Home Office seeks software developers to meet ‘daring targets’ for use of automation
Department looks for trio of experts to join specialist team
Public covid probe seeks data leader to take on ‘critical role for the inquiry’s reputation’
Post comes with £70,000-plus salary and responsibility for data protection
DBS staff set for more strikes in stand-off with IT outsourcer
Contact-centre workers have previously been offered a 3.25% raise by Hinduja Global Solutions...
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Digital ministerial posts up for grabs after mass resignations
Brace of positions in DCMS addressing national digital policy, infrastructure and online harms must now be refilled after resignations of Julia Lopez and Chris Philp
Government launches online public vote to help choose HQ of Great British Railways
Public encouraged to submit their preference for location state-owned transport agency
Technology, transformation and talent: is the public sector meeting its biggest reform challenges?
Local and central government experts joined a recent PublicTechnology webinar discussion exploring strategies to modernise public services and their progress so far
GDS adds gender non-binary options to employee records
Digital agency claims that gathering more data will help ensure greater diversity in hiring new recruits and career progression of existing staff
Government seeks data and analysis leader for post-Brexit trade unit
Cabinet Office-based team offers potential six-figure salary for cross-government role
Top official cites tech transformation as central to civil-service job-cut plans
Simon Case tells MPs that adopting new technology is one of three key strands supporting efforts to reduce civil service headcount
ICO set to issue fewer public sector fines to avoid ‘data breach victims being punished twice’
Penalties for public bodies often impact services – rather than shareholders – according to commissioner John Edwards
Government sets up £20m compensation pot for victims who fought to expose Post Office IT scandal
Increased funding is set to more than double the money received by those who brought group legal action – with more support to follow
Civil service cuts: DfT brings in £100k consultancy to help identify ‘options for digitisation’
Two-week ‘headcount efficiency review’ engagement aims to find possible cutbacks that could be achieved through use of technology
Government launches unified online portal for gender-recognition applications
Service was ‘developed and tested with trans people’ to help reduce administrative burden of gaining legal recognition of gender
GDS offers £100k for strategy chief
Cabinet Office tech agency seeks leader to spearhead implementation of three-year plan
Government urged to commit to devolution to drive innovation and levelling-up
Think tank report identifies benefits of city mayors, but finds many local officials are frustrated with current interactions with Whitehall
‘Drones are of great interest to the Army – as both a threat and an opportunity’
Minister claims that military is keeping tabs on potential battlefield uses of unmanned aerial technologies
Highways agency adds ex-Facebook bigwig to boardroom line-up
Social network’s former regional leader Diego Oliva appointed to non-executive post
Ex-Whitehall top dog to join board of defence and security firm
Former cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill has landed a non-executive role at BAE Systems
Russia: sanctions tightened on exports of monitoring and military tech
New measures prohibit supply of any tech used for ‘internal repression’
Scottish minister criticises UK government broadband rollout for leaving hardest-to-connect places to last
Finance secretary Kate Forbes claims that implementation in Scotland has begun with remote and rural areas
10 Downing St offers over £100k for data science whizz
Prime minister’s in-house data science unit seeks senior manager to deliver ‘high-impact’ initiatives
DHSC chiefs acknowledge slips in record-keeping over £600m Covid testing contracts
Leaders of health department and UKHSA admit to MPs that some meetings with Randox went undocumented
Parliament to delete data on MPs’ attendance after ministers decry FOI release
Senior parliamentarians are understood to have complained about the storage and release of information collected from use of security passes
‘This lack of transparency could undermine trust’ – DWP scolded over failure to publish research data
Parliamentary committee writes to department urging greater openness