• Cloud should be first option

    Cloud should be first option

    Departments must fully evaluate cloud-based products when buying new or renewing existing IT services, and will only be able...

     
  • Data centres of excellence

    Data centres of excellence

    Information storage can be complex and costly, not to mention its environmental impact. As Whitehall organisations look for...

     
  • Interview: Roly Keating

    Interview: Roly Keating

    The British Library’s vast collection is about to get much bigger. Suzannah Brecknell meets its new chief executive, Roly...

     
  • Round table: Attack of the Cybermen

    Round table: Attack of the Cybermen

    The Cybermen may have nearly defeated Dr Who, but today’s good guys face an even more formidable foe in the shape of cyber...

     
  • Cloud spotting

    Cloud spotting

    The CloudStore is a key part of plans to change the way government buys ICT, but many civil servants don’t even know what...

     
  • Shiny Appy People

    Shiny Appy People

    People are using their mobile phones and tablet computers for a fast-growing range of tasks, and service providers must keep...

     
  • NAO calls for research on digital users’ behaviour

    NAO calls for research on digital users’ behaviour

    The Government Digital Service (GDS) should do more behavioural research “to see what prevents capable internet users from...

     
  • Editorial: Give people the tools for the job

    Editorial: Give people the tools for the job

    Many civil servants work in the government analogue service The Government Digital Service (GDS) is an impressive outfit....

     
  • Poll: Uncertainty over value added by the Government Digital Service

    Poll: Uncertainty over value added by the Government Digital Service

    Civil servants are uncertain about the value being added by the Cabinet Office’s Government Digital Service (GDS), a Civil...

     
  • Interview: Ursula Brennan

    Interview: Ursula Brennan

    The Ministry of Justice is at the forefront of the coalition’s moves towards both outsourcing of service provision, and...