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Publish your code and use open source to improve transparency, flexibility and accountability.
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Use open standards to build technology that is easier to expand and upgrade, and make sure it communicates with other technology.
Why you must make code open, making code open from the start and how to code in the open.
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.
How to choose data tools and infrastructure that are flexible, scalable, sustainable and secure.
Case study from Holistic AI.
Find out how the government chooses open standards, and how you can suggest open standards, to improve services for users.
How the UK's strategic export controls apply to academics, university researchers and their institutions, and when an export licence is needed.
This Procurement Policy Note (PPN) [and guidance / documents] is now out of date
The article describes the development of an off-line tool for managing clinical trials collected in areas with limited internet,
Use open standards when making software for software software interoperability, data formats and document formats.
This guidance is an introduction to the Open Document Format (ODF) standard and how you can select ODF-compliant solutions.
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