10 Downing St offers over £100k for data science whizz
Prime minister’s in-house data science unit seeks senior manager to deliver ‘high-impact’ initiatives
GDS spent £5m on ‘data and user insights’ last year
Minister reveals organisation undertook a range of work to gain insights into performance of...
Government to offer schools cyber response and insurance services
From next school year, organisations will be able to benefit from monitoring and help with costs...
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Deloitte picked as £10m delivery partner for new government-wide login system
Professional services firm to provide GDS with supplementary technical and project-management staff
London to build new citywide data hub
GLA is to redevelop Datastore platform to better enable data sharing and collation of information from new sources, such as APIs and IoT sensors
Edinburgh University tech firm spin-out looks to growth after CEO appointment
Academic institution appoints full-time leader for data-centric business
Government leaders of the future will need digital and data expertise, says head of Fast Stream
Leader of graduate recruitment programme tells PublicTechnology Live that civil servants will soon require technical skills and understanding to progress senior officialdom
Defence innovation unit sets up shop in Newcastle
Dstl establishes location in north-east city
‘Get things right at the start’ – new playbook sets out rules to be applied to all government digital projects
Document covers issues such as assessments of suppliers and delivery models, and upfront consideration of potential issues with legacy IT
Scottish government backs local tech firms’ global expansion plans
Export strategy aims to support international ambitions of technology businesses
New guidelines ask departments to actively encourage service-user feedback
Government standards intend to foster a culture of ‘welcoming complaints in a positive way’
Departmental plans to include transformation commitments
Digital, data and technology are ‘integral’ to new system of setting out priorities and measuring performance
Government statisticians must be ‘able to raise issues if data is used misleadingly’, trade body warns
Study from Royal Statistical Society suggests one in five data professionals does not feel empowered to flag concerns
Scottish Borders Council accredited as Apple learning centre
Local authority is approved to deliver education on vendor’s technology
‘Chronically underfunded’ – Scotland’s Open University may have to limit student numbers
Mainstay of remote learning provision indicates estimated financial shortfall of £16m
Next government HR boss will be asked to ‘leverage AI and digitalisation’
Recruitment is open for a new government chief people officer to succeed Rupert McNeil
DWP considers revamping pay model to support transformation
Department retains consultancy to explore options for a capability-base system of pay remuneration
'We want to set the digital agenda with and for Wales'
The Welsh Government has created an agency to drive technology innovation throughout the country’s public services. Its recently appointed co-leaders, Harriet Green and Myra Hunt, tell PublicTechnology about their digital plans for the nation
‘Outstanding candidate’ identified in previous recruitment for government digital head did not take job
Evidence submitted to MPs reveals that decision to create CDDO was a bid to ‘flex the structures in order to get the right talent’
Government works on digital tool for assessments of reception pupils
Supplier sought to help build platform to support standardised ‘baseline assessment’ of four-year-old children introduced this academic year
Scotland aims to back ‘digital revolution’ in long-term economic plan
Decade-long agenda looks to help meet the challenges and opportunities of net zero and promote a ‘culture of delivery’ in government
British Museum to offer visitors augmented-reality games
London attraction will provide schools tours with tablets and interactive digital content
‘Misleading impression’ – statistics watchdog scolds PM over unemployment claims
Letter from UKSA head is the second time in a month Boris Johnson has been rapped for promoting false claims
National Security College to offer tech training to policy maestros
New facility will open next month