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‘A collective sigh of relief’ – former minister remembers millennium bug panic
Gisela Stuart, whose brief included civil contingencies, recalls the havoc that was expected – and failed to materialise
Government efficiency drive will place ‘greater emphasis on digital technology’
Civil service COO Alex Chisholm reflects on the biggest achievements of 2022 and the challenges of the year ahead
Staff at HMRC in-house IT firm to transfer to BT in £50m network deal
Work to support planned closure of RCDTS Ltd continues as department signs contract with telecoms firm
National Archives head: ‘Organisational culture and cohesion is vital in the digital age’
Jeff James reflects on delivering major digitisation work while working in lockdown conditions
‘Like changing an aeroplane engine in flight’ – Met Office boss on delivering a new supercomputer
Penelope Endersby looks back on a year of difficult decisions and extreme weather
Cost-of-living crisis: Warning issued over ‘data poverty’
Labour MP warns over risk of ‘new and deep inequalities’ created by varying access to mobile internet
GDS more than doubles income in FY22
Digital agency records almost £80m in fees, Cabinet Office accounts reveal
IPA chief on how government and industry need to collaborate to transform
Nick Smallwood runs the rule over major projects’ progress in 2022, and looks to the year ahead
UK to build new national database of poisoning cases
Public health agency signs contract for rapid development of revamped application
Extremism increasingly spread via mainstream apps and sites, government research finds
MoJ-backed study concludes that specialist sites and the dark web are no longer the only means of online radicalisation
DWP seeks £100k leader to help ‘become a truly data-driven department’
Role comes with remit to create vision to ‘transform work’ of government agency
Government chief picks digital skills as biggest challenge of 2023
Cabinet secretary cites need for departments to recruit more people from STEM backgrounds
Scottish officials granted right to switch off outside working hours
New policy stipulates Scottish Government workers should not be asked to answer calls and emails beyond contracted hours
MoJ leads £4m deal for heat and motion sensors to measure government office occupancy
Technology will be used to provide reports broken down by agency, directorate and team
Whitehall digitisation hampered by 30 years of ‘over-optimism’
NAO chief Gareth Davies says that government needs to invest in tech to achieve efficiencies
Government puts £30m into 6G development
Money committed to support next-generation network – although vast majority of country still has limited or no 5G coverage
HMRC invests in £500k software tool to improve recruitment experience
Department buys specialist tech to gather feedback
Government presses on with plans for York hub
Minister reveals site is slated to open in 2027 and will host officials from vetting agency
‘Significant escalation’ – Christmas strikes planned over courts IT system dispute
Legal advisers and court associates vote to take industrial action over controversial Common Platform
NHS signs £9m delivery partner for digital patient records programme
National body awards contract to support rollout of scheme to implement electronic patient records
Digital policymakers must look beyond tech firms for ‘broader range of opinions’
DCMS chief says that companies, while useful, provide a ‘single and partial view’