Leader of quartet of departments uniting operations on software infrastructure is advertising a contract worth almost £10m and covering assessment and validation of the project’s governance, planning and training measures […]...

The senior role as government’s overall digital leader, and head of the new and expanded GDS, has been filled on an interim basis by experienced Whitehall tech executive Joanna Davinson […]...

The transformation fund trailed by chancellor Rachel Reeves earlier this year has now been allocated, with government’s central department given a cash injection to support productivity across the civil service […]...

New research from the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence finds that almost 50% of all tasks performed by central government officials could benefit from generative tools […]...

Seven years after joining government, former Companies House and culture department leader starts work at Whitehall’s central organisation with a remit to deliver ‘extended and improved digital and data services’ […]...

A pilot exercise involving 20,000 officials across 12 departments found that, while benefits were fairly consistent across civil service grades, results varied much more widely by profession and use case […]...

While finding widespread AI possibilities at lower grades, studies from DSIT also concluded that none of the work of the most senior civil servants could be performed by automated tools […]...

Launched by government earlier this year, the Minute software designed to listen in on meetings and provide automated transcripts and other notes is being tested by authorities around the country […]...

Former GDS and Defra staffer Janet Hughes has been named as the postholder of a role in which she will ‘help make public policies and services work better at scale’ […]...