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			<a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2011/07/29/this-blog-has-moved/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to This blog has moved!">This blog has moved!</a></h2>
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<div class="post-byline">By admin, on July 29th, 2011 </div>
<div class="post-bodycopy clearfix"><p>Hello,</p>
<p>Following our move into the Government Digital Service we have moved to a new site to better link our work with the rest of the group. Please update your RSS and follow us at http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/</p>
<p>This site will be archived by The National Archives as soon <span style="color:#777"> . . . &rarr; Read More: <a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2011/07/29/this-blog-has-moved/">This blog has moved!</a></span></p>
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			<a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2011/05/20/mike-bracken-appointed-as-hmg-executive-director-for-digital/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Mike Bracken appointed as HMG Executive Director for Digital">Mike Bracken appointed as HMG Executive Director for Digital</a></h2>
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<div class="post-byline">By JamesT, on May 20th, 2011 </div>
<div class="post-bodycopy clearfix"><p class="wp-caption-text">Mike Bracken. Picture courtesy of Thayer Prime </p>
<p>In the past few months this blog has made a few introductions and this will be the last for a while! We are very pleased to announce that Mike Bracken has been appointed as the Government’s new Executive Director for Digital from the 5th of July. The role <span style="color:#777"> . . . &rarr; Read More: <a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2011/05/20/mike-bracken-appointed-as-hmg-executive-director-for-digital/">Mike Bracken appointed as HMG Executive Director for Digital</a></span></p>
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			<a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2011/03/29/towards-a-single-government-domain/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Towards a Single Government Domain">Towards a Single Government Domain</a></h2>
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<div class="post-byline">By JamesT, on March 29th, 2011 </div>
<div class="post-bodycopy clearfix"><p class="wp-caption-text">Tom Loosemore</p>
<p>In January we announced the appointment of Chris Chant as Interim Executive Director for Digital Government. This appointment followed the publication of Martha Lane Fox&#8217;s report to Government, “Directgov 2010 and Beyond&#8220;, which made various recommendations to drive up the quality of the Government’s online presence and services.</p>
<p>A specific recommendation of the report was <span style="color:#777"> . . . &rarr; Read More: <a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2011/03/29/towards-a-single-government-domain/">Towards a Single Government Domain</a></span></p>
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			<a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2011/03/15/introducing-the-government-digital-service/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Introducing the Government Digital Service">Introducing the Government Digital Service</a></h2>
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<div class="post-byline">By admin, on March 15th, 2011 </div>
<div class="post-bodycopy clearfix"><p>The Government Digital  Service is the new name for the organisation created by the merging of Directgov and the Cabinet Office Digital Delivery and Digital Engagement teams, following the recommendations of the Martha Lane Fox review “Directgov 2010 and Beyond”. The organisation will be led by Chris Chant and will be based in the Cabinet Office <span style="color:#777"> . . . &rarr; Read More: <a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2011/03/15/introducing-the-government-digital-service/">Introducing the Government Digital Service</a></span></p>
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			<a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2011/02/15/right-to-data-and-the-protection-of-freedoms-bill/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Right to Data and the Protection of Freedoms Bill">Right to Data and the Protection of Freedoms Bill</a></h2>
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<div class="post-byline">By JamesT, on February 15th, 2011 </div>
<div class="post-bodycopy clearfix"><p>Greater transparency is at the heart of our commitment to open up Government to greater scrutiny and allow the public to hold us to account. Improving access to public sector data will help citizens to make choices about their services and better enable them to converse and collaborate with Government.</p>
<p>The Coalition Agreement stated that the Government <span style="color:#777"> . . . &rarr; Read More: <a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2011/02/15/right-to-data-and-the-protection-of-freedoms-bill/">Right to Data and the Protection of Freedoms Bill</a></span></p>
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			<a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2011/02/04/introducing-chris-chant/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Introducing Chris Chant">Introducing Chris Chant</a></h2>
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<div class="post-byline">By JamesT, on February 4th, 2011 </div>
<div class="post-bodycopy clearfix"><p class="wp-caption-text">Chris Chant at UKGovcamp. Image courtesy of Paul Clarke</p>
<p>Following the recent retirement of Andrew Stott as Director for Digital Engagement we have received several queries about the future of the Digital Engagement agenda. So we are very pleased to introduce Chris Chant, who has been appointed Director for DirectGov and Digital Engagement and will be <span style="color:#777"> . . . &rarr; Read More: <a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2011/02/04/introducing-chris-chant/">Introducing Chris Chant</a></span></p>
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			<a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2010/12/08/transparency-and-privacy-review-to-be-led-by-dr-kieron-o%e2%80%99hara/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Transparency and Privacy Review to be led by Dr. Kieron O’Hara">Transparency and Privacy Review to be led by Dr. Kieron O’Hara</a></h2>
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<div class="post-byline">By JamesT, on December 8th, 2010 </div>
<div class="post-bodycopy clearfix"><p>The Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, has announced a review of the impact of Transparency on Privacy to inform the Government’s approach to the release of data as part of the Transparency agenda.</p>
<p>The Review will enable Government to ensure that on-going releases of data are done in a way that provides maximum transparency of <span style="color:#777"> . . . &rarr; Read More: <a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2010/12/08/transparency-and-privacy-review-to-be-led-by-dr-kieron-o%e2%80%99hara/">Transparency and Privacy Review to be led by Dr. Kieron O’Hara</a></span></p>
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			<a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2010/11/18/minister-for-the-cabinet-office-francis-maude-addresses-europes-first-international-open-government-data-camp/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, addresses Europe&#8217;s first international open government data camp">Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, addresses Europe&#8217;s first international open government data camp</a></h2>
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<div class="post-byline">By JamesT, on November 18th, 2010 </div>
<div class="post-bodycopy clearfix"><p class="wp-caption-text">Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, speaking at #openuk</p>
<p>Today in London, Europe’s first ever international data camp began with the UK’s Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, announcing that we are opening up data on central government spending. As part of its ongoing drive to make government more accountable and more transparent than <span style="color:#777"> . . . &rarr; Read More: <a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2010/11/18/minister-for-the-cabinet-office-francis-maude-addresses-europes-first-international-open-government-data-camp/">Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, addresses Europe&#8217;s first international open government data camp</a></span></p>
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<div class="post-byline">By JamesT, on November 18th, 2010 </div>
<div class="post-bodycopy clearfix"><p>Welcome to the new blog platform for the reconstituted and repurposed Transparency and Digital Engagement team. As with the old Digital Engagement blog the team will be using this to talk about what we are up to, the technical challenges we are facing and to test out early solutions.</p>
<p>With Andrew Stott retiring the team is now <span style="color:#777"> . . . &rarr; Read More: <a href="http://digitalengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/blog/2010/11/18/welcome-to-the-new-transparency-and-digital-engagement-blog/">Welcome to the new Transparency and Digital Engagement blog</a></span></p>
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