The Government Communication Service has published a new strategy to help 7,000 staff across the civil service embrace new ideas and take a ‘systemic approach’ to innovation in their work […]...
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Ex-spy chief cleared for roles at trio of tech firms
Former head of GCHQ Sir Jeremy Fleming has been given a green light by government’s corruption watchdog Acoba to work for companies specialising in big data, cryptography, and satellite imagery […]...
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Ex-Whitehall top dog cites limitations of online-only training
More than 10 years after the closure of government’s erstwhile hub for civil service training offerings, former cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill has called for the reintroduction of a physical base […]...
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Growth in ‘deep skills in digital and data’ has enabled £400m reduction in consultancy spend, government ops chief claims
Cabinet Office head and civil service COO Alex Chisholm reveals that government found it ‘too difficult’ to create a centralised hub for consultancy, but praises the increase in tech expertise […]...
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Cabinet Office ‘tries to do too many things’, according to departing chief
Outgoing permanent secretary Alex Chisholm has told MPs – in possibly his last select committee appearance – that the central department can find it difficult to manage its wide variety […]...
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DLUHC launches Future Councils playbook
Toolkit created as part of £6m pilot programme to help understand barriers to transformation in local government and provide tools to deal with issues including costs and breaking organisational siloes […]...
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Ministers cite necessary ‘trade-offs’ of HMRC tax digitisation
Ministers have rebuffed criticism from a parliamentary committee that recently expressed concerns a lack of financial detail in programme documents and called for greater consultation of taxpayers while delivering reform […]...
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Union backs call for Whitehall scheme to recruit experienced STEM professionals
Government’s chief scientist Angela McLean recently told a parliamentary committee that departments would benefit from a programme designed to bring into government tech experts already 10 years into their career […]...
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Cabinet Office and Treasury urged to do more to boost departmental collaboration
The Public Accounts Committee has called for financial and data levers to be pulled to support cross-government working and help address ‘complex societal issues cannot be solved in departmental silos’ […]...
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‘Simple hygiene’ – stats watchdog flags up Whitehall transparency gaps
Appearing before MPs recently, the head of the Office for Statistics Regulation warned that departments are not meeting the openness ambitions of their senior leaders, particularly for policy impact evaluations […]...
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