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Publish your code and use open source to improve transparency, flexibility and accountability.
Why you must make code open, making code open from the start and how to code in the open.
An overview of our Design Code Pathfinder programme.
Make all new source code open and reusable, and publish it under appropriate licences. Or if this is not possible, provide a convincing explanation of why this cannot be done for specific subsets of the source code.
Guidance on the grant to provide additional support to 21 areas producing exemplar design codes.
Licence allowing the export of a wide range of software and source codes for military goods.
Evaluation and case studies from the first phase of our design code pilots.
Manage your dependencies to keep code up to date, your system secure and your service working as intended.
The Technology Code of Practice is a set of criteria to help government design, build and buy technology.
Getting a UK background check so you can apply for Global Entry and get through USA border control faster: how to apply, how much it costs
How to manage configuration: open source tools, writing infrastructure in code, portability.
Join the Office for Place to hear more about the Design Code Pathfinder programme, and the work our local authority and neighbourhood planning group partners have undertaken to deliver more healthy, beautiful, popular and sustainable places.
The government is inviting expressions of interest from local planning authorities in England to test the National Model Design Code.
Get help classifying computers, inkjet and toner cartridges and their components.
Information about which code you should open and how to do it securely.
How to request and manage the authentication code you'll need to file information online at Companies House.
How to choose data tools and infrastructure that are flexible, scalable, sustainable and secure.
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