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Department retains firm on two-year deal
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Senior managerial post comes with ‘minimum assignment duration’ of three years
UK signs digital trade deal to support Ukraine’s IT industry
Agreement intended to cut red tape was signed in response to a request from government in Kyiv
Supreme Court creates IT and digital leadership role
Postholder will play a key role in delivering new digital and data transformation programmes
Law proposes ‘explicit duty’ for online firms to design services to prevent illegal content
Government continues to tweak and reinforce the provisions of the Online Safety Bill
Officials’ personal info published online by government lawyers in ‘regrettable’ data leak
Government Legal Department is investigating after names of civil servants were not removed from transparency documents
Cabinet Office to lose one in four staff – but no detail yet on impact for digital agencies
Jacob Rees Mogg trailed 25% job cuts in a Telegraph article, which unions label as the minister’s latest in a series of ‘increasingly bizarre’ pronouncements
Companies House revamps online filing for businesses
Agency unveils new features for WebFiling account
‘Chaotic’ – report recommends reform of public appointments
Think tank urges greater measures including a dedicated chief talent officer to improve processes heads of public bodies and departmental non-execs
Home Office looks to test services with those lacking digital confidence
Department seeks support finding research participants from potentially excluded groups
Government hopes to see self-driving cars on UK roads by 2025
Plans supported by £60m of new public spending
Scotland gets multimillion-pound broadband boost
Scottish and UK governments both kick in funding to support programme
HMRC seeks £9m partner to support transformation of debt management
Department details plans to replace legacy systems and enable new government-backed services for citizens in financial difficulty
Cybercrime picked as key focus for new National Crime Agency chief
Graeme Biggar has finally been confirmed as the head of the national body after a rerun of the procurement process
Transfer of probation services to MoJ dogged by IT issues, report finds
Institute for Government says that renationalisation process was undertaken too quickly – but was ultimately ‘mostly successful’
Estonia parries ‘extensive cyberattack’ launched after removal of Soviet monuments
Government CIO says assault on both public bodies and commercial firms went ‘largely unnoticed’
Court orders Home Office to hand over back pay to former employee that launched legal action
Former DDaT-focused accountant wins case brought after department cut her base salary
Scotland set for world-first guidelines on authorities’ use of biometric data
A new biometric code of practice will shortly be put before ministers for their approval
DWP opens recruitment for £200k digital chief
Incumbent Simon McKinnon will step down in March 2023
Citizens to receive government text alerts for weather emergencies
New system will enable authorities to warn citizens if their life or property is in imminent danger
Sunak’s suggestions for civil service shake-up get frosty reception
Aspiring PM ‘doesn’t understand the basics’ of how government works, critics claim
Police database: Home Office retains Fujitsu for £48m mainframe support after ‘lack of response’ from alternative suppliers
Contract-award notice reveals IT heavyweight has been signed to a four-year deal