Common Platform: Courts workers back strike over problems with digital system
Union claims new system threatens 3,000 jobs
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Whitehall’s top official admits need to improve civil service technical skills
Simon Case claims government has improved data handling and support for innovation but there is...
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Whitehall remote workers ‘don’t deserve’ same terms as office-based colleagues, minister claims
Backlash from unions after anonymous Cabinet minister vents spleen to Daily Mail
Hybrid working model will see extra 1,000 officials move to HMRC Leeds hub
Location will welcome extra staff from eight other government entities, including Cabinet Office and DfT
Civil service skills map and synthetic data for policymakers among proposals to improve government data use
Ideas will be tested and the best will be taken forward
Departments must ‘improve IT accessibility and interoperability’, says Whitehall disability champion
DCMS perm sec Sarah Healey says that difficulties encountered by disabled colleagues are ‘unacceptable’
Scottish Government sticks with homeworking advice as restrictions lift
Employers are also encouraged to move towards a hybrid model in the longer term
Sunak encourages young people to return to the office
Chancellor says the connections made in the early part of his career would have been harder to forge ‘over Teams and Zoom’
NHS explores ‘digital staff passports’
System is intended to make it easier for health-service workers to move between roles
‘We need to use tech to keep up with scams’ – UK advertising regulator
David Currie explains that there is an ‘arms race’ between web platforms and criminals that are equally sophisticated
Government analyses social ‘narratives and influencers’ to support Covid response
Contract worth £1.4m signed at the start of the year
ONS digital team creates eight new roles in ‘ambitious expansion’
Statistics body recruiting for a range of positions
More than three quarters completed census online
National statistician reveals ONS exceeded target for first digital exercise
Remote DWP workers will not face back-to-office drive
Union claims department perm sec has offered assurances
Senior civil service roles should require test of digital skills, commission recommends
Tech expertise should be part of a package of skills required to ascend to government’s upper ranks, report urges
DfE offers £115k for director of technology
Role comes with remit to manage department’s infrastructure networks and staff devices
Education secretary Williamson proposes ban on mobile phones in schools
Cabinet minister labels devices ‘distracting and damaging’
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
GDS signs £5m contract extensions with Verify partners to support new sign-ups until April 2022
Deals awarded to Post Office and Digidentity also include the transfer of data to government
Cabinet Office mulls future civil service homeworking arrangements
Unions counsel against attempts to instigate ‘big bang’ return to offices
DCMS study flags up potential of online safety tech market
Government-commissioned report finds growth in number of companies and sector revenues