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Hi, Mike. Hello there.
What have we got coming up this week, at GDS? So we've got an update to the Transactions
Explorer. For anyone who has not seen that, it's a kind of one stop shop for a lot of
data about all the transactions that the citizens of the UK interact with government over. So,
Cliff Shepherd and the team have got together a whole quarter's worth of new data and loaded
that into the tool. We've already had one visitor to GDS this
week? Yes, we've had a delegation from the Singapore
government. They came in today to talk to Liam (Maxwell) about his Office of Chief Technology
Officer (OCTO) function, and basically what our approach is to running IT in the UK government.
Later this week, on Wednesday, we've got all the cross government heads of digital engagement
and communication coming in. They're holding their regular meeting here, but it's good
to have them in the heart of GDS, having that meeting.
What were we up to last week at GDS? So last week, we had an interesting session
about open standards, where we had a show and tell last Thursday. So, Paul Downey, who
is one of our technical architects, he writes a regular blog on this, so you if you want
to look at that on the GDS website. Generally, the thing about open standards is getting
involved, so people should get involved. Graham Francis blogged about something else
we've been up to recently? Yes, we have a blogging platform that's available
on GOV.UK, that any department can use if they want to, basically, blog about things.
So it's a really useful, valuable tool. If you want to get a sense of how it works, have
a look at the History of Government blog that the National Archives have put on there.
Finally, have we got any new starters, this week?
We've got quite a few new starters this week. I won't list them all, but we've got four
new faces in the Content Team, who's Cass (Bonner), Gavan (Curley), Charlotte (Harry)
and Tom (Adams). GOV.UK have got some new people, and we've got some new people in the
Transition team, moving all the content onto the main platform.
Excellent. Until next time. Thank you.