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Simon Dickson, principal consultant at Puffbox, has been blogging about e-government, online politics, and WordPress since 2005. Some important people read it.

Archive for 'ons'

ONS drops jobs data early

13 May 2009 1 ,

I've actually got a lot of sympathy for the team at the Office for National Statistics today. This morning should have seen the release of the monthly unemployment numbers; but due (apparently) to 'a computer error on automated systems', they leaked out yesterday - and ONS took the decision to bring forward the official publication. [...] read on »

Guardian Data Store: threat to ONS or its saviour?

10 March 2009 9 , , ,

When I first saw reports of the Guardian's new Data Store 'open platform', my heart sank. In a former life, I ran the web operation at the Office for National Statistics; I resigned in June 2004, when frustration started to turn to anger. I've still got a copy of my resignation letter, in which I [...] read on »

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