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Home Office permanent secretary Mark Sedwill to face second Public Accounts Committee hearing after PAC chair Meg Hillier brands department's disagreement with the National Audit Office a "farce"

Microsoft analyses six common misconceptions about cloud migration

Energy secretary Amber Rudd leads tributes as former chief scientific advisor loses battle with stomach cancer

New digital hire will head up plan to help departments share common digital platforms and oversee budget "in excess" of £15m a year

Social enterprise takes over reins of public sector development programme as government ends centrally-funded support

As the new UK Aid Strategy sets out a bigger role for the rest of Whitehall in spending development money, DfID's permanent secretary Mark Lowcock sits down with Matt Foster to discuss the challenges of working across government – and why his department won’t lose its sense of mission

MPs give qualified backing to Peter Riddell as new watchdog overseeing top public sector appointment – but say they will keep an eye on danger of "politicisation" in the wake of planned shake-up of the role

Microsoft offers its vision for organisations navigating a cloud-first, mobile-first world.

Union analysis of Cabinet Office data on more than 280,000 officials highlights "statistically significant" differences in how different groups are treated

There used to be so many ways of classifying government data it was difficult to ensure data protection. Now there are much clearer rules, argues Microsoft.

Alliance for Useful Evidence project says incentives will be needed to ensure policy takes account of evidence

Home Affairs Committee chair Keith Vaz repeatedly questions Robbins on Border Force funding