BBC News - Government IT projects: UK adopts open technology standards

This BBC technology article discusses a UK Government plan to ensure it's department uses open standards :-

Government IT projects: UK adopts open technology standards - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20178175 - 2 November 2012 -

"The UK government is drawing up a set of open technology standards all future IT projects must comply with.


The standards will dictate how data should be formatted and the ways that software should interoperate.

The push for open standards builds on earlier work to standardise the hardware on which government services are built.

The decision to mandate the open standards follows a four-month consultation exercise."