Richard Allan, director of policy in Europe for the social network, is one of 12 members of the Digital Advisory Board that will inform the team behind Gov.uk, a single government domain currently in beta that's intended to eventually replace New Labour's Directgov website. It will be chaired by Martha Lane Fox, who reviewed the government’s online services in 2010. The Cabinet Office has been in talks with Facebook and other industry players on identity-handling online. The board’s first meeting took place on April 25.