Promotional material: Government Security Classifications: posters
These posters were designed to illustrate and support the new Government Security Classifications policy, which comes into force on April 2014.Departments, agencies and their suppliers are welcome to...
View ArticleSpeech: Francis Maude on the launch of CERT-UK
IntroductionIt’s amazing to think it’s now 25 years since the World Wide Web was invented – and the internet for longer still before that. Because of the amazing ways it’s changed the way we live and...
View ArticleTransparency data: Cabinet Office Government Procurement Card data
Updated: Added data for October, November and December 2013In line with UK government commitments to increase transparency, we publish details of spend over £500 from 1 April 2011. We will continue to...
View ArticleTransparency data: Cabinet Office spend data over £25,000
Updated: Added data for October, November and December 2013.In line with UK government commitments to increase transparency, we are now publishing details of spend over £25,000 since 1 April 2010 and...
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News story: £1.5 million funding to open up public data
Updated: Added breakdown of funding data.The Cabinet Office investment will support organisations who want to improve their data publication data as part of a government push to increase transparency....
View ArticlePress release: UK launches first national CERT
The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP launched CERT-UK, the UK’s national Computer Emergency Response Team, with industry representatives and international partners this morning (Monday 31 March). CERT-UK will...
View ArticleSpeech: Chris Gibson speech at launch of CERT-UK
I’d like to add my welcome to you all and thank you for attending this launch. As I’m sure you’ll understand, today is a very important day for me. I joined CERT-UK from private industry (with some...
View ArticlePolicy: Keeping the UK safe in cyber space
Updated: updated launch date of CERT-UK.IssueThe growth of the internet has transformed our everyday lives and is an important part of our economy. The internet-related market in the UK is now...
View ArticleSpeech: Cyber security: City Week 2014
I’m incredibly proud of the contribution that the financial services industry makes to this country: it is successful, it contributes a huge amount and employs a huge number of people. And it’s...
View ArticleNews story: Ministerial pensions: further increase in contributions
Ministers and Whips will be paying up to 16% in contributions from today, while cabinet ministers could be paying nearly 18%, Minister Francis Maude announced today, making their contributions one of...
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Detailed guide: Transposing EU procurement directives
Updated: Updated links to directives published in the OJEU and dates for public sector training.The 2014 EU Procurement Directives were approved by the European Parliament on Wednesday 15 January 2014,...
View ArticleForm: Breakthrough Fund and Release of Data Fund
Cabinet Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) have announced the next round of funding for the Release of Data Fund and the Breakthrough Fund for 2014 to 2015 to support...
View ArticleNews story: New learning opportunities for operational delivery professionals
The new qualifications have been developed with, and are accredited by, City & Guilds and the Chartered Management Institute. Around 150 volunteers from different departments and in different parts...
View ArticleNews story: New round of government funding to unlock public data
The Release of Data Fund and the Breakthrough Fund will help government to release more data to the public. This has the potential to improve public services and promote economic growth by encouraging...
View ArticlePolicy: Improving the transparency and accountability of government and its...
Updated: Added link to application form and guidance for the Release of Data Fund and the Breakthrough Fund.IssueThe government produces a lot of data that describe the services that the government...
View ArticleGuidance: HMG personnel security controls
Updated: New version of document - previous edition from October 2013.This booklet describes the government’s personnel security and national security vetting policies and how the processes work...
View ArticleGuidance: Security policy framework
Updated: The following documents have been updated with the latest (April 2014) versions: HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (previous update: Oct 2013) HMG Security Policy Framework (previous...
View ArticleGuidance: Supporting public service transformation: cost benefit analysis...
This guidance is intended for use by local partnerships in order to assess and evaluate public service transformation proposals and to better understand fiscal, economic and public benefits, and how...
View ArticleTransparency data: Strategic suppliers
Updated: Updated list of strategic suppliers.List of strategic suppliers, current as of 2 April 2014 and the Strategic Supplier Risk Management Policy document.
View ArticleNews story: Whitehall starts using simpler security classifications
Updated: Added link to detailed guidance.More than 700,000 civil servants and military personnel are using the new markings, and the wider public sector will adopt them at a later date. The new system...
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