But the idea is that gov.uk will not be a project that's built and then just sits there but a work in progress, continually evolving as the world around it.

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It is, for example, easy to distinguish between a project engineer, who downloads drawings to build the required parts, and a project administrator, who views those drawings more sporadically in order to chart progress, but does not actually download them on to his own computer.

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Consumer Focus is monitoring progress in the run up to the switchover using a digital diary project.

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King says the 'Crackit' is a work in progress but the idea has quickly transformed into reality, after many years contemplating the project.

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He told the audit committee that the auditor general also failed to analyse the role of the Holyrood Progress Group, which was set up by MSPs in 2000 to get a grip on the project.

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