In the latest instalment of our series on civil service leavers, we meet William Newton, policy adviser-turned-president and managing director of tech startup WiredScore. He writes about how the "relentless pace of the private office was good practice for the speed you need to get a startup off the ground"

Civil Service World's October 2019 Estates and Smart Working Supplement looks at how government is changing its properties to embrace more flexible working and to help improve services, featuring HMRC, Defra and the Welsh Government. Read all the articles here

As part of October’s Cyber Security Awareness Month, BT is sharing their top tips on how keep information secure for both you and your organisation 

Artificial intelligence could help solve the public sector’s most complex problems, but how can policymakers navigate the legal, ethical and technical problems it presents? Sam Trendall talks to experts from the Alan Turing Institute about their programme to help government get to grips with AI

Head of the government property profession Janet Young tells Civil Service World how she is helping build expertise around government.

The Welsh Government's award-winning smart working project in its Merthyr Tydfil office has set a template that is being rolled out across all its civil service buildings. Welsh Government chief digital officer Caren Fullerton explains how it was done

Jonathan Owen reports on a round table discussion exploring how government can adopt and exploit the potential of automation and artificial intelligence

In CSW’s estates and smart working special report, GPA chair Liz Peace recalled how offices across government have changed, and the need to keep improving

Technological change presents an opportunity for things to be done in a different way. Jonathan Owen reports on a round table where leading civil servants came together to work out how to go about stimulating digital innovation

The government's 'Fusion' plan is about bringing national security capabilities together. Here, PA Consulting examines the likelihood of success

Security can help you grow whilst protecting the very core of your organisation, writes BT 

Whitehall property chief Mike Parsons tells Civil Service World about the challenges and opportunities of managing the government’s property portfolio 

Having high quality data is a prerequisite if policy and decisions are to be truly evidence-based, Jonathan Owen reports on a CS Live round table where leading civil servants came together to share ideas on how government can improve the way data is used in helping design and deliver services

HMRC’s programme to move into 13 regional hubs has been at the heart of the department’s transformation of how it works. Richard Johnstone visits the first one to open and finds out what’s different

Do conventional career paths even exist anymore? What is the 'skills gap' referring to? And what effect does this have on Government Commercial? Proxima addresses all this and more 

From the storm of no-deal Brexit preparation to the headwinds of regulatory reform, Tamara Finkelstein walked into a squall when she took on the top job at Defra. But she tells Beckie Smith she is determined to create a more hospitable environment

CSW reports on a CS Live round table about the potential of connectivity to transform government

BT looks at how to secure your SD-WAN services, starting with security by design 

With the UK set to leave the European Union this month, the role of the Department for International Trade will become increasingly important. CSW meets some of the civil servants shaping Britain’s global future

On the anniversary of the second Management Consultancy Framework, Proxima examines the steps taken by government commercial to deliver a successful procurement strategy, and asks whether MCF2 is delivering value for money

In the latest of our series about civil service leavers, we meet Ella Joseph and Natalie Acton, who together lead the charity Think Ahead, which runs a graduate scheme training people for a career in mental health social work.

PA Consulting offer insight on their work with the NHS, exploring how allocating funds differently can allow the service to do more with less 

Nigel Hawthorn looks at how to review cloud use, report on risks and apply policies to reduce likely data loss incidents in this latest insight from BT

As the Department for Education refashions itself as a delivery department, its chief digital officer Emma Stace tells Civil Service World she is determined to make digital ‘just the way we do things round here’