Civil service supremo praises use of data and tech in light of ‘tricky questions’ raised by Covid
Cabinet secretary Simon Case writes says reform plan will help make government more innovative
Government pledges to ‘set requirement to share data across departments’
Reform plan stresses ambition to improve use of tech and data
London schools seek £50m antivirus partner
London Grid for Learning floats potential nine-year deal
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Home Office awards £3m integration deal to support replacement of police data systems
London-based IT and consultancy firm Glue Reply nabs two-year contract
Data science taskforce to support NHS with rapid research
The Alan Turing Institute and others are running a project seeking data and analysis professionals
DfE to set up portal for staff to buy homeworking kit
Department looks to get platform up and running this week
New Cabinet Office head Alex Chisholm to ‘lead ongoing transformation’ of civil service
BEIS perm sec will replace John Manzoni at the head of the Cabinet Office
Government and MPs ask for public support in fight against coronavirus fake news
Select committee and ministers ask for citizens to be on the lookout for false information spread online
Can the Government Transformation Strategy be judged a success?
The Government Transformation Strategy set out an array of ambitions for a three-year timeframe that has now reached its end. A range of expert commentators discuss whether its aims have been achieved.
HMRC implements social tools in recruitment process in bid to boost customer service
Government response to select committee outlines measures taken at tax agency
Digital minister confident networks will remain ‘resilient’ as citizens work from home and box-set binge
Matt Warman claims government is working with industry to monitor traffic in real time
Imperial leads the way as medical students take final exams remotely
London university hosts online examinations with many other institutions set to follow suit
Government loosens procurement rules to help departments with crisis response
Usual competition processes can be bypassed, Cabinet Office has announced
Interview: GDS head Alison Pritchard on ministerial change, the spending review and the benefits of comedy
The Government Digital Service was created to be a radical agent of reform. Director general Alison Pritchard tells PublicTechnology that, while it now prefers to work more collaboratively, it still has the stomach for a scrap.
Scotland expands funding for trainee STEM teachers
Number of bursaries expanded by 50%
Civil service head: ‘We will have to adapt the way we work’
Sir Mark Sedwill says departments will be given advice on working arrangements
HMRC encourages remaining paper users to move to digital tax returns
Department to stop automatically sending out hard-copy forms to those who used them in the previous year
DWP seeks to ‘transform’ retirement and pension services
Department seeks partner to fulfil potential two-year programme of work
Twitter directs #Coronavirus searches to NHS website as government steps up social media push
Government ramps up engagement with tech firms in bid to promote accurate advice and information
Digitising the Natural History Museum and boosting HMRC IT – fourteen tech takeaways from the Budget
Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a range of funding and new programmes dedicated to digital, data and technology
DWP in-house IT company narrows gender pay gap as number of female senior managers shoots up
Mean salary disparity drops to 5.5%
DCMS unit to lead government’s anti-disinformation work
Cross-government team will support response to coronavirus falsehoods
DCMS to examine government data-sharing barriers ahead of programme of ‘radical and transformative change’
Department to explore ‘merits of a mandatory approach’ across Whitehall
How AI is helping Bradford NHS trust through winter pressures
Technology is helping to create bed capacity and keep surgery on schedule at Bradford NHS trust. Gill Hitchcock reports on what this means for patients and staff in what is typically a busy time of year