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Justine Greening finally joins Twitter

November 13, 2012
Technology

Despite having been in Government since the Coalition’s formation, first in the Treasury, then as Transport Secretary, and now International Development Secretary, Justine Greening has never yet been on Twitter. That’s all changed today though: Hello, this is my first tweet as Secretary of State for @dfid_uk. Excited to be speaking at #OpenUp12 today! — [...]

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Government Digital Strategy receives plaudits from across the pond

November 13, 2012
Technology

The Government Digital Strategy was formally launched last week. It’s an in depth document putting digital at the forefront of public service provision in the UK – digital by default’, and comes not long after the very smooth launch of the Gov.UK website. Yesterday, No. 10 digital evangelist Rohan Silva, GDS boss Mike Bracken, Government [...]

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