‘We speak civil service, but we speak private sector too’ – JSaRC head Angela Essel on government’s ‘bilingual’ approach to national security
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HMRC chief gives thumbs up to five-year cloud migration programme
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National Archives to roll out digital mentoring scheme
Organisation seeks to cultivate ‘skills transfer’ across sector
New MHCLG finance chief to oversee digital and data drive
Department advertises £140k position as CFO
NHSX to appoint citizens to act as ‘patient voice’
Tech organisation seeks to bring in two part-time advisors to help make services as useful and accessible as possible
Stats watchdog to probe HMRC’s £7bn tax data gaffe
Office for Statistics Regulation will – at HMRC’s behest – examine error that saw tax contributions double-counted
DWP in-house IT company doubles in size
Over two-year period BPDTS will have grown staff numbers from 451 to 1,124
The greatest glitch in government
In 2017, the NHS was the most high-profile victim of an international cyberattack. With the imminent phasing-out of support for Windows 7, Guinevere Poncia asks how government institutions are keeping pace with cyberthreats
Data chiefs warn party leaders to keep election campaigns on the right side of the law
Heads of ICO and UKSA remind Corbyn, Johnson et al to remain legally compliant in use of data and statistics
Home Office claims settlement scheme caseworkers ‘trained to exercise discretion’ in favour of vulnerable applicants
Government says it will try and make allowances for a potential lack of evidence for those with dementia or other conditions
How digitisation helped the DWP make child maintenance easier for separated parents
Improving its online offering has enabled the department to make life easier for citizens and its own staff. Lead delivery manager Alan Soulsby talks us through the project.
Homes England looks to digital to help fix a broken housing market
The government’s housing body is adopting agile, cloud and a DevSecOps model in a bid to become the engine of transformation in the housing market. Gill Hitchcock reports.
HMRC nabs former Barclays CIO Mark Denney as digital chief
Tax agency appoints banking bigwig as replacement for Jacky Wright
Better data can help make a better society
Frankie Kay of the Office for National Statistics writes about a simple way in which we can improve lives all across the nation
DCMS secretary role to change hands again as Morgan stands down
Department will require fifth leader since start of last year as Loughborough MP opts to leave parliament
Government review finds Hacker House grant award was ‘appropriate’
Audit finds no impropriety in funding given to firm run by PM’s friend, but DCMS minister says she intends to ‘ensure that processes are strengthened’
NHSX relaunches recruitment for CNIO after admitting first attempt ‘got it wrong’ on inclusivity
Initial advert was criticised for excluding many potential BAME candidates
Wirral Borough Council shops for £4m WAN upgrade
Supplier sought for infrastructure refresh
Enfield offers £120k for DDaT leader
London borough seeks senior technology professional to revamp internal IT and external relationships
National Cyber Security Centre: ‘Our adversaries innovate – so we must too’
Senior leaders stress importance of risk-taking in combatting the threats faced by the UK
LGA picks councils for digital inclusion funding
Authorities will each receive a slice of £200,000
HMRC turns to real-time data in tax-avoidance clampdown
Tax authority is piloting programmes to use data to identify people that may have been taken in by firms selling tax-avoidance initiatives
Interview: How a ‘permeable civil service’ can help tech start-ups
Former No.10 and Cabinet Office policymaker William Newton now leads a growing technology firm. In this Q&A, he compares the joys and frustrations of each, and the skills learned in Whitehall he has taken to his new career