Adding value beyond compliance
All central government departments and most other public bodies, are subject to Cabinet Office spending controls.
Strategy
Science and Society review
Comments and online discussion of the #BISscisoc2012 science and society review. The review is going through a number of stages including a September review of expert group action plans, and, in October 2012, an invitation to comment on the vision & objectives for science & society.
Updating and simplifying consumer rights
In July 2012 BIS launched a consultation on modernising and simplifying consumer law on the supply of goods, services and digital content. As a policy area that affects everyone in the UK, this was a huge task.
UK government digital strategies and guidance on the use of social media
James Devenish has joined the BIS digital team on secondment from the National Measurement Office. Here he gives his reflections on digital strategies and how organisations who have yet to write theirs might get started.