Soctim, the body that represents public service ICT professionals, has announced which digital services it will review in the next round of its survey of councils’ online performance....
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Government to replace Civil Service Jobs site
The government is looking to create a new recruitment platform for government that will replace Civil Service Jobs, which it says is not meeting user needs....
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‘Councils have to change’: Scottish local government CDO Martyn Wallace has big plans for his new role
Just a month into his new job as chief digital officer for the 28 Scottish councils that have pooled their digital resources, Martyn Wallace already has big plans for his […]...
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Thirty-three southern councils launch digital standard peer group
LocaGov Digital has announced the creation of the latest regional peer to help councils implement the local digital standard....
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Digital transformation ‘struggling to meet ambition’, as automation threatens public sector jobs
Study claims that 850,000 jobs could be lost to automation by 2030 and suggests that public servants’ patience is running thin over delays to digitisation....
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Spending watchdog to review GDS after rural payment delays
The National Audit Office is to review the work of the Government Digital Service, after a high-profile row over the central team’s involvement in a botched overhaul of the system […]...
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GDS plans international user needs research in wake of Brexit
The Government Digital Service is to carry out research into the needs of GOV.UK’s international users and understand how they might change as the UK negotiates its exit from the […]...
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G-Cloud 9 discovery phase finds users often resort to manual processes
The discovery phase of the next iteration of the cloud procurement platform has found that users struggle with ineffective searches, producing audit trails and difficulty comparing suppliers....
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Co-op Digital team bags another former GDS leader
Former Government Digital Service chief Stephen Foreshew-Cain is to join the Co-op, where his former boss Mike Bracken went after his own departure from GDS last year....
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Kevin Cunnington reveals his ‘cunning plan’ for future of GDS
The government is to create an official profession for digital, data and technology within the civil service that will set pay scales based on competency, the Government Digital Service leader […]...
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