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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Graduate scheme to impart digital skills to future NI Civil Service leaders
Fast Stream-style programme will offer candidates ‘diverse and challenging placements’
NHS Scotland gets £10m backing for use of drones
Consortium including Glasgow Airport owner hopes that use of autonomous technologies could help cancer patients in rural communities
Public bodies told to scale back publishing following Queen’s death
Cabinet Office internal communications guidance says "vast majority” of social media and GOV.UK output should be suspended
Public sector websites mark the death of the Queen
National mourning guidance suggests adding black edging or banners to homepages, as well as sharing memories online
NHS will use Covid experience to develop secure use of patient data
Policy paper details requirements for secure data environments offering research access to health and social care records
Regulator tells DIT to improve ‘unacceptable’ Freedom of Information delays
ICO also tells BEIS to improve disclosure practices as part of new willingness to act on poor performance
Reset of police data programme is working, Home Office says
National Law Enforcement Data Programme’s shift to agile, multiple product approach has improved confidence but remains ‘highly complex’
No conflict over Michael Keegan’s roles, says Cabinet Office
Crown representative for BAE Systems and non-executive director of government supplier will avoid conversations on bidding
Cabinet Office opens up on recruitment fees for second unsuccessful attempt to hire government digital head
Department releases information on appeal under FOI rules – 18 months after PublicTechnology made request
GDS agrees two more digital identity contracts worth £11m
Contracts awarded to support Digital Identity Programme have topped £33m this year
Scottish Government seeks five data and digital leaders
Chief data officer, digital delivery and digital strategy jobs advertised
Users question accuracy of HMCTS Common Platform court system
PCS union plans strikes over new case management system but courts service says ‘no evidence’ that it is compromising justice
FCDO digitises process for validating official documents
More than 100 countries 'should accept' PDF-based ‘e-Apostille’ legalised documents, but department tells applicants to check first
Half of three departments’ key risks concern technology
Annual reports of HM Revenue and Customs, Home Office and DWP discuss risks from cyber security, data protection and specific projects
DVLA signs £3m contract for cloud service
One-year G-Cloud-based contract with IBM requires disaster recovery in ‘hours not days’
Parliament to recruit director of information security
Cabinet Office, ONS and DWP also seek senior security technologists
IBM picked as core partner for NHS App in £50m deal
Four-year contract with tech vendor came into effect this summer
Digital support for Covid-19 test reporting extended until 2024
Deloitte and Accenture may receive total of £62m over next two years
HM Land Registry to smooth home-buying with digitisation
Organisation plans to automate up to 70% of all ownership changes by 2024-25
‘Nations of innovators’ – Scottish Government looks to deepen Danish ties
New trade facility opened in the capital city of the world’s leading digital government
Schools have responsibility but not control over pupils’ data, report says
Researchers find it ‘near-impossible’ to work out what Google collects on children through services