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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Data shows rise in Whitehall employee engagement
Annual Civil Service People Survey also shows rise in pay satisfaction
Ex-NCSC chief Martin asks whether the new cyber strategy will make the UK safer
Ciaran Martin discusses six tests that can be applied to the incoming national plan for cyber
Website to match government careers to budding civil servants
Online service will survey users interests and skills and suggest possible Whitehall professions
Unwrapping government’s £300m Amazon package
Since a public sector-wide agreement with AWS was introduced six months ago, departments have signed contracts worth hundreds of millions with the cloud firm. PublicTechnology takes a closer look.
Leader sought to ‘manage government’s relationship with world’s most powerful technology companies’
Salary of almost £70k on offer for head of Big Tech Strategic Engagement Unit
Innovate UK nabs tech exec Mukerjee as new chief
Former insurance and electronics bigwig becomes innovation agency's first permanent head in three years
Better integration could save government £850k per service, minister claims
Work to ensure tasks are not replicated across different tools could deliver significant financial benefits
NHS Digital appoints Test and Trace CIO Simon Bolton as new leader
Interim CEO to take charge from June
A closer look: what now for the government’s vaccine passport plans?
PublicTechnology examines the government’s strategy for offering a digital certification tool, and its key advantages and challenges
Ministerial code needs update for WhatsApp age, former civil service bosses say
Johnson and Dyson’s text exchange shows need for new rules, believe ex-cabinet secretaries
DCMS adds Deliveroo chief and cooking-sauce entrepreneur to boardroom menu
Department orders in two food-focused techies
Minister urges officials to get involved in Dragons’ Den for data ideas
Julia Lopez invites civil servants to put forward proposals for potential £50k support
Immigration minister insists high-tech Brexit passports are ‘rigorously tested’
Security-focused documents are put through their paces in exercises designed to mimic 10 years of travel
Met Office and Microsoft’s £1bn machine to be ‘world’s most powerful weather computer’
Platform to launch next summer
MPs find data gaps caused up to 800,000 to miss out on shielding support
The Public Accounts Committee finds a lack of information and collaboration could have seen many ‘slip through the net’
Calls for probe into security of PM’s phone
Concerns expressed after leak of messages between Boris Johnson and vacuum magnate Dyson
PublicTechnology research: five things we learned about the future of digital government
A recent study finds that the pandemic has boosted budgets – but legacy tech remains a big barrier to progress
MI5 warns of thousands of attempts to spy on civil servants via ‘malicious’ online profiles
Officials advised that hostile states use LinkedIn and other sites
Downing St insists £2.6m high-tech media room will still be ‘very useful’ despite cancellation of briefings
Plan for White House-style press conferences axed – but not before expensive refurb
HMRC confirms new leader for £1bn Making Tax Digital scheme
Joanna Rowland will oversee planned expansion of programme across VAT, income tax and corporation tax
Poor data and lack of strategy perpetuate Whitehall skills gaps, report finds
Study from the IfG disputes notion civil service is dominated by generalists, but that experts’ impact is stymied