Appointment of staff to work on the single government domain

Dear Cabinet Office,

I would like to request the below information:
1) What are the job titles and job descriptions for the roles
currently occupied in the government single domain? (described
here:
http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/2011...)
1b) Who do these roles report to?

2) Where, if at all, were these positions advertised prior to
appointment?
2b) If applicable, which procurement framework was used?
2c) What consideration was given to diversity in the selection and
appointment of candidates to these roles?

3) Please provide any email correspondence or meeting minutes where
these positions, appointment processes or the funding method for
the posts were discussed.

4) Please provide a copy of any discussions, agreements or
contracts with or about suppliers paying the positions’ salaries,
which relate to the time spent on the role, or the role itself.

5) As the role is involved in the delivery for the single domain
agenda (after the Martha Lane Fox Directgov review), and as the
current Deputy Director for the single domain and the Executive
Director for Digital have previously worked with many of the team
outside of government on commercial interests, please provide full
details of the steps taken to prevent a conflict of interest in the
recruitment process.

If any parts of this request are likely to be covered by exceptions
due to part of a question, your assistance under Section I.16 would
be welcomed in reformulating that part to allow release and to aid
disclosure and transparency.

Yours faithfully,

Alex Coley

Dear DIRECTGOV Directgov FOI,

Thank you for your response.

It is a shame that the request could not be completely fulfilled.
Using the blanket of the Civil Service Commission recruitment
principles as a catch all did not really answer the questions. I
note that there is no record of the Civil Service Commission
decision on conflicts of interest in this case, or of how exactly
people were deemed to be exempt from competition in specific roles.
It is simply anecdotal that it was decided and it shall be so.

Also, there is some muddying of the waters between roles that were
appointed in the year prior to my FOI request and roles which have
been advertised since. It was brought to my attention that some of
these advertised roles may cross over with roles that were
previously awarded as exempt from competition. Transparent
disclosure was not helped by the response to my FOI being left
until the very last day possible under the act.

Lastly, for your own sake, may I suggest that you remove the
contact details for David Dilley from the PDF you attached.

Yours sincerely,

Alex Coley