Press release: UK and US join forces to tackle cyber crime
New government funding will help small businesses in the UK cyber sector to grow, collaborate and develop new solutions to tackle cyber threats, Business Secretary Vince Cable will announce today (16...
View ArticleGuidance: Money bills
Updated: New document added – September 2014. This page contains guidance about the drafting of bills, produced by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel for members of that office.
View ArticleGuidance: Central Government Emergency Response Training: course dates
Updated: Updated with 2014 dates.The Central Government Emergency Response Training (CGERT) Course aims to equip people in crisis management with the necessary knowledge, skills and awareness for their...
View ArticleGuidance: Introducing GOV.UK Verify
What GOV.UK Verify is, how it works and how it allows you to access government services online.
View ArticleTransparency data: Civil Service sickness absence
Sickness absence figures detailing average working days lost per staff year across the Civil Service. The period covers 1999 to Quarter 1 2014 and is based on a 12 month rolling basis.Case studies...
View ArticlePromotional material: Working with volunteers to talk about energy
This publication sets out best practice on working with volunteers in projects and campaigns to help people save energy. It draws on the findings from the Social Action Energy Pilots, carried out...
View ArticlePress release: Two hundred apprentices join the fast track to government careers
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude will today welcome to government 200 talented school-leavers who are starting their civil service careers as Fast...
View ArticlePolicy: Improving the UK's ability to absorb, respond to and recover from...
Updated: Added link to new detail on international work on emergencies.IssueThe government works with devolved administrations, emergency responders and other organisations to enhance the UK’s ability...
View ArticleOpen consultation: Transposing the 2014 EU Procurement Directives
We are consulting on draft regulations for public sector contracts so that they implement the 2014 EU Public Sector Directive effectively and in the best way. The consultation continues our ongoing...
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Detailed guide: Transposing EU procurement directives
Updated: Added information on the consultation.The 2014 EU Procurement Directives have been adopted by the EU institutions and were published in the Official Journal of the EU on 28 March 2014. They...
View ArticlePress release: Sir Nigel Sheinwald appointed Special Envoy on intelligence...
Sir Nigel Sheinwald, a former senior Diplomat and Ambassador to the US 2007 to 2012, has been appointed by the Prime Minister as Special Envoy on intelligence and law enforcement data sharing. This...
View ArticleDetailed guide: Centre for Social Action
Updated: Added information about the Carers Social Action Support Fund and the Community Organisers’ Social Action Fund.What is social actionThe Centre for Social Action supports programmes that...
View ArticleGuidance: Carers Social Action Support Fund
A carer is anyone who looks after, unpaid, a friend or family member who cannot cope without their support. This may be due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction.Organisations...
View ArticlePress release: Cabinet Office launches £1 million fund to support family carers
The Carers Social Action Support Fund is accepting applications up to 22 October from organisations with plans to expand or develop ambitious social action projects that will help to improve the lives...
View ArticleDetailed guide: What Works Network
Updated: Updated to include latest information on the What Works centres.IntroductionThis initiative aims to improve the way government and other organisations create, share and use (or ‘generate,...
View ArticleNews story: Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2015: last chance to nominate
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the most prestigious award for volunteer groups across the UK to recognise their outstanding work in local communities. You can nominate any group of 2 or...
View ArticleGuidance: Naming and registering government websites
Updated: Added guidance to the 'conditions of use' sections on migrating content hosted on a non-public sector domain to GOV.UK.This sets out the rules, principles and process for registering and...
View ArticleForm: Voter registration forms (paper versions)
Updated: Added forms for people living in Scotland.You can also register to vote online.Or contact your local Electoral Registration Office and ask them to post a form to you.Send the completed form to...
View ArticleResearch and analysis: Mystery Shopper results
Updated: Updated July to August 2014 results list.On 11 February 2011 the Prime Minister, along with Francis Maude, the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Baroness Eaton of the Local Government Group,...
View ArticlePolicy paper: Government commercial management: Cabinet Office role
This note explains how the Cabinet Office manages commercial activities across government including:acting as a single customerstrategic supplier performance and risk management operating spending...
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