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Cabinet Office ditches consultancy and professional services spend controls
Removal of guidelines could mean departments can now spend up to £20m on consultants without requiring external approval
Pay constraints hamper government’s ability to attract top tech talent, report finds
Whitehall Monitor finds that DDaT profession has expanded vastly since 2016, but challenges...
Scottish Government seeks chief statistician
Postholder will lead profession across the country and help set strategy for use of data
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More than 850,000 filed online tax return on HMRC deadline day
Department reveals that tens of thousands completed annual process ‘with minutes to spare’
NHS Digital boss hails ‘opportunity to put digital at the heart of the NHS’ as merger concludes
Parliament signs off abolishment of technology unit and transfer of duties and data sets to overarching national body
NHS App to include 111 service
Plans announced to expand remit and availability of the non-emergency advice system
Government unveils £10m plan to launch world’s first self-driving bus
Funding initiative reveals recipients of government backing for automated vehicles, including soon-to-launch passenger service in Edinburgh
Trade department urged to push on with £26m tech transformation scheme
Report finds that DIT must continue to tackle a shortfall of digital specialists and needs to implement new software systems
FCDO signs consultancy to £6.5m deal to boost cyber-resilience
Department retains firm on two-year deal
Newham picks former Microsoft and HSBC exec for new digital leadership post
London borough creates tech-centric assistant CEO role to drive service transformation
Appointments watchdog warns former digital secretary Dorries over TV gig
Ex-cabinet minister failed to wait for official advice before announcing role with TalkTV, according to anti-corruption committee
Number of virtual wards tops 100 as government aims to treat 50,000 patients a month at home
A new plan to ease pressures on emergency care aims to ramp up the use of technology that can enable patients to be treated at home
‘Grave concerns over the validity of EU status digital system’ after Home Office benefits error
Issue with Home Office database means tens of thousands could have erroneously received payments
Government will try to protect digital roles in civil service job cuts, according to Whitehall chief
Civil service chief operating officer cites technology and commercial professions as among those where more skills are needed
Consultancy signed to £6.5m deal to advise on eight-department shared-services plan
The Matrix programme – which includes Treasury, Cabinet Office and DHSC – begins engaging with potential suppliers
DWP seeks duo of commercial bigwigs to oversee major digital programmes
Department advertises roles for savvy senior managers to oversee supplier engagements
Scottish Government boosts funding for primary school STEM outreach scheme
Nicola Sturgeon unveils additional investment in programme run by the University of the Highlands and Islands
HMRC head encourages use of online services as committee probes lengthy call-waiting times
Jim Harra tells MPs that any ongoing delays in telephone service are unrelated to homeworking or last month’s major outage
NHS picks suppliers for £200m voice recognition and digital dictation framework
A total of 12 firms feature across four lots on deal that runs for an initial term of two years
FCDO signs £10m deal for support of government’s Secret IT system
Supplier appointed to two-year contract to provide services to government-wide Rosa service
Braverman floats criminalisation of ‘highly encrypted devices’
Government consults on proposals to create new offences to clamp down on technologies it believes are enabling serious crime
Government to launch Office for Quantum Technologies
Senior manager sought for BEIS-based team responsible for implementing national strategy in emerging tech field
NHS to build £3m digital platform to manage national volunteer force
Nationwide roster of citizens offering support was created at start of the pandemic
HMRC seeks finance chief to manage £1bn digital and IT spend
Role comes with salary of £130,000 and remit to advise department on major tech investments