Windrush scandal fallout sees Home Office suspend data-sharing activities
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Cameron cleared for ‘brand ambassador’ role with US tech firm
Appointments watchdog ACOBA approves former PM’s request to work for electronic-payments company
Every Welsh NHS entity to get cybersecurity review as part of £5.5m digital health investment
Welsh Government announces multimillion-pound spending pot for healthcare technology
Amber Rudd: ‘I don’t need to understand encryption to understand it’s helping criminals’
Home secretary steps up war of words with WhatsApp and others, suggesting that she is frequently ‘patronised’ by tech companies
MoD offers £170k and £2.2bn budget in search for leader to drive IT procurement ‘transformation’
Department’s ISS function seeks commercial director to help deliver value from technology engagements
Sheffield NHS trust ICT chief: ‘WannaCry was opportunistic; a concerted attack is what keeps me awake at night’
Technology leader Andy Vernon talks through ransomware assault, while NHS Digital admits it ‘got it wrong’ in relaying information
DfE seeks three technology leaders including new CISO
Department for Education needs to fill three seats at its tech and digital top table
Government offers £130k a head in bid to recruit A-team of negotiators for IT disaggregation drive
Applicants sought for five-strong unit to work with ministers and senior civil servants
Shortage of civil service skills forces GDS to ‘rely heavily’ on temporary staff in 2016/17
Cabinet Office accounts reveal big hike in spending on interim workers to ensure key programmes are delivered
One-on-one – Digital Marketplace boss discusses plans to expand the platform internationally
Warren Smith also opens up on how the launch of the Crown Marketplace will reshape central government procurement
From the people that brought you the Northern Powerhouse – could ‘Innovation South’ be the UK’s tech engine?
Government-commissioned report flags up the potential of the eight counties below London
An evening with the editors – experts debate politics, public sector pay, and party conferences
Watch extracts from Dods event bringing together a range of Westminster and Whitehall commentators
The three-step plan to implementing successful e-government
The UK is a digital government leader, but can still learn from others, argues Richard Whomes of Rocket Software
Police chief admits possibility of working with online vigilantes but says tech firms must do more on child-protection
Data shows evidence gathered by self-styled paedophile hunters is becoming increasingly prevalent in criminal cases as senior officer admits 'I am not winning that moral argument'
Government must ensure SME agenda is pragmatic – not dogmatic
PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall asks if the tone of the procurement discussion is becoming a little too Orwellian
Start-up exec turned local councillor urges peers to follow his lead
Niraj Dattani of Harrow Council and Spacehive predicts London 2018 elections could see a number of candidates from the tech world
Digital chief lifts lid on how HMRC pulled off the biggest tax change in 70 years without anyone noticing
Interim CDIO Mike Potter also discusses how the department is leading the way on mobile apps and blockchain, and why he wants a tax service built around life events
HMRC nabs Microsoft bigwig Jacky Wright as new CDIO
Department celebrates appointment of ‘exceptional’ former BP and GE executive as new digital leader
Whitehall digital reform being slowly undone by ‘departmental barons’, warns Francis Maude
But civil service head Jeremy Heywood hits back and claims government departments are ‘sharply improving digital capacity’
Parties urged to review nomination process after all-male Science and Technology Committee backlash
Chair Norman Lamb writes to Labour and Tory whips to outline why lack of women would impede committee’s ability to work effectively
All-male committee would be harmful to science
Sarah Main of the Campaign for Science and Engineering urges parliament to recognise its responsibility in serving as a figurehead for scientific debate
GDS puts up £100k-a-head bounty for duo of deputy directors
Organisation wants senior execs for delivery and product