Whitehall’s top official admits need to improve civil service technical skills
Simon Case claims government has improved data handling and support for innovation but there is more to do
Report crowns Manchester top UK hotspot for tech start-ups
City is the best place outside London to start a technology business, study finds
NHS Digital and NHSX to be merged into NHS England
Leaders of technology units say that subsumption will accelerate transformation and enable...
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Cyberattack on environment watchdog pinned on organised crime group
Investigators praise Scottish regulator for openness
Test and Trace: shortage of digital and data skills cited as reliance on consultants persists
PAC report claims scheme has proven ‘eye-wateringly expensive’ and ‘has not achieved its main objective
Whistleblower warns MPs that ‘Facebook is closing the door’ on opportunity to regulate
Frances Haugen gives evidence to inform development of Online Harms legislation
BEIS chief: ‘One of the upsides of the pandemic is that we have found new ways of communicating’
Permanent secretary Sarah Munby says that officials should not expect a ‘return to normal’
Defra seeks leaders for legacy app modernisation programme
Roles come with potential annual pay packet of £70,000
Boris Johnson and Bill Gates put £200m each into green technology investment partnership
UK government forges agreement with Microsoft founder to support development of energy technologies
Cabinet ministers lend weight to calls to end online anonymity
Dominic Raab and Priti Patel have suggested it may be time to stop users being allowed to post anonymously
DWP offers £105k for leader to ‘build world-class data function’
Position as head of data as a service represents a ‘once-in-a-career opportunity’, according to department
‘This is sector is being revolutionised by emerging technologies’ – DfT seeks to boost leadership with second perm sec
Postholder will assume responsibility for science and analysis
‘Fundamental flaws’ – opponents urge Scottish Government to revamp and delay vaccine status programme
Call from Conservative party comes after app has been dogged by technical problems
Government guidance encourages use of instant messaging rather than email for ‘routine communications’
Documents released to High Court reveal civil servants are told to switch message history off where possible
‘A country with world-class data analysis expertise should not have faced this crisis with virtually no data’
Parliamentary report on the lessons learned from the response to the coronavirus pandemic finds ‘major deficiencies in the machinery of government’
‘Drivel’ – Duncan Smith’s anti-homeworking tirade gets short shrift
In newspaper column invoking the Blitz, ex-Tory leader becomes latest senior politician to rail against officials working remotely
Regulator urges government to ‘cement statistical successes of the pandemic’
The coronavirus crisis prompted ‘unprecedented public engagement’ with data, but also highlighted the challenges facing authorities
Electoral Commission seeks CEO to help keep pace with ‘digital revolution’
Regulator recruits for leader to support ‘change and improvement’
HMRC begins asking staff back to offices
Officials will continue to work from home for an average of four days a week to begin with
Dowden implores civil servants to ‘get back to their desks’
Ministerial criticisms of remote working labelled ‘insulting’
RAF offers £125k for digital and IT leader
CDIO will be responsible for promoting interoperability and use of data
Lancashire village picked as site for government’s £5bn ‘offensive cyber’ spy unit
The newly created National Cyber Force will be based in Samlesbury
GDS chief on how new government login is avoiding the mistakes of Verify
Tom Read tells MPs that work to develop new platform is taking a much more iterative approach than its troubled predecessor
Government hit with legal request for records of WhatsApp messages concerning official business
Campaign group plan to ask for judicial review of practice it claims presents ‘threat to democratic accountability’