August 2025

4 Minutes

Cyber Security Hub Defence and Security News

Cyber red teams ‘deeply sceptical of AI’, government research finds

Sam Trendall August 11, 2025

A study from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has found that security professionals focused on attack simulations are, for various reasons, taking a circumspect approach to new tools […]...

2 Minutes

Education and skills News

Whitehall watchdog offers online job ad masterclass and other hiring tips

Tevye Markson August 11, 2025

Civil Service Commission, which exists to oversee the fairness of government’s recruitment practices, is running various workshops to ensure the compliance of campaigns to fill top digital roles and others […]...

3 Minutes

Education and skills News

DWP builds prototype for new unified Jobs and Careers service

Sam Trendall August 8, 2025

After government last year announced plans to unite offerings from the education and work departments, commercial documents reveal that work is ongoing on the early stages of a digital platform […]...

2 Minutes

Cyber Security Hub Defence and Security News

Cybercrime: One in every 1,000 CMA offences were charged in FY25

Sam Trendall August 8, 2025

Statistics reveal there were more than 55,000 offences logged under the Computer Misuse Act in the most recent fiscal year, but these led to equivalent charges in only 55 cases […]...

2 Minutes

Education and skills News

MHRA opens Leeds digital recruitment

Jim Dunton August 8, 2025

The watchdog for overseeing medical products is to move into a new facility in the West Yorkshire city dedicated to technologists, with a number of roles now up for grabs […]...

3 Minutes

Partner Content

Only 1% of managers call their hiring ‘very effective’ – Civica research shows why

Civica August 8, 2025

As government continues its ambitious programme of transformation to reshape the way it attracts and retains its people, new Civica research identifies the opportunities that could accelerate reform success Churn […]...

3 Minutes

News Transport

DVLA preps new online licence renewal in bid to address ‘outdated’ digital offerings

Sam Trendall August 7, 2025

The Department for Transport agency recently received approval across the board from a GDS service assessment process examining early versions of tools for drivers over 70 and those acquiring photocards […]...

2 Minutes

Environment News

Defra Sheep Bureau taps millions of pounds of expertise in ongoing digital drive to transform livestock traceability

Sam Trendall August 7, 2025

ALB of Whitehall environment department reveals that it seconded £5m of personnel to its parent in FY25 to help delivery of nationwide system also covering cattle, pigs, deer and goats […]...

3 Minutes

Education and skills News

Senior stats shake-up with new leaders for ONS and UKSA

Tevye Markson and PublicTechnology staff August 7, 2025

The statistics agency has named its first dedicated perm sec, while the authority with responsibility for the wider landscape is seeking a new chair to offer ‘robust challenge and oversight’ […]...

4 Minutes

Economics and finance News

HMRC algorithm for automated council tax valuations offers ‘greater consistency and quality’

Sam Trendall August 6, 2025

Valuation process to begin in a year’s time will, for the first time, use a software tool to estimate values and place hundreds of thousands of properties in taxation bands […]...

PublicTechnology

August 2025

Cyber red teams ‘deeply sceptical of AI’, government research finds

Whitehall watchdog offers online job ad masterclass and other hiring tips

DWP builds prototype for new unified Jobs and Careers service

Cybercrime: One in every 1,000 CMA offences were charged in FY25

MHRA opens Leeds digital recruitment

Only 1% of managers call their hiring ‘very effective’ – Civica research shows why

DVLA preps new online licence renewal in bid to address ‘outdated’ digital offerings

Defra Sheep Bureau taps millions of pounds of expertise in ongoing digital drive to transform livestock traceability

Senior stats shake-up with new leaders for ONS and UKSA

HMRC algorithm for automated council tax valuations offers ‘greater consistency and quality’

Hitachi Solutions demonstrates secure use of Microsoft tools with AWS data in major win for government cloud interoperability

Only 1% of managers call their hiring ‘very effective’ – Civica research shows why

Curious minds wanted: Why AI skills in the public sector start with attitude, not code

The school meal debate: A digital opportunity hiding in plain sight

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