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A recent petition, which called for the UK Government to move away from IE6, has received a dismissive response.

The petition, which gathered over 6000 signatures, referred to moves by French and German governments to encourage their citizens to move away from the antiquated browser, amidst fears of security vulnerabilities.

It also described a vicious cycle whereby government departments continue to tolerate IE6 because most sites still work on it, whilst many companies continue to design for the browser because most government departments use it.

It concluded by calling for that cycle to be broken, and asking that innovation and security be given their proper place.

The IE6 No More campaign gathers pace

Read more about the government’s response

Receiving the award!

Those who read my previous post will have seen that we were up for a Good Communications Award for our campaign to increase voter turn-out at the 2009 Scottish Youth Parliament elections. The Government to Citizen award recognises ‘a specific campaign which has successfully connected with its target audience at a local or national level’.

Following a lively awards ceremony at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, I’m delighted to report that we were successful, with the judges commenting on:

“excellent planning and execution, segmenting comms to reach the right audience in the right way. Great results on an astonishingly small budget”

I’m delighted to have been involved in such a successful campaign, and look forward to building on the success with, hopefully, even more innovation during next year’s elections.

See the full winners list