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PASC lives: Open data & statistics
One of the (many) new experiences I am encountering in this job is the scrutiny of the ‘Public Administration Select Committee (PASC)’. According to its Twitter bio PASC is; “..a cross-party group of MPs appointed by the House of Commons to scrutinise the Government.” At least in part the focus of my job has been…
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Flatline: The launch of Healthcare.gov
The ‘launch’ of the Healthcare.gov in the US has been interesting to watch. Well in the way that sometimes people can’t help but want to see the aftermath of a car crash! Perhaps the most high profile website launch I’ve ever seen in the .gov space it is the face of ‘Obamacare‘ – a policy…
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52: Week Twenty Four
Was on the road this week – two days down in Titchfield and a day in London as well as a day working from home in Bristol. Spent a lot of time speaking and thinking about search again this week. We currently have a number of search related projects working in parallel – basically we…
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The Exemptions
This afternoon I attended the Government ‘Heads of Digital Communications’ meet-up for the first time. Hosted by Tim Lloyd at BIS it was a nice change of pace from my recent meetings – I am less and less digital ‘communications’ these days and increasingly something a bit undefined but broader and more strategic (maybe…). There…
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Remembering @petef
Today is three years since Pete Ferne passed away. I didn’t know Pete for that long but in the time I did he had a considerable impact on the way I thought about my career and the wider web community. He really was a lovely bloke and stands out as the cleverest guy I’ve ever…
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