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Hi, I’m Ann. I’m joining dxw in June as the new Delivery Manager. I’ll be keeping a sharp eye across all of our projects, making sure things are delivered on time and to dxw’s high standard. I’ll also be working closely with clients, so a hello to you all in advance. You may already know me: I’ve…

Hi, I’m Alex and I’m starting at dxw as the new account manager. I’ve come over from the web team in Parliament where I’ve been working on projects including open data standards for Hansard and MPs biographies and social media and online presentation for the House of Lords select committees. I’ve also previously worked as…

It’s an exciting and very busy time for dxw, and we’re looking for more people to join the team. Over the last few months, we’ve become busier than ever before, delivering digital projects to the public sector (mostly central government). In the last year or so, we’ve also started diversifying our work: building our own…

Saturday was the Rewired State National Hack the Government Day hack day, which dxw were sponsoring. Harry and I went along to meet the attendees and join the hard working teams of hackers. There were a huge range of interesting data sets to choose from, but Harry had a promising idea about a set from…

On Tuesday it’s the first #digitalwomen Tea Camp with @thewomensroom. Harry and I will be attending, and we’ll also both be talking briefly on our own experiences surrounding the gender divide in digital. The focus of this event is not just on highlighting areas where there are still inequalities, but on what we can do…

Since January we’ve been excitedly working on a new intranet for the Department of Communities and Local Government: a wholesale replacement for the previous collection of out-of-date and restrictive systems that DCLG had been using. We’re very happy to announce that the site went live to all staff members last week, and has been met…