Institute for Government report identifies issues with leadership, legacy systems and retention of skilled staff, while warning of Brexit ‘distraction’....
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Public Accounts Committee to scrutinise government data protection
The Public Accounts Committee has launched an inquiry into the government protection of information off the back of a damning report from the National Audit Office....
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Home Office extends Fujistu contract to ‘smooth transition’ to new services
The Home Office has extended its multi-million pound IT contract with Fujitsu until April 2018....
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Andy Beale latest GDS senior leader to quit
In the latest high-profile departure from the Government Digital Service, Andy Beale will be stepping down as chief technology officer in December....
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Public sector IT workers failing to use G-Cloud, says survey
More than half of public sector IT workers have not used G-Cloud in the past year, while just a quarter say cloud adoption is an important challenge for the next […]...
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Spending watchdog reveals details of GDS probe
The National Audit Office has published the terms of its review of the Government Digital Service, which include asking if it is capable of supporting future government digital transformation programmes. ...
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GOV.UK crash ‘not malicious attack’ says Cabinet Office
The government’s GOV.UK website was unavailable to citizens on Wednesday afternoon due to a technical error, the Cabinet Office has said....
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Socitm reveals services for review in 2017 Better Connected survey
Soctim, the body that represents public service ICT professionals, has announced which digital services it will review in the next round of its survey of councils’ online performance....
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Government to replace Civil Service Jobs site
The government is looking to create a new recruitment platform for government that will replace Civil Service Jobs, which it says is not meeting user needs....
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‘Councils have to change’: Scottish local government CDO Martyn Wallace has big plans for his new role
Just a month into his new job as chief digital officer for the 28 Scottish councils that have pooled their digital resources, Martyn Wallace already has big plans for his […]...
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