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Role at GCHQ comes with remit to work across intelligence community as part of a shared-service unit that received a big boost in resources in the spending review

New training hub for senior officials will teach agile delivery and core digital skills as part of its ‘foundations of public administration’ course

Government plans to assemble collective of external experts that can be deployed to assist ministers and officials in responding to future crises

Organisation’s annual accounts reveal major effort to deliver platforms to support booking of tests and vaccination

IfG’s annual Whitehall Monitor publication finds pockets of progress but other areas where momentum is lacking

Security head will develop strategy and implement cyber services

Sector bodies issue open letter calling on government to enact legislation allowing meetings to adopt a hybrid model in the long term

Departments told to fill up buildings once again, but representatives claim any insinuations about productivity are ‘nonsense

Lord Agnew told parliament that ‘arrogance, indolence and ignorance’ has hampered any attempts to reduce fraud

As government launches comms campaign claiming security function will enable child abusers, data-protection watchdog claims debate is ‘unbalanced’

PAC finds that department failed to understand importance of keeping tech up to date

As much as half of government’s near-£5bn annual spend on IT is dedicated to the maintenance of ageing or unsupported tech. A range of digital leaders tell PublicTechnology about the issues they face with legacy, and how they can be addressed.

Efforts to reduce reliance on external providers have had an impact

Government called time on policy yesterday, but advice is set to remain in place north of the border until next month

CMA created team last year to better understand and oversee the use of automated technologies in business

Staff will either become civil servants or move over to commercial providers

Post as departmental media relations leader comes with salary of up to £118k

Data watchdog issues warning in light of reports that a digital clean-up had been encouraged

Study finds that more than half feel more exposed to attacks

Leader of the House of Commons tells committee that his parliamentary colleagues ‘do not necessarily take electronic voting as seriously’

Departments often choose not to adequately assess work, meaning there is a dearth of information, according to auditing chief