foreign Office's doorstep in the last couple of months, on the subject of their departmental website. When it launched in late March, I noted that the purchase of the Morello content management system alone had cost them £1.47m, to some incredulity from commenters. [...] read on »

Things are happening at the Foreign Office. About a month ago, they registered a new dot-com domain, with the apparent intention of hosting a series of prototype web builds. But since the only link I've yet seen to the domain has now been removed by its (well-connected) author, I won't provide a link to it [...] read on »

A year after spending £1.47m on the Morello content management system, the new Foreign Office website went live this morning. Having spent five great years there, the FCO is naturally dear to my heart; but with David Miliband at the helm, its online activity takes on added significance. So how's the new site looking? It's [...] read on »

I can't let today go by without mentioning the marvellous blogging effort over at the Foreign Office. Ruairi O Connell, deputy head of the British Embassy-in-waiting in Pristina, Kosovo, has put together a series of fascinating posts which give a terrific crash course in why today's declaration of independence matters. Simple things like the protocol [...] read on »