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David Cameron tests iPad 'government dashboard' app
The Prime Minister has tested a specially-developed app that acts as a government “dashboard”, allowing him to keep track of live statistics on key areas such as jobs and housing.
Mr Cameron is keen to show the software, known as the "Number 10 dashboard", which he is using on his iPad, to Barack Obama at the next G8 summit, according to a civil service recruitment website.
A description of the app says that “with a few taps or swipes of his fingers, he can see very quickly what important new information has come to light, how certain government services are performing, and a selection of relevant and important news reports”.
The development of the app was revealed earlier this year, but details have emerged for the first time. It is being created as a web app, meaning that it can be accessed via any device with a browser and will be available across Whitehall.
The Cabinet Office confirmed it was “working on a data visualisation dashboard to provide ministers and civil servants with information on key public services as well as other indicators”.
“The dashboard is in working form and is now undergoing further development.”
The Prime Minister has made recommendations for improving the software.
“He's used it, given feedback on it to help improve it - and there is now great demand for it right across government,” a source told the BBC.
"If you want to provide ministers and officials with information about performance of government, you can look at government data - but you can also look at data from the real world.
"All we're doing is bringing government into line with what leading companies, big and small, have been doing for several years. It's radical for government, but it's not radical for 2012."
Some of the data presented by the app comes from Adzuna, a London-based start-up that tracks the jobs and housing market by monitoring recruitment and property websites.
"The benefits of using our data is that it's right up-to-the-minute, real-time data about what's happening in the market," said co-founder Doug Monro.
The civil service recruitment website said the Number 10 dashboard is able to "pull data in from a huge variety of sources".
Mr Cameron is known as a dedicated iPad user, and has previously been criticised for spending what a senior adviser reportedly said was "a crazy, scary amount of time playing Fruit Ninja".