The Government Digital Service has launched a service toolkit that aims to be a one stop shop for service design resources....
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DVSA creates head of digital role to drive cultural change
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is seeking a head of digital services to lead an expansion of the agency’s digital capability....
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MPs call for delay to implementation of ‘over-ambitious’ digital tax plans
The government’s timeline for implementing plans to digitise record keeping and reporting of tax is “wholly unrealistic” and should be delayed until at least 2019-20, the House of Commons Treasury […]...
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Former Australian CDO Paul Shetler: ‘Governments need to radically upskill their people’
Governments need to stop relying on outsourcing and make sure they have competent public servants who can deal with technology, the former leader of the Australia’s Digital Transformation Office has […]...
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Civica CEO Wayne Story says company remains in ‘middle tier’ of suppliers as it launches new digital division
Civica is large enough to take on big transformation government projects but small enough to be seen as “part of the team”, chief executive Wayne Story has said at the […]...
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NHS to trial online CBT services as part of £67.7m investment in digital mental health
The prime minister Theresa May has announced plans to improve online advice and information on mental health and increase the use of digitally assisted therapies....
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DH trials algorithm tool to analyse consultation responses in effort to handle ‘click democracy’
Whitehall needs to make better use of machine learning to make sense of the deluge of information generated by greater online participation, the digital strategy manager at the Department of […]...
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Socitm survey: A third of council homepages fail accessibility tests
A third of UK council websites have not passed the first stage of Socitm’s annual test to assess their accessibility to people with disabilities....
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Socitm president Geoff Connell urges councils to combine data protection and exploitation roles
Councils could make more effective use of their data if they ensure the people working on data protection also play a part in exploitation of that information, Geoff Connell, head […]...
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Government Commercial Function offers upwards of £100,000 for high-profile ICT roles
The cross-government network for civil servants specialising in procurement is recruiting for a number of senior digital and technology roles for people, including the position of commercial director of IT […]...
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