HMRC praised for use of public consultations on Making Tax Digital programme
Lords committee commends tax agency for process used to develop and roll out digitisation project
'Optimism bias' hampers transformation projects, says NAO chief
Amyas Morse claims best-case scenario is often presented as likely outcome
Interview: Oliver Dowden on Verify, spending controls, and how ‘GDS is moving into new spaces’
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NHS head urges government to consider mental health levy on social media firms
Simon Stevens points to similar taxes imposed in industries such as gambling
BEIS on the hunt for digital and data director duo
Department advertises for two senior roles each paying about £85,000
'If none of our ideas fail, we are not being ambitious enough' - inside government's data science revolution
Tom Smith, managing director of the ONS Data Science Campus, tells PublicTechnology how and why he wants to 'move the needle' for the use of data across the public sector
Defra launches developer recruitment drive
Department advertising 24 vacant tech positions
Fife town to get WiFi, website and ‘digital brand’ under Scottish Government scheme
Cupar picked as the nation’s first ‘digital improvement district’
Rutland councillor pleads guilty to charges over social media posts
Richard Alderman appeared before magistrates on four counts of sending ‘offensive or indecent’ messages
DWP digital chief Prakash to leave civil service
Peers pay tribute as CDIO announces he will depart Whitehall around the end of the year
Whitehall suffers from ‘a culture of denial when a project is going badly’, says PAC chair Hillier
The head of the Public Accounts Committee has lamented a lack of transparency and information sharing across the civil service
HMRC seeks squad of IT managers
Department reveals it is currently recruiting for 23 separate positions
Councils urged to create ‘digital boards’ of public and private sector experts
Report from techUK advises that, to make good on digital transformation plans, local authorities should assemble a leadership collective
Brent Council offers ‘drone pilot apprenticeship’
Chosen candidate will ultimately ‘promote the use of drone services within the council’
GDS seeks engagement lead to make government ‘destination of choice for digital professionals’
Post as marketing chief for DDaT profession comes with salary of up to £65,000
MoJ trying to ‘break down the cultural boundaries’ between digital and technology
The department’s chief digital and information officer Tom Read sees addressing a historic ‘lack of trust’ between the two disciplines as a key part of his role
Government transformation projects ‘promise too much at the outset’ – IPA chief
Civil service project delivery leader Tony Meggs preps guidance for departments ahead of Spending Review
Police chiefs to explore ‘single online home’ to standardise all forces’ interactions with public
NPCC kicks off discovery process for a potential national portal for reporting incidents and managing police interactions across all 43 forces
Chatbots, free WiFi, and paperless councillors – Waltham Forest’s digital transformation
Executive and political leadership at the east London council talk to PublicTechnology about their work to lead transformation in a way that benefits the entire borough
Ofgem offering up to £100k for head of security
As energy sector relies more on digital devices and data it needs someone to lead on securing these
IT woes caused huge backlog of cases for new government vetting service, report finds
NAO investigation finds that implementation of united IT system created ‘inefficiencies’ of £17m a year
The innovation strategy should not be a minister saying ‘that one looks shiny’ – Dowden’s pragmatic plan
Minister for implementation pledges that the upcoming government innovation strategy will be a practical strategy to address problems
Enfield sees the benefits of cloud and insourcing
Borough council’s head of ICT Nadira Hussain talks about getting the best out of existing digital systems, upskilling staff and recruiting to new roles with insourced services. Gill Hitchcock reports
DfE digital chief and GDS co-founder Mark O’Neill to leave civil service
Long-serving digital government professional departing at the end of the month to pursue new opportunities