
Annual Whitehall report shows high turnover – and high salaries – for senior digital, data and technology officials
The new yearly analysis from ministers’ advisory body reveals that – despite pay packets on

Data doyen sought for £150k role as head of Office for Local Government
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has launched the recruitment process to find

Emergency alerts system: MPs to grill Cabinet Office over failure rate and lack of information on process
Members of Parliament’s Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee are to quiz senior officials after

HMRC urges citizens to download app as tax credits deadline nears
Department reveals that close to 30,000 people have already renewed using the mobile application as

Ofcom requires £113m extra investment and 100 new staff to deliver online safety regulation
Watchdog has recruited 350 workers to support role as UK’s internet safety regulator but law

DWP commits £70m to algorithms and analytics to tackle benefit fraud
Department’s accounts reveal that, after initial use to assess claims for UC advances, machine learning

Government offers £160k for chief data officer
Cabinet Office set to fill position first trailed in 2017 transformation strategy, with successful candidate

Government signs off first data adequacy agreement to share police information
Home Office announces that UK law enforcement has regained the ability to share information more

DfE garlanded for school attendance data collection
Statistics professionals at the Department for Education have been recognised for the impact of their

DWP explores expansion of videocall options for citizen services
Department publishes early stage commercial notice seeking supplier input and outlining its intent to examine

Online pleas for minor offences top one million
As part of wider reform programme, digitisation initiative was implemented six years ago and justice

Government study sheds light on departmental data-sharing difficulties
About two thirds of officials responding to a survey conducted by the Cabinet Office and

HMRC three-year IT strategy proposes low code and deployment of ‘evergreen reusable’ platforms across department
Tax agency publishes document setting out plans to promote digitisation and modernise tech infrastructure over

High Court orders government to hand over Johnson’s WhatsApp messages to Covid inquiry
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Defra appoints COO to ‘deliver for the future’
Defra has announced the appointment of Cabinet Office bigwig Nick Joicey as its second permanent

MoD signs £73m BT deal to address ‘connectivity poverty’ across defence
Ministry retains telecoms firm for five year contract intended to fix existing issues resulting from

DWP unveils online ‘Midlife MOT’ service for later-life careers and financial support
The support package, which was originally offered via Jobcentres but is now accessible digitally, is

Academics deploy supercomputing to develop medicines
Researchers at the University of Strathclyde have implemented powerful technology from NVIDIA which the institution