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Cabinet Office unveils outsourcing transparency 'principles'
24 Mar 2015 Civil Service Reform
Cabinet Office unveils outsourcing transparency 'principles'

Cabinet Office says contracts for private firms running public services will include 'presumption in favour of disclosing information' to the public
GDS boss Mike Bracken named as inaugural chief data officer
24 Mar 2015 Civil Service Reform
GDS boss Mike Bracken named as inaugural chief data officer

GDS's Mike Bracken appointed to new chief data officer role aiming to improve Whitehall's use of data
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude: You don't need to be an MP to do my job
24 Mar 2015 Government Tax Profession
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude: You don't need to be an MP to do my job

Celebrations about his departure "might not be necessary", minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude jokes at Reform think tank event
Francis Maude hails £11bn progress towards £20bn Efficiency and Reform target
24 Mar 2015 Civil Service Reform
Francis Maude hails £11bn progress towards £20bn Efficiency and Reform target

Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude says £11bn of £20bn annual Whitehall efficiency drive identified, but Labour warns of little room for more 'back office efficiencies' 
Boris Johnson on change to civil service media rules: 'I'm in favour of transparency'
23 Mar 2015 Government Tax Profession
Boris Johnson on change to civil service media rules: 'I'm in favour of transparency'

Mayor of London Boris Johnson says officials understand the difference between 'helping' and 'undermining' impartiality with media contact
MPs: Nicholas Macpherson advice on Scottish currency union 'should not have been published'
23 Mar 2015 Communications
MPs: Nicholas Macpherson advice on Scottish currency union 'should not have been published'

Public Administration Select Committee attacks Treasury decision to publish letter on sharing the pound with an independent Scotland, and warns Scottish government's own 'White Paper' too political
'There’s a reason why departments have press officers': No 10 hits back at union claims on civil service media rule change
19 Mar 2015 Communications
'There’s a reason why departments have press officers': No 10 hits back at union claims on civil service media rule change

Downing Street spokesperson says David Cameron disagrees with unions' view that civil service code change will undermine transparency
Budget 2015: 'All departments' move to scrap civil service progression pay
18 Mar 2015 Education
Budget 2015: 'All departments' move to scrap civil service progression pay

Budget confirms departmental agreement on 2013 plan to end automatic pay rises
Science cuts could undermine evidence-based policy, MPs warn
18 Mar 2015 Education
Science cuts could undermine evidence-based policy, MPs warn

Science and Technology Committee says that while departments have made progress on use of evidence, cuts could undermine UK's long-term scientific capability
MPs call for action to boost Whitehall skills and make it easier to retain top staff
17 Mar 2015 Commercial
MPs call for action to boost Whitehall skills and make it easier to retain top staff

MPs on the Public Administration Committee warn Capability Plan focus too 'narrow' and mid-management skills being 'hollowed out'
Civil service diversity, SNP vs the Treasury, and Budget fever - your Whitehall media roundup
16 Mar 2015 Culture
Civil service diversity, SNP vs the Treasury, and Budget fever - your Whitehall media roundup

Advance sight of a Cabinet Office review into the civil service's LGBT record, another SNP-Whitehall fracas, and feverish Budget speculation make our regular round-up of Whitehall in the headlines
Your Whitehall media round-up
06 Mar 2015 Government Tax Profession
Your Whitehall media round-up

Pre-election access, MoD spending and the future of RBS all feature in our regular round-up of Whitehall in the news