Sharing civil service smart-working secrets
HMRC has been lauded for its adoption of flexible working tools and practices. Luke Heselwood of think tank Reform believes the department’s Whitehall peers could learn from the tax agency’s example
Senior officials facing ‘very serious questions’ from MPs over Emergency Services Network
Chair Meg Hillier says Public Accounts Committee is ‘determined to get to the bottom’ of...
DWP digital chief Prakash to leave civil service
Peers pay tribute as CDIO announces he will depart Whitehall around the end of the year
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Hackney to build digital transfer of care tool
London borough to work with NHS and other public agencies on development of platform
HMRC seeks squad of IT managers
Department reveals it is currently recruiting for 23 separate positions
‘What to do when someone dies’ becomes government’s latest step-by-step service
Drive to design end-to-end user journeys continues
Reading seeks data analytics tool to assess impact of welfare reform on low-income households
Council interested in deploying product that could help understand economic effect on neighbourhoods, streets, and individual households
HMRC customs system rolled out to first wave of importers
Project to deliver new system for processing declarations achieves ‘major milestone’
Inside the Canadian Digital Service – why immigration transformation represents its ‘first big opportunity’
In the second of our two-part feature, senior figures at the government transformation agency talk through the services it has built so far and how it intends to be ‘a bit more bold’ in its second year
DWP offers £100k a head for senior duo to ‘revolutionise use of data’
Department recruits for head of data strategy and head of data transformation
Gender pay gap digital service to be expanded in £1.6m project
New features to be added in bid to help government and businesses take action on pay inequality
HMRC reveals compatible software for digital VAT returns
Eighteen software programs are currently ready to support Making Tax Digital for VAT, with over 100 more companies hoping to develop products
Hull to trial smart bins
Council hopes pilot will show potential for enabling more efficient routes and timetables
Data-sharing initiative and Digital Platform work canned during HMRC transformation project cull
Annual accounts reveal that last year the department stopped, paused, or consolidated more than 100 transformation projects, while reducing the ambition of others
DWP to create departmental content standard
Department works with GDS to create and implement a consistent style for all content
Windrush scandal fallout sees Home Office suspend data-sharing activities
Department to take three-month break from ‘proactive data sharing’ with other government agencies, as well as restricting data shared with financial institutions
HMRC launches Alexa service for tax credits info
Tax agency offers voice-activated option for obtaining advice
Labour MP: If a device is called ‘smart’ – don’t buy it
Shadow industrial strategy minister Chi Onwurah claims much more needs to be done to ensure the internet of things is safe
Emergency Services Network rollout given red-light warning in annual major projects review
The annual report from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority shows government tech programmes of work are a mixed bag
Government unveils £7.5m funding and training scheme to boost local authority digital work
MHCLG and GDS also publish ‘digital declaration’ for councils to sign up to
Waltham Forest recruits residents to test services
London borough builds 80-strong panel of citizens
NHS app to launch for Android and Apple in December
Jeremy Hunt announces upcoming launch of app allowing patients to make GP appointments and manage prescriptions
Hackney looks to boost uptake of council rent service
Borough looks to mobile optimisation, personal notifications and possible implementation of GOV.UK Pay
HMRC customs platform ready for no-deal Brexit, NAO report finds
Department has made significant progress on replacement for outgoing CHIEF system, auditors conclude