Government will try to protect digital roles in civil service job cuts, according to Whitehall chief
Civil service chief operating officer cites technology and commercial professions as among those where more skills are needed
Consultancy signed to £6.5m deal to advise on eight-department shared-services plan
The Matrix programme – which includes Treasury, Cabinet Office and DHSC – begins engaging with...
DWP seeks duo of commercial bigwigs to oversee major digital programmes
Department advertises roles for savvy senior managers to oversee supplier engagements
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Sunak encourages young people to return to the office
Chancellor says the connections made in the early part of his career would have been harder to forge ‘over Teams and Zoom’
NHS explores ‘digital staff passports’
System is intended to make it easier for health-service workers to move between roles
‘We need to use tech to keep up with scams’ – UK advertising regulator
David Currie explains that there is an ‘arms race’ between web platforms and criminals that are equally sophisticated
Inspector sought to examine plane crash data
Air Accidents Investigation Branch offers role gathering data on incidents
ONS digital team creates eight new roles in ‘ambitious expansion’
Statistics body recruiting for a range of positions
Legacy tech: Half of government’s £5bn annual IT spend dedicated to ‘keeping the lights on’
Report identifies continued prevalence of ageing tech as one of the major challenges facing the civil service’s digital ambitions
HMRC picks £5m partner to support programme to ‘transform customer interactions’
Department awards 18-month contract to William Alexander
More than three quarters completed census online
National statistician reveals ONS exceeded target for first digital exercise
Government digital function needs more enforcement powers – Maude report
Former Cabinet Office minister concludes that centralised functions should have a greater mandate to impose standards and spend controls
‘Thousands may be slipping through the cracks’ – report warns elderly and vulnerable missed by EU settlement scheme
Parliamentary committee concerned that only 2% of applications have come from over-65s
NAO report finds ‘consistent underperformance’ of government digital programmes over 25 years
Auditors identify pattern of decisions being rushed and ill-informed, while digital leaders lack support
MP criticises Downing St ‘mishandling’ as information commissioner appointment delayed
The role will not be filled until at least September – the month before incumbent Elizabeth Denham departs
Scottish Government minister slammed for sharing ‘misleading’ stats on face masks
Tory counterpart says she has ‘duty to call out fake news’
IT professionals sought in Patel’s programme for ‘skilled’ refugees
But critics say pilot programme does not make up for ‘hateful’ new laws
Devices seized in data-protection probe of Hancock CCTV leak
ICO takes PCs and other electronic equipment from two homes
Military tech research unit offers £150k in hunt for new CEO
Dstl publishes job advert in hunt for successor for Gary Aitkenhead
Remote DWP workers will not face back-to-office drive
Union claims department perm sec has offered assurances
Police Scotland signs £500k deal for body-worn video ahead of COP26
Armed officers will be equipped with cameras
New borders and immigration enforcement chief to oversee conclusion of £400m digital rollout
The Home Office is recruiting a director general for a newly merged post, a key responsibility of which will be overseeing the final stages of its troubled digital borders scheme
‘Too many stories of people deleting NHS Covid app’ – Starmer
PM fails to answer questions about how government plans to stop people from removing app to avoid self-isolation
Former GDS head Cunnington approved for advisory role with Canadian government
Acoba green lights unpaid position at Canada’s equivalent to the DWP