Martha Lane Fox heads new board to push digital government The group will bring together luminaries from business, technology and academia in a bid to speed up the Government's adoption of improved technology. The Cabinet Office said the 12-person board will offer "ideas and recommendations on the best way to achieve the digital transformation and ensure that government online services are easy to access and user friendly." Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude claimed the Government's aim to deliver services, such as the universal credit, "digitally by default" was a "revolutionary approach in the way government interacts with citizens." He claimed it will offer "huge gains in efficiency and cost-effectiveness for the taxpayer." Lane Fox said that "The Digital Advisory Board will challenge Government to deliver better services for users." Other members of the board, which will meet twice a year, include Lord Allan, a Liberal Democrat peer who works for Facebook, James Bilefield of publishers Condé Nast, Lane Fox's Lastminute.com co-founder Brent Hoberman, and former Ofcom regulator Kip Meek, who now works for mobile operator Everything Everywhere. Lane Fox's 2010review of government services also suggested the creation of a single government website, which is now taking shape in a test form at gov.uk. The programme, it is suggested, will halve web publishing costs. Earlier this week Lane Fox also announced Go ON UK, a new initiative to encourage businesses and charities to use the web more productively. It will be the successor to her previous organisation, Race Online 2012.