Cabinet secretary cites need for departments to recruit more people from STEM backgrounds...
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Scottish officials granted right to switch off outside working hours
New policy stipulates Scottish Government workers should not be asked to answer calls and emails beyond contracted hours...
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Whitehall digitisation hampered by 30 years of ‘over-optimism’
NAO chief Gareth Davies says that government needs to invest in tech to achieve efficiencies...
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Government presses on with plans for York hub
Minister reveals site is slated to open in 2027 and will host officials from vetting agency...
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‘Significant escalation’ – Christmas strikes planned over courts IT system dispute
Legal advisers and court associates vote to take industrial action over controversial Common Platform ...
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Government STEM agencies back industrial action
Bodies including Dstl and the Met Office are among the bodies to indicate most support for potential strikes...
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Edinburgh creates security hub to support smart-city ambitions
Council leader says that Scottish capital is looking to use tech to become ‘more sustainable and data-driven’...
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‘We’re not a remote-working organisation’ – spending watchdog head
NAO chief Gareth Davies tells MPs that, while auditors now spend less time onsite, in-person fieldwork remains essential ...
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Nearly a third of Defra’s 2,000 applications are past end of life, auditors find
Department must commit a decade of work and three quarters of its IT budget to upgrading ageing kit...
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Common complaints – why the ICO is considering revamping FOI casework
A ‘perfect storm’ of factors helped create a significant backlog of information-access complaints – but the data watchdog has a plan to improve. PublicTechnology takes a closer look....
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