Plans to achieve a significant and measurable reduction in the amount of money spent with outsourcers and advisors could be hampered by a lack of reliable data, according to PAC […]...
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Home Office and NCA to lead new national Online Crime Centre
As part of a fraud crackdown, government has unveiled a new nationwide unit which will bring together law enforcement and the wider public sector with representatives from the commercial world […]...
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Exec changes for Cabinet Office as reform DG leaves and COO joins
The central department is to lose one senior manager and gain another, in two roles focused on transformation and operations, with a remit to help deliver on government’s top priorities […]...
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Union slams Capita’s £700m shared-services deal with DWP
Amid major ongoing issues with the Civil Service Pension Scheme, the tech firm is chosen to provide payroll services for the Synergy cluster, which encompasses four of government’s biggest departments […]...
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ONS chief airs concerns over TV portrayal in drama Industry
The hit show, a joint production of the BBC and HBO, recently aired a storyline in which characters posed as survey interviewers to gain access to homes for villainous purposes […]...
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Government must ‘continue to modernise and innovate’, new civil service chief says
Having taken on Whitehall’s most senior post, former head of Home Office and MoJ tells fellow officials that ‘modernisation needs to embrace your ideas and have innovation at its core’ […]...
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Transformation needs more finance nous, NAO head warns
In his yearly address to the House of Commons, government’s top auditor told parliamentarians that, in order to deliver efficiency targets and reformed services, Whitehall must improve core financial skills […]...
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Treasury chief: ‘AI can relieve staff of lower-value work’
As well as discussing new technology, second permanent secretary also told MPs that the organisation wants to recalibrate its relationship with other departments to create ‘less micromanagement but more transparency’ […]...
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New Government Commercial Agency to launch on 1 April
A newly created unit, uniting and replacing the existing Crown Commercial Service and central procurement expert teams in the Cabinet Office, aims to provide ‘greater value’ for buyers and citizens […]...
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DWP perm sec Schofield to depart after leading ‘transformation journey’
Announcing his intention to leave later this year, the head of the benefits department pointed to the rollout of UC, and the reforms it has helped kickstart, among his highlights […]...
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