People across the civil service, public and private sectors are delivering and working using Open Policy Making tools, techniques and design thinking. Here can read about their learnings and findings in the field.
What are the skills that modern policy-makers need to “stay on top of their game”? In the second of a three-part video series, Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of Civil Service, shares that an open approach is key to …
When people think about digital and policy-making, the focus tends to be on how policy-makers can use digital tools, particularly social media, to engage with the public. Whilst that’s a very valid activity, I think digital means something more fundamental …
The Ministry of Justice conducted a review of the court fees charged to individuals and businesses in the civil and family court. We wanted to seek input from the public through a consultation, and wanted to ensure that they had all the relevant evidence and data to hand to inform their responses. We took an ambitious approach in being as open as possible with the public in sharing evidence and data in order to come up with the best new system possible, and we think it worked.
Northern Futures is a project close to the Deputy Prime Minister’s heart. He announced it in August: an open call for people with great ideas about how we can make northern cities into vibrant, innovative hubs to stoke growth across the whole …
In the first of a three-part video series Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of Civil Service, shares his reflections on Open Policy Making and why it matters.
August marks the mid-way point for the data science in government programme. We posted our first blog about our work in May and we would like to use this opportunity to update you on the progress we have made up …
The best policy decisions are informed by evidence, and where possible this evidence should be shared and made publicly available. In the Civil Service Reform Plan: one year on report we committed to publishing more of the evidence that supports …
Policy Lab is bringing design thinking to Government. It's about connecting civil servants with outside design experts and upskilling civil servants themselves. Following a really successful collaborative workshop on police digitization where Sean Miller ran an excellent prototyping session, I …
Thom Townsend from the Cabinet Office’s Partnerships Team writes about his experience of engaging with open policy making from outside, and now inside of government. The Partnerships Team is dedicated to working with business to open up policy challenges to them and develop ways of working collaboratively.
Over the last few weeks we've had several discussions with civil servants about Twitter and other social media.