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First minister Nicola Sturgeon urges firms to permit staff to work from home as Omicron cases increase

BDUK will remain part of DCMS but a new and independent management structure will be established

Union claims new system threatens 3,000 jobs

Candidates for role as chair of UKSA have been given less than two weeks to apply – which onlookers claim could impact the strength and diversity of the field

Simon Case claims government has improved data handling and support for innovation but there is more to do

Tax agency’s head says department believes it will recoup just 40p in the pound of money lost in delivery of furlough and other support schemes

Major supplier Computacenter awarded multimillion-pound contract

GDS will be the main beneficiary of the central department’s purchase of software and support from professional social network

Study warned that the impact of mental illness is being ‘missed at every stage’ of the criminal justice system

PCS believes digital case-management system is not fit for purpose

Faced with a Herculean hiring drive as coronavirus restrictions took hold, the department could not recruit candidates in the usual ways. PublicTechnology finds out it what did instead.

Department claims system would ‘completely reset the way in which government, public sector bodies, charities, SMEs and citizens interact’

DIT seeks candidate to promote work of UK security firms 

Education programmes will also incorporate 3D-printed organs

Tax agency’s annual accounts reveal that redundancy programme was scaled back as a result of flexible working arrangements introduced in response to coronavirus crisis

Annual accounts for in-house IT company show number of ‘red days’ fell by a third, while coronavirus crisis saw costs rise more than £9m

Dstl undertakes ‘positive action’ to attract candidates from under-represented backgrounds

The Spending Review revealed an intention to reduce the number of ‘non-frontline’ civil servants back to pre-pandemic levels – but the Treasury is yet to define how such a distinction will be made

A rundown of the departments and programmes that received support for digital ambitions

Chosen supplier will also have remit to help digital agency increase its app-development credentials

Permanent secretary Sarah Munby says that officials should not expect a ‘return to normal’