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Welsh Government considers reducing office space as remote working dominates
Data shows only about one in 10 officials is now in the office on any given day
Publication paused on departments’ annual strategy plans
Agencies will not be required to release documents for the current fiscal year
Government shared services – warning issued over funding shortfall and risk of system failure
Whitehall shared services rollout at ‘serious risk of repeating past mistakes’, watchdog warns
Home Office seeks software developers to meet ‘daring targets’ for use of automation
Department looks for trio of experts to join specialist team
Whitehall job cuts could fund recruitment of top tech talent, report finds
Paper from IfG think tank encourages departments to put savings towards boosting skills in key areas
MoD brings in Amazon to boost tech skills of Armed Forces leaders
Ministry claims that MoU is a first-of-its-kind deal
EXCL: Cabinet Office alerted to data breach – and fails to respond for 10 days
Personal details of civil servant and supplier exposed by inadequately redacted document, discovered by PublicTechnology
Sunak plans to attract 100 AI whizz-kids to UK
Prime minster announces tells conference that the UK ‘cannot allow the world’s top talent to be drawn to America or China’
GOV.UK to examine Google and Microsoft tools in bid to ‘significantly improve’ search
GDS prepares for £900,000 project to replace existing ElasticSearch platform with ‘fully managed’ option
Government grad scheme officials consider strike action
Talks over pay for the Fast Stream programme – which contains a strong DDaT contingent – have stalled
Leaders want public sector to become ‘digital to the core’ to cope with challenges
Reports identify importance of technology skills to help meet service demand in spite of financial pressures
GDS Academy to close
Initiative that provided digital skills training to several thousand officials each year is shutting down this month
Regulators crack down on social media influencers
New rules require online celebrities to be more transparent about paid-for posts – or face tough action
Patchy data means government ‘does not know what skills gaps it has and where’
Civil service requires better information to help address need for technical expertise
ONS seeks £8m partner to help increase use of digital surveys
Statistics agency looks to build on the rollout of the UK’s first-ever digital census last year
ICO issues warning over ‘emotion analysis technologies’
Regulator claims new systems come with inherent risk of ‘systemic bias, inaccuracy and even discrimination’
‘DCMS can speak with a single, expert voice on digital policy within government’
Perm sec Healey claims that department’s emergence as the go-to place for tech policy is ‘an incredible asset to the UK’
Whitehall hiring watchdog notes ‘increase in digital roles – which can be harder to recruit’
Civil Service Commission picks out recruitment of STEM specialists as an area of focus, as annual report reveals serious failings in Cabinet Office process
DVLA recruiting four senior techies to tackle legacy and help create ‘digital workplace’
Government agency opens hiring process for quartet of IT leadership posts
Integration of NHS Digital brought forward to January
Government claims merger will improve data sharing across health service
Spend controls and patchy engagement hampering efforts to boost civil service commercial skills, according to Whitehall chief
Ongoing ‘competing priorities’ still get in the way of long-term work to boost buying savvy, says Alex Chisholm