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==British Government networks==
 
==British Government networks==
 
===Past===
 
===Past===
**[[Government Information Service]]  
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*[[Government Communication Network]] 2004-2013
**[[Government Information and Communication Service]]
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*[[Government Information Service]] 1947-1998
**[[War Propaganda Bureau]], 1914-18 War
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*[[Government Information and Communication Service]] 1998 - 2004
**[[Political Warfare Executive]]
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*[[War Propaganda Bureau]], 1914-18 War
**[[British War Propaganda Bureau]]
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*[[Political Warfare Executive]] 1941-1945
**[[Department of Propaganda in Enemy Countries]]
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*[[British War Propaganda Bureau]] 1914-1917
**[[Empire Marketing Board]]
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*[[Department of Propaganda in Enemy Countries]] 1918
**[[Central Office of Information]]
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*[[Empire Marketing Board]] 1926-1933
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*[[Central Office of Information]] 1946- 2012
  
 
===Present===
 
===Present===
*[[Government Communication Network]]  
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*[[Government Communication Service]] 2013 - present
  
 
==10 Downing Street==
 
==10 Downing Street==
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==Departments==
 
==Departments==
 
===Foreign and Commonwealth Office===
 
===Foreign and Commonwealth Office===
**[[British Council]]
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====Past====
 
====Past====
**[[News Department]]
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*[[News Department]]
**[[Information Department]]
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*[[Information Department]] 1980 - 1999
**[[Information Research Department]]
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*[[Information Research Department]] 1947 - 1978
**[[Overseas Information Department]]
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*[[Overseas Information Department]] 1978 - 1980
**[[Ambassador News Service]]
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*[[American Labor Committee to Aid British Labor]] 1941 - ??
**[[American Labor Committee to Aid British Labor]]
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*[[Britain Abroad Task Force]] 2001 - ??
**[[Background Briefing on Subversion]]
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*[[British Information Services]] 1939 - 1998
**[[Britain Abroad Task Force]]
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*[[British Information Services (Ottawa)]]
**[[British Information Services]]
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*[[British Satellite News]] 2002-2009 (approx)
**[[British Information Services (Ottawa)]]
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*[[British Security Coordination]] 1939-1945 (approx)
**[[British Satellite News]]
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*[[Challenge and Innovation Fund]]
**[[British Security Coordination]]
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*[[Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies]]
**[[Challenge and Innovation Fund]]
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*[[Counter Terrorism Programme]]
**[[Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies]]
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*[[Islamic Media Unit]]
**[[Islamic Media Unit]]
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*[[Engaging with the Islamic World]]
**[[Engaging with the Islamic World]]
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*[[London Radio Service]]
**[[London Radio Service]]
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*[[Overseas News Agency]]
**[[Overseas News Agency]]
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*[[Panel 2000]]
**[[Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund]]
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*[[Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund]]
**[[Projecting British Islam]]
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*[[Projecting British Islam]]
**[[Public Diplomacy Board]]
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*[[Public Diplomacy Board]] 2006 - ??
**[[Public Diplomacy Department]]
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*[[Public Diplomacy Department]] 1999 - 2003
**[[Public Diplomacy Group]]
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*[[Public Diplomacy Group]]
**[[Public Diplomacy Partners Group]]
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*[[Public Diplomacy Partners Group]]
**[[Public Diplomacy Policy Department]]
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*[[Public Diplomacy Policy Department]]
**[[Public Diplomacy Strategy Board]]
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*[[Public Diplomacy Strategy Board]] 2002 - 2006
**[[Strategic Programme Fund]]
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*[[Strategic Programme Fund]]
  
 
====Present====
 
====Present====
**[[Counter-Daesh Coalition Communications Cell]]
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*[[British Council]] 1934 - present
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*[[Communication Directorate]] 2007 - present<ref>FCO [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8L81HYbAUfQC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=foreign+office+%22communication+directorate%22&source=bl&ots=JtxCoJYdWG&sig=mULKiDJU4zyNaGOSsokHBX4L1yg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6jv3ksoDbAhWJKMAKHUTWAdIQ6AEIWzAH#v=onepage&q=foreign%20office%20%22communication%20directorate%22&f=false Annual Report 2007-8], p 110. Accessed 12 May 2018. </ref>
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*[[Counter-Daesh Coalition Communications Cell]] 2014- present
  
 
===Ministry of Defence===
 
===Ministry of Defence===
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**[[Information Policy Unit]]
 
**[[Information Policy Unit]]
 
**[[Media Operations Group (V)]]
 
**[[Media Operations Group (V)]]
**[[Targeting and Information Operations]]
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**[[Targeting and Information Operations]] 2001 -
 
**[[Defence Media Operations Centre]]
 
**[[Defence Media Operations Centre]]
 
**[[Directorate General Media and Communications]]
 
**[[Directorate General Media and Communications]]
  
 
====Present====
 
====Present====
**[[DSTL]]
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**[[DSTL]] 2001 - present
 
**[[British Forces Broadcasting Service]]
 
**[[British Forces Broadcasting Service]]
 
**[[Defence and Security Media Advisory (DSMA) Notice System]]
 
**[[Defence and Security Media Advisory (DSMA) Notice System]]
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This includes groups created or funded or part funded (at some point in their history) by the British government, some of which are intended to appear as if they are independent.  It also includes PR, lobbying, marketing and advertising firms
 
This includes groups created or funded or part funded (at some point in their history) by the British government, some of which are intended to appear as if they are independent.  It also includes PR, lobbying, marketing and advertising firms
 
===Civil society groups===
 
===Civil society groups===
**[[British Briefing]]
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====Past====
**[[British Society for Cultural Freedom]]
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*[[Ambassador News Service]]
**[[Century Group]]
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*[[British Briefing]]
**[[Counter Terrorism Programme]]
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*[[Background Briefing on Subversion]]
**[[Industrial League]]
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*[[British Society for Cultural Freedom]]
**[[Institute for the Study of Conflict]]
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*[[Century Group]]
**[[Limehouse Group of Analysts]]
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*[[Industrial League]]
**[[Panel 2000]]
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*[[Institute for the Study of Conflict]]
**[[Parliamentary Liaison Services]]
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*[[Limehouse Group of Analysts]]
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====Present====
 
**[[Quilliam Foundation]]
 
**[[Quilliam Foundation]]
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===Public Relations and associated firms===
 
===Public Relations and associated firms===
 
*[[Bell Pottinger]]
 
*[[Bell Pottinger]]

Latest revision as of 12:16, 16 May 2018

British Government networks

Past

Present

10 Downing Street

Organisations

People

Departments

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Past

Present

Ministry of Defence

Past

Present

Cabinet Office

Present

Northern Ireland Office/Stormont government

Past

Home Office

Present

Intelligence agencies

External bodies

This includes groups created or funded or part funded (at some point in their history) by the British government, some of which are intended to appear as if they are independent. It also includes PR, lobbying, marketing and advertising firms

Civil society groups

Past

Present

Public Relations and associated firms

  1. FCO Annual Report 2007-8, p 110. Accessed 12 May 2018.