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CCS issues contract notice for online system

As retirement of incumbent looms, UK Statistics Authority must decide whether to change job specs

DWP minister Justin Tomlinson claims department wants to ‘avoid transferring errors from legacy benefits’

CODE 4000 pilot aims to help under-represented groups get jobs as developers

Department offers candidates up to £80k a year for Westminster-based position

With one month to go until HMRC system comes into effect, only 30,000 firms have signed up so far

Online retail heavyweights like Amazon should be subject to more taxes to help 'level the playing field' with physical competitors

Qualifications push targets 11 million adults who lack basic knowhow

Deputy director role set to pay up to £105k a year

Cabinet Office praises Kevin Cunnington for ‘successfully setting GDS in a new direction’ and confirms he is remaining in charge

Director of service design and assurance leaving post but – contrary to media reports – Kevin Cunnington understood to be remaining in place

Infrastructure and Projects Authority – which helps departments ensure delivery of major technology programmes – appoints Alison Baptiste

Assistant director-level post comes with remit to further the authority’s use of user-centred service design

Authority looks for senior manager to spearhead transformation

GDS-based post comes with remit to adapt service standards and best-practice guidelines

Two weeks on from the publication of the strategy to make London the world’s smartest city, the capital’s chief digital officer Theo Blackwell talks PublicTechnology through the plan and the key challenges ahead

Civil servant Zara McDermott has joined the ITV reality show

Theo Blackwell discusses how the soon-to-be-published Smarter London Together strategy document will promote common standards and skills, and help councils use planning powers to promote connectivity

Philip Hammond vows that every building in the UK will have access to an FTTP network within 15 years

Recently appointed boss Ian Bell discusses his mission to ‘repair trust’ in the company while helping forces get the most out of technology

Senior managers sought for Whitehall department and arm's-length agencies