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Government Wants Open Standards To Be Royalty-Free

Francis Maude has confirmed that it will adopt royalty-free standards, to deliver a level playing field for open source

Just two weeks old and the government's e-petitions website is proving popular, with 12,000 petitions

The UK government has closed nearly half of its "vanity" websites and plans to cut 80 percent

Cloud

A Government document proposes consolidating back-office functions in a cloud-based platform to save money

Cloud

Open source enthusiast Liam Maxell has been appointed as technology adviser to the Cabinet Office

Users could use Facebook or Twitter to access government services in the future, according to the Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude is bringing together all government data in the Public Data Corporation

Cloud

The Cabinet Office foresees delivering services digitally but concerns are being voiced for those without Internet skills

CIO

At the end of this year, John Suffolk, the government’s CIO will step down before major projects are launched

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The Government will axe three quarters of its websites as part of a cost cutting review by the Cabinet Office