Diamond retained for second term as UK’s national statistician
Incumbent chief was reappointed following an open competition
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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’
Whitehall graduate scheme members to vote on possible strike
Fast Stream participants – many of whom work in DDaT roles – are to undertake a statutory ballot
HMRC estimates 100,000 missed calls during web and helpline outages
Department issued communications advising traders not to travel to ports while services were impacted
Government STEM agencies back industrial action
Bodies including Dstl and the Met Office are among the bodies to indicate most support for potential strikes
Financial services reforms look to bring crypto inside regulation
Government proposals aim to support the greater use of digital assets in the investment sector
Government pursues £15m digital project to ‘transform how people become teachers’
Department for Education looks to improve online tools to help apply for teaching profession and receive greater support throughout classroom career
Edinburgh creates security hub to support smart-city ambitions
Council leader says that Scottish capital is looking to use tech to become 'more sustainable and data-driven'
‘We’re not a remote-working organisation’ – spending watchdog head
NAO chief Gareth Davies tells MPs that, while auditors now spend less time onsite, in-person fieldwork remains essential
Nearly a third of Defra’s 2,000 applications are past end of life, auditors find
Department must commit a decade of work and three quarters of its IT budget to upgrading ageing kit
Welsh Government considers reducing office space as remote working dominates
Data shows only about one in 10 officials is now in the office on any given day
NHS trials digital GP health check-ups that patients can complete remotely
Thousands of patients in Cornwall will be the first to online system for delivering checks to patients aged over 40
MPs bemoan lack of assessment of major projects
Reports on progress of big transformation and infrastructure programmes are patchy and often lacking in detail, according to PAC
HMRC phone and online services impacted by weekend outages
Treasury committee presses department for answers
Home Office unveils £55m data deal to ‘transform casework’ and support controversial watchlist
Department publishes details of three-year contract
Publication paused on departments’ annual strategy plans
Agencies will not be required to release documents for the current fiscal year
Government shared services – warning issued over funding shortfall and risk of system failure
Whitehall shared services rollout at ‘serious risk of repeating past mistakes’, watchdog warns
EXCL: Government red team security unit to test departmental defences with hostile reconnaissance
Specialist supplier will support in searching – and then attempting to take advantage of – ‘vulnerabilities and exploitable information’