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Jacob Rees-Mogg and Steve Barclay ramp up efforts to call time on widespread working from home
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Mainstay of remote learning provision indicates estimated financial shortfall of £16m
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GDS wants to boost technical writing skills across Whitehall
Government digital teams need to make more use of technical writers to help technology teams and allow others to concentrate on transformation, a Government Digital Service staffer has said.
Councils are not providing enough information on how to access e-books, survey says
The Socitm Better Connected survey has revealed that more than half of English county councils are not providing a good online service to help people sign up for e-resources.
‘The skill set for any CIO is the same’: Socitm president Geoff Connell on moving from borough to county
Geoff Connell took up his role of CIO at Norfolk County Council in August last year. Rebecca Hill asks him how he found the change from the London Borough of Newham, and finds out what’s on his to-do list.
CGI bags £5m contract to design England’s flood forecasting system
The Environment Agency has awarded a three-year, £5m contract to CGI to design, deliver and run its Future Flood Forecasting System for England.
Whitehall needs to ‘evolve’ its recruitment processes for digital staff
Traditional recruitment methods are often not “proactive or productive enough” to attract the right candidates and need to be revised, a recruitment advisor at the Government Digital Service has said.
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.
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.
GDS updates Notify API
The Government Digital Service has upgraded the public Application Programming Interface for GOV.UK Notify based on the results of user research carried out during its private beta.
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 for HMRC.
Labour seeks views on digital in industrial strategy consultation
The Labour party has launched a consultation on its plans for a “people-centric” industrial strategy that it said would support workers in an era of rapid technological change.
Socitm to focus on leadership, smart places, cyber and infrastructure
The association of IT and digital professionals in local government has announced its plans for 2017 research and policy projects.
Just a third of successful applicants to digital fast stream roles in 2015 were women
The latest annual report on the civil service fast stream has revealed that 34% of successful applications to the digital and technology fast stream in 2015 came from women – a slight decline from the previous year.
DVLA chief among digital civil servants named in New Year’s honours list
Oliver Morley, the chief executive of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, has been awarded a CBE in the New Year’s honours list.
Political upheaval, Blockchain and data protection: What does 2017 have in store for tech?
As the New Year approaches, PublicTechnology takes a look at what we might expect in the world of digital government in 2017.
MoD offers £130,000 for CIO of Defence Equipment and Support
Defence Equipment and Support, a trading entity of the Ministry of Defence, is recruiting for a chief information officer to develop IT strategy and make better use of emerging technologies.
NAO tells HMRC to improve accuracy of records on Scottish taxpayers
More than 400,000 Scottish taxpayers did not receive a notification letter from HMRC in December last year due to an error in the design of an automated identification exercise, the UK’s spending watchdog has found.
Transformation strategy delays: Government urgently needs to take digital out of limbo
That the long-awaited digital strategy has fallen by the wayside is not a surprise, but ministers must move to demonstrate their commitment to digital quickly, writes PublicTechnology's online editor Rebecca Hill.
Home Office digital team to create common language for services
The Home Office service design team is building a common language help different teams in the department communicate more simply and clearly.
Home Office creates £100,000 deputy director position in live services team
The Home Office has created a deputy director position on its live services team to manage a new strategic service desk and develop a cyber security operations centre.
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Microsoft partner CPS walks through its efforts to empower local government as part of a series that highlights local government innovators across the UK