Civil Service Reform

Transferring data policy to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is a welcome move, but the government needs to be clear about what it wants to do with all this data

Housing agency appoints FutureGov founder Dominic Campbell as interim chief digital officer

Some 2,000 staff to move to Salford in 2022, with 2,500 more to follow in 2027

Hartley was a senior officer in the RAF and now works in cyber security for BT. Ahead of the BT Cyber Security Careers Insight, the Officers' Association asked him to share his transition story.

It’s too early to say if shared services are coming of age or another false dawn. But I’d probably keep the champagne in the fridge for now

Department also takes over BEIS remit for digital signatures in policy shake-up

The government’s Inclusive Economy Unit was set up less than two years ago to deliver social impact by collaborating across sectors. Tom Le Quesne, the unit’s head, tells Geoffrey Lyons about how government can support a changing business landscape that wants to achieve a social purpose as well as financial returns

Revised Government Estate Strategy, which will “represent a step-change in government’s property ambitions”, expected in weeks

Sir Jeremy Heywood defends civil service from Brexit attacks as he sets out the progress made since triggering of Article 50

A project aimed at measuring the legitimacy of government revealed some lessons for politicians and civil servants alike. Suzannah Brecknell considers how to improve the connection between the governing and governed

MPs criticise “airy and irrelevant” responses from the department after committee raises questions over the projected employment boost from benefit reform​

BT's Andy Rowland on technological risk, and how the systems fundamental to modern life are under attack