eleanor stewart

ELEANOR STEWART, HEAD OF DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT, GOVERNMENT DIGITAL SERVICE CABINETOFFICE, UNITED-KINGDOMEleanor Stewart has worked in Communications for much of her career. Eleanor has extensive experience of both internal and external communications.At present Eleanor is Head of Digital Engagement for the UK within the recently created Government Digital Service in the Cabinet Office.Her responsibilities are:-Embedding digital engagement and the use of social media in the day to day running of governmentEnsuring that digital media are included in the production, reporting and evaluation of government policy and initiativesEnsuring that digital communications are used as efficiently and effectively as possibleCo-ordinating and managing the professional network for civil servants working on digital engagement and defining and promoting best practice and fostering innovationDefining security and propriety rules for civil servants working with and using social mediaDeveloping and promoting the use of web 2.0 and social media technology within the secure network of the civil service to improve knowledge sharing and efficiency.In addition in the past few years Eleanor has also been responsible for communicating and promoting the new UK e-petitions site and the government open data and transparency agenda. As part of this she has launched data.gov.uk, working with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Professor Nigel Shadbolt and Andrew Stott, to facilitate the release and reuse of government data and co-ordinated the release of various government datasets, including senior salaries, organograms and government spending over £25k.