Jersey kicks off major restructure to create ‘modern, agile, and digital public service’
Island’s local authority recruits for a range of leaders to fulfil transformation plan
Norfolk police use drone to rescue man stranded in marshland
Missing man spotted on images provided by flying device
Sally Meecham unveiled as GDS interim COO
Civil servant returns to organisation to take operational reins
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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
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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
Return of old Whitehall divisions is scuppering GDS’ good work, warns Martha Lane Fox
Cross-bench peer hopes UK Digital Charter could help create ‘Geneva Convention for the web’
Civil service chief Manzoni says Whitehall must 'break down siloes' and share data
Cabinet Office perm sec says civil service must work more collaboratively to make digital transformation a reality
DWP offers £120k for operations digital director
Digital leadership role to be based in department HQ
Land Registry seeks to bolster digital talent after privatisation plans shelved
After ministers ditch plans to sell off the Land Registry, property registration agency looks to bolster digital expertise
Give GDS boss a place at civil service's top table to help drive reform, cabinet secretary told
Civil service chief told to "improve the balance" between policy experts and digital specialists in organisation's top ranks
NHS and HMRC to install 6,000 civil servants in ‘England’s major digital city’ Leeds
New government hub becomes biggest-ever commercial let in West Yorkshire city
Digitising Flintshire – a collective approach to transformation
Flintshire County Council chief officers talk to Gill Hitchcock about their joint responsibilities for a five-year digitisation programme
Police forces team up to procure £150k joint intranet
Surrey and Sussex forces describe current set-up as "unstable" and "poor at delivering internal communications"