Examples

Back Climate Action | Powering a clean energy revolution

Hub site launched by DECC to highlight the work of businesses and individuals to take practical action to mitigate climate … Read more » – Back Climate Action | Powering a clean energy revolution

Sharing Economy Review

Nice use of a free blogging platform, WordPress.com, to host an independent review supported by government: This is the home … Read more » – Sharing Economy Review

Environment Agency blog

The Environment Agency has an elegant blog hosted on the Government Digital Service blogging platform: The Environment Agency’s work helps … Read more » – Environment Agency blog

Updating the 2010 adult autism strategy

A nice digital document presenting a government strategy as a series of user stories – explaining what’s being done to … Read more » – Updating the 2010 adult autism strategy

Right care, right place, right time: How can we improve health and care for vulnerable older people?

The Department of Health set up a simple site with six themes each containing two or three questions, inviting public … Read more » – Right care, right place, right time: How can we improve health and care for vulnerable older people?

Smarter Guidance and Data: Defra

Defra are running a long-term consultation project to identify and simplify environmental regulation, combining a public site inviting comments, with … Read more » – Smarter Guidance and Data: Defra

Ideal Policy Team Behaviours: Open Policymaking

This site (disclaimer: developed by Helpful Technology) by Demsoc/Cabinet Office aims to be a hub for discussion about online policymaking … Read more » – Ideal Policy Team Behaviours: Open Policymaking

Norfolk Winter | A blog designed to help people in Norfolk keep happy, healthy and safe during the colder months.

Smart blog by Norfolk County Council to help local people with advice about staying safe this winter (via @danslee): Bad … Read more » – Norfolk Winter | A blog designed to help people in Norfolk keep happy, healthy and safe during the colder months.

Mark Prisk’s blog

Mark Prisk, a minister at the Department for Communities and Local Government, is now blogging: This blog will be a … Read more » – Mark Prisk’s blog

Open Policymaking | A Demsoc space on open policymaking and better consultation

The Democratic Society, together with the Cabinet Office, Involve and Guerilla Policy are running an interactive online project to explore … Read more » – Open Policymaking | A Demsoc space on open policymaking and better consultation

What Next for Localism

The What next for localism? inquiry has been established by the NALC (National Association of Local Councils) working with the … Read more » – What Next for Localism

Government Olympic Communication

The Government Olympic Communications centre is supporting media covering the government stories around the London 2012 Olympic Games (as distinct … Read more » – Government Olympic Communication

Government IT Profession

The Government IT profession is using the self-hosted social networking tool BuddyPress, which runs on WordPress, to encourage low-security collaboration … Read more » – Government IT Profession

Consultation on the supply of goods, services and digital content: BIS

BIS has developed a consultation on reforms to consumer rights which takes the full document and creates more accessible, shorter … Read more » – Consultation on the supply of goods, services and digital content: BIS

Department of Health: Draft Care and Support Bill

The Department of Health published its Care and Support Bill in draft form for clause-by-clause comment, alongside a site aimed … Read more » – Department of Health: Draft Care and Support Bill

insight: Medical Research Council blog

A new blog about the work of scientists at the MRC: The MRC is a publicly funded organisation dedicated to … Read more » – insight: Medical Research Council blog

Long term conditions: Department of Health

The Department of Health is using a consultation mini-site to source comments from people with an interest in the management … Read more » – Long term conditions: Department of Health

Ordnance Survey Blog

Ordnance Survey, the mapping and geographic information specialist agency, runs an active blog talking about the work of the organisation, … Read more » – Ordnance Survey Blog

Focus on Enforcement

The Better Regulation Executive (part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills), created a site for people to report … Read more » – Focus on Enforcement

Modernisation of health and care

The Department of Health developed a policy mini-site – the Modernisation channel – to provide a space to provide news … Read more » – Modernisation of health and care

Overseas Territories Consultation – FCO

The FCO’s consultation on the UK Overseas Territories set out six key questions for public comment. Respondents could also reply … Read more » – Overseas Territories Consultation – FCO

Local Government transparency – draft guidance on data publishing

The Local Government Association published some of its technical guidance for local authorities in ‘commentable’ format, enabling local authorities and … Read more » – Local Government transparency – draft guidance on data publishing

Department of Energy and Climate Change Blog

The DECC blog features writers from inside and outside the organisation talking about energy and climate issues: This blog has … Read more » – Department of Energy and Climate Change Blog

Maps and apps – mobile apps for digital health

Maps and Apps is a crowdsourcing project run by the Department of Health, which sourced examples of or ideas for … Read more » – Maps and apps – mobile apps for digital health

UK Trade and Inward Investment blog

UK Trade & Investment supports UK firms to export and promotes inward investment. Its blog platform showcases the work of … Read more » – UK Trade and Inward Investment blog

DFID Bloggers

The DFID blog platform showcases the work of DFID’s network of staff around the world, sharing vivid stories and images: … Read more » – DFID Bloggers

Red Tape Challenge

The Red Tape Challenge is a cross-government crowdsourcing project to identify unnecessary regulation. Discussions are structured by theme, and time-limited, … Read more » – Red Tape Challenge

The Energy Saving Trust’s blog

A straightforward blog, hosted on the free WordPress.com service, representing the evolution of a Chief Executive’s blog into something more … Read more » – The Energy Saving Trust’s blog

FCO: Human Rights and Democracy Report

The FCO published its annual global review of human rights issues in commentable form in 2011, reducing production costs, enabling … Read more » – FCO: Human Rights and Democracy Report

Thames Tunnel consultation

Thames Water consulted on the development of a new sewer system to prevent sewage spilling into the Thames river. It … Read more » – Thames Tunnel consultation

Science and Society Consultation

Now archived, this consultation launched in July 2008 set out a proposed vision for Science and Society and outlined some … Read more » – Science and Society Consultation

The National Archives blog

Oliver Morley, Chief Executive of The National Archives, kicks off a new group blog for the Archives: I feel rather … Read more » – The National Archives blog

Clean Energy Future

Australian Government platform built to ensure that government had a place in online discussions around climate change and the the … Read more » – Clean Energy Future

Community Buying

Community buying involves consumers combining their buying power to buy goods or services together, getting better deals and saving money.  Our … Read more » – Community Buying

Health conversations

An interesting approach to curating different blogs and Tweets in one place, Health Conversations is a live dashboard of digital … Read more » – Health conversations