GDS offers £100k for strategy chief
Cabinet Office tech agency seeks leader to spearhead implementation of three-year plan
‘Remote monitoring and virtual wards’ – Javid unveils NHS tech transformation plan to clear Covid backlogs
Health secretary claims that use of NHS app is ‘at the heart of’ strategy to reform health...
GDS spent £5m on ‘data and user insights’ last year
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Cost-of-living crisis: ONS to explore web scraping data to track supermarket prices
Agency’s dedicated data-science facility looks to make a big contribution to government’s response to rising costs
DWP seeks £10m partner to help ‘simplify and transform’ retirement and bereavement services
Two-year programme of work will encompass new digital platforms and enhancements of existing tools
DVLA to tap into Home Office immigration status service to expedite driving-licence applications
Agency to establish ‘electronic link’ with department, minister claims
Cabinet Office signs £400k deal for digital accessibility audits
Central department stresses importance of ‘highest standards’, given its role in ensuring others’ compliance with regulation
DWP to resume migration to Universal Credit
All benefit claimants will be moved over to unified system by the end of 2024
Government’s battle for the future of work
Despite the best efforts of some ministers, the profound changes brought about by the pandemic still offer a singular opportunity to radically rethink how the civil service operates. Dods Research asked more than 200 officials for their thoughts.
Government warned to expedite reform efforts or risk missing the boat
The Declaration on Government Reform could be another failed opportunity, a think tank has warned
NHS signs £25m tech and data partner to support vaccine programme for next two years
Consultancy will support data flows and booking platforms
HMRC retains Deloitte in £15m deal to help ‘define and orchestrate’ tech transformation scheme
Consultancy will support work to deliver Technology Sourcing Programme, which aims to revamp IT procurement
Half of firms in scope of online income tax scheme have no digital records, HMRC research finds
Only one in five currently uses software as part of their bookkeeping set-up
DfE offers £145k in search for tech-savvy operations chief
Chosen applicant will have oversight of major digital and data programmes
Government picks 76 suppliers for £4bn digital transformation framework
Almost three in five firms picked for procurement vehicle are considered SMEs
Heather Wheeler takes on ministerial responsibility for GDS and CDDO
Junior minister becomes the 12th parliamentarian in less than seven years to oversee digital government initiatives
Homes for Ukraine registrants targeted by online fraudsters
The government has been criticised for the time it is taking to match refugees with sponsors – who have been targeted by scams while trying to find their own matches
GDS boss puts ‘mobile-first and hyperpersonalisation’ at heart of future service transformation
Tom Read tells PublicTechnology Live about GDS’s plans to drive transformation into its second decade, and how the agency’s future priorities were informed by its peers in Ukraine
Prison service seeks £6m partner to help ‘switch off large pieces of legacy estate’
HMPPS cites need to eliminate need to provide data to ageing platforms
Government leaders of the future will need digital and data expertise, says head of Fast Stream
Leader of graduate recruitment programme tells PublicTechnology Live that civil servants will soon require technical skills and understanding to progress senior officialdom
‘Government’s slow progress on data hampered pandemic preparedness’
Report from Public Accounts Committee calls for Cabinet Office to set out plan to improve availability, quality and use of information
HMRC signs £300m deals to support and modernise major applications
Tax agency awards contracts for support, decommissioning, disaggregation and modernisation of systems for income tax, National Insurance and other core applications
Treasury to crowdsource innovation ideas from officials in bid to save £5.5bn
Ministers believe measures such as digitisation, shared services, and reducing use of consultants could help cut waste
Departmental plans to include transformation commitments
Digital, data and technology are ‘integral’ to new system of setting out priorities and measuring performance