Aleks Krotoski and Jemima Kiss are joined by Tom Watson MP, former director of digital engagement at the Cabinet Office, to discuss the amount the government pays for their web solutions.
Charles Arthur asks Margaret Manning, the CEO of digital consultancy Reading Room, why her organisation charged the UK taxpayer almost £600 for a 32x32 pixel favicon during the corporate rebrand of the Information Commissioner Office in July 2010.
Tom explains the challenges of being a digital advocate in public office, the ways the civil service can be technologically empowered, and the role the current minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, must play in overhauling the digital procurement strategies. He suggests that the same digital work could be done for half the price, that some projects overcharged and unnecessary, and that trying to grasp hold of government technology projects is like trying to catch water in your hands.
Also this week: Sue Black from University College London explains how Britain's important role in the history of computer science has been secured thanks to a social media fundraising effort for the purchase of Alan Turing's papers from Bletchley Park.
Finally, the team look at the future of web searching, after several credible news aggregators were downranked in search results after they fell foul to a tweak in the Google algorithm aimed at weeding out sites that recycle others' content.
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