Acknowledgements

Author
Ross Ferguson

Ross Ferguson is the Director of the Hansard Society’s eDemocracy Programme.

Research Support
Barry Griffiths
Dr Laura Miller

Barry Griffiths is the Project Manager on the Hansard Society’s eDemocracy Programme. Dr Laura Miller is the Researcher on the Hansard Society’s eDemocracy Programme.

The author and research team would like to thank all the agencies, departments and offices that took part in Digital Dialogues for their interest and openness. We are grateful for the support from Clare Ettinghausen, Virginia Gibbons and Milica Howell at the Hansard Society. At the Ministry of Justice (MoJ – the former DCA), the report team would like to thank Ian Johnson, Michelle Lyons and the rest of the Democratic Engagement Branch. A special thanks goes to Andrew Conroy, Warren Grimes and Andrew White from Vohm (www.vohm.com) for their design and technical support.

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