Cabinet Office-based role will require successful candidate to drive cloud adoption

Open Data Institute seeks more public sector partners with which to invest its £6m spending pot

Government looks to create up to 50 different tests for candidates

Figures show a rise in time taken to answer calls, but department claims time spent in automated platform is ‘valuable’

While GDPR is right to provide individuals with greater control over how their information is used, the benefits of sharing data should not be overlooked, believes Rose Lasko-Skinner of Reform

Department signals intent to make better use of data as role as head of nascent team is advertised

Paul Maltby claims councils must first renew ageing infrastructure before realising the benefits of machine learning and automation 

The public sector needs to be careful it does not fall foul of citizens’ growing disquiet about how their data is used and by whom, according to PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall

Select committee claims that, despite appearance of company’s CTO, 39 questions remain unanswered

Role comes with remit to spearhead strategic vision and oversee rollout of Government Transformation Strategy

Select committee repeats request to stop sharing with the Home Office the name and address of suspected immigration offenders, but NHS Digital insists arrangement is ‘in the public interest’

Department recruits for leader of newly created unit dedicated to leading the data policy agenda

Cybersecurity unit director reveals how US intelligence agency is working to spread best practice by promoting openness and collaboration

Culture secretary talks to executives from embattled internet firm in London in 'robust but constructive' meeting

As an ever-greater volume of increasingly sophisticated devices watch us all, PublicTechnology talks to regulator Tony Porter about his office’s role in ensuring surveillance is always used ‘proportionately and sensitively’

Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham issues update acknowledging changes made by social network but stressing ‘it is too early to say whether they are sufficient under the law’

New government chief scientific adviser Dr Patrick Vallance takes up post

Department uses social-media conversation as part of consultation on potential move to opt-out model

CEO of capital-based not-for-profit trust that helps schools to get the most out of technology discusses plans to expand into the education space outside London and the wider public sector

The number of patients using an online account has grown 42% in the last year

Former senior civil servant Andrew Greenway looks at the reasons for both optimism and scepticism as the government embarks on another shared-services rollout