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New-look Cyber Profession will ‘make government a destination of choice’

Revamped specialism, which will include an apprenticeship scheme and a Cyber Academy, will be jointly

Digital ID minister resigns over having ‘become a distraction’

Josh Simons, whose role was split between Cabinet Office and DSIT, was cleared of breaching

Union slams Capita’s £700m shared-services deal with DWP

Amid major ongoing issues with the Civil Service Pension Scheme, the tech firm is chosen

MoJ signs £5m ‘innovation bench’ deal to support digital ambitions

The justice department has retained a specialist consultancy to provide extra resources on demand to

Extension of data-sharing to NI ‘a significant step towards a more responsive, integrated public service system’

The recent introduction of ‘commencement regulations’ means that provisions made in the Digital Economy Act

DSIT seeks £174k AI and emerging tech leader

Whitehall’s technology department is advertising a job at director general level and offering a salary

DSIT signs £4.5m deal to access ‘niche or emergent’ AI suppliers

The tech agency retains longstanding partner Capgemini to assist AISI and the wider department, with

HMRC Making Tax Digital: Government to monitor impact on childminders as ministers acknowledge ‘strength of feeling’

Ministers are grilled about whether adequate impact assessment has been done, as numerous sector bodies

ONS chief airs concerns over TV portrayal in drama Industry

The hit show, a joint production of the BBC and HBO, recently aired a storyline

Local gov digital pros urged to ‘frame day one as minimum viable council’ to support reorganisation

As county and district councils prepare for mergers, MHCLG tells tech teams to create a

City of London hunts for partner to help transform while ‘honouring 1,000 years of history’

Square Mile authority floats £2.4m contract for advice on “the art of the possible” in

ICO fines Reddit £14.5m over unlawful use of children’s personal info

The UK’s data and privacy watchdog has issued a major penalty to the social site

NHS awards third digital deal for £150m suite of online vaccination services

Over the past six months, the health service body has agreed a trio of agreements

DWP offers up to £136k for digital delivery director to help transform UC and more

Recruitment campaign seeks ‘bold, collaborative and forward-thinking leader who thrives in a complex environment’ to

National Crime Agency calls for ‘whole-system approach’ to tech-enabled abuse

The UK’s central entity for the enforcement and investigation of serious crime has urged regulators

Government looks to clamp down on email attachments through ‘cultural change, guidance and technological solutions’

Government’s recently appointed chief data officer Aimee Smith tells MPs that, for the first time,
evaluation and metrics

Government Digital and Data Profession unpacks new ‘evaluator’ role

Recently-created positions differ from ‘traditional’ evaluators who usually operate outside government programme areas and are

Government must ‘continue to modernise and innovate’, new civil service chief says

Having taken on Whitehall’s most senior post, former head of Home Office and MoJ tells
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