Union raises concerns over Cabinet Office bullying
Head of PCS union says that seeming drop in instances of bullying does ‘not reflect the sad reality’
CCS offers £150k for new tech chief to lead ‘large-scale programme of digital transformation’
Procurement agency recruiting for CDIO
HMRC keeps digital users happy as fewer people phone
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DWP to trial digital system for issuing National Insurance numbers
Service will be made available to small number of applicants
NHS spends £2m to equip homeworking staff with IT kit
Deal signed with furniture specialist
DWP in-house IT firm BPDTS Ltd to merge with digital function
Department cites desire to unify management and reward structures
Major departments show marked decline in prompt-payment performance
Data shows that suppliers have been waiting longer to be paid as government deals with coronavirus crisis
Recruitment of government CDIO ‘still ongoing’, Cabinet Office claims
Applications for newly created perm sec-level position closed more than 10 months ago, since when updates have been scarce
Widespread Whitehall homeworking to continue
Phased return begins but numbers of civil servants returning to the office will be limited
‘We are a British company with only British datacentres – and a commitment to pay our taxes’
UKCloud has joined the major cloud players in signing a public-sector wide agreement. The firm’s CEO Simon Hansford tells PublicTechnology why it’s important for government to have choice.
Government invests £500m in military comms satellite
Deal for Airbus technology follows £400m spent on acquiring OneWeb
HMRC Making Tax Digital to continue rollout in 2022
The programme will be extended to all businesses and then to individuals, government has announced
Salaries of government technologists in same pay band differ by as much as £40,000
Report from NAO finds big disparities in Whitehall pay packets
Edinburgh presses on with full-fibre rollout
A third of homes across the Scottish capital have been equipped with the next-generation connectivity technology
Treasury ‘got it wrong’ over tweet celebrating pubs reopening
Ministry deleted post encouraging people to ‘raise a glass’ after backlash
DWP’s ‘serious IT challenges’ pegged as key cause of disparity in benefits system during coronavirus crisis
Chair of arm’s-length body praises government response but identifies lower payments for recipients of legacy benefits as one of several ‘rough edges’
BEIS signs £63k deal with recruiter in search for new leader
Department tasks Russell Reynolds Associates with helping bring on board new permanent secretary
Four in five DWP staff not working remotely, figures suggest
Vast majority of staff in most departments are performing their duties from home
Government website to recruit fruit pickers crashes on launch
Web platform to support Pick for Britain campaign goes down