Transformation
GDS annual programmes cost £5m less than expected
Cabinet Office annual report shows digital agency also brought in more than £2m in extra revenue
DWP Digital launches apprentice scheme
As many as 20 roles available in Newcastle and Manchester
Police leans on online assessment to meet recruitment ambitions
Candidates can now be assessed without any physical contact
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Home Office seeks leader for Policy and Innovation Lab
Department recruits for individual to apply design principles to solve government challenges
Addressing government legacy IT to be ‘a key focus of spending review’
Chief secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay claims that half of government’s IT spend goes on supporting ageing kit
Treasury’s £250m IT deal with NTT Data to be extended into eighth year
Contract came with an initial seven-year potential term but will now run until 2022
Home buying goes paperless
HM Land Registry announces acceptance of electronic signatures for mortgages and other deeds
‘Policing is not set up for a world in which so much crime is committed online’
Major review of police across England and Wales finds forces are ill-equipped to cope with the huge rise in recent years of cyber offences
Inside DWP’s digital coronavirus response – APIs, reuse and micro-services
In the face of huge demand for its services, the DWP was able to call on a library of reusable tools, the department’s integration lead Jacqui Leggetter tells PublicTechnology
Courts to begin using £280m digital Common Platform system in September
Early adopter programme to see 18 courts test digital case-management system
‘HMRC has risen to the challenge’ of coronavirus response, says CEO Harra
Tax agency head salutes colleagues’ work in building new platforms at speed
Responsibility for government data use returns to GDS
Group of policymakers to move from DCMS to form basis of new team
Civil servants asked to share government gripes
Ahead of technology- and data-led reforms, officials have been invited to vent their frustrations with how Whitehall works
Munby named BEIS boss
Department appoints business sectors head as government’s youngest permanent secretary
HMRC Making Tax Digital to continue rollout in 2022
The programme will be extended to all businesses and then to individuals, government has announced
Videoconferencing can benefit the NHS and patients long after coronavirus
The pandemic has provided a pressing use case for remote consultations but, according to Rowan Pritchard Jones of St Helens and Knowsley NHS trust, the technology has a lot to offer in the long term
CCS claims £1bn savings for public sector in FY20
Annual accounts show uplift in framework usage across both central government and the wider public sector
DWP to trial formal remote-working programme
Most department staff have remained onsite during pandemic, although some ‘ad hoc’ arrangements have been made
Coronavirus has shown Whitehall can avoid getting 'bogged down' in bureaucracy – civil service chief
Chief operating officer Alex Chisholm calls for 'experimentation and innovation'
Minister believes government ‘likely’ to see return on £400m investment in satellite firm
Before entering bankruptcy OneWeb had been funded to the tune of $3.3bn with no revenues generated yet
Downing St assembles data science A-team
Dominic Cummings’ ambitions realised as prime minister’s office seeks to recruit crack squad of data scientists for No. 10 skunkworks
Recruitment firm wins £4m two-year GDS deal to provide government with ‘urgent’ digital support
LA International Computer Consultants wins contract to provide agile teams at short notice
HMRC border IT systems given £100m boost
Government unveils package of £700m to support post-Brexit border arrangements as it launches major comms campaign
NHS to press on with digital pathology work
Technology entities to continue exploration of standards