Civil Service Reform

Three government departments collaborated to organise a major international conference on illegal wildlife trade in London last month. Conference director Andrew McCulloch explains how they did it

Treasury needs new measures of its own effectiveness in order to drive long-term decision making in government, auditors say

BT thinks The Internet of Things is about to undergo a revolution. Over the past two decades, we've seen IoT tech evolve from a possibility, to a novelty, to an established tool that plays a vital role in industry, infrastructure and logistics

Proposed new centre is intended to train future leaders across public services to address shared challenges faced by new bosses and boost innovation and cooperation

Quantum computers will soon make some of our strongest encryption useless. And that's where quantum cryptography comes in

Outsourcing firms Capita, Serco and Sopra Steria to produce first three living wills for outsourced services within weeks, says Cabinet Office minister

Role of government’s central digital team is evolving but central oversight is still required on policies such as IT disaggregation, minister tells PublicTechnology

Tim Skinner, head of central government at BT, discusses Intelligent Connectivity, and how it’s transformating central government.

Department for Transport, Ministry of Justice, Cabinet Office and Department for Work and Pensions teams among those honoured at ceremony

DWP extends legacy payouts after watchdog's warning that claimants transferring onto Universal Credit would face financial hardship

BT knows that digital security isn't just about technology. It's about the partnerships, intelligence and expertise you need to stay one step ahead in the security race.

Rob Thompson takes position as department’s technology leader after four years at DWP

New centre should build a network of people ready to take on top jobs in order to help leaders to drive innovation and improvement across services 

Foreign secretary also reveals plan to hire 1,000 new diplomats to boost Foreign Office capability and boost to the number of language courses

Keiron Salt, CIO Health at BT, makes the case for a more rapid digital transformation of the NHS

Treasury guidance encourages departments to offer “unreasonable certainty in timelines, costs and benefits”, IfG report finds

Could new ways of working transform the way the Civil Service delivers in challenging times? Geoffrey Lyons reports on a Civil Service Live roundtable

PA Consulting offers a four-point plan to delivering organisational transformation

With the annual worldwide cost of cybercrime set to double from $3tn in 2015 to $6tn by 2021, BT offers advice on how chief information security officers can better protect their organisations

The policies may be in place, but is it happening in practice? BT's Bas de Graaf looks at the reality of GDPR today

Thompson says that it is incumbent on civil servants to tell truth to power after speaking of personal impact of comments on Brexit

Rising demand for services “will make it even harder to achieve the government’s ambition”, the watchdog said

Cisco's Dominic Elliott shows how global organisations can embrace the benefits of SD-WAN without adding complexity

Norman Strauss recently argued in CSW that there was a need to create a new ministry for the opposition to help change the civil service and share its expertise more widely across society. In this response, Catherine Haddon, a senior fellow and resident historian at the Institute for Government, sets out why she thinks such a proposal is flawed