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HMRC programme director Mike Howes-Roberts calls for "honest and candid dialogue" with other departments as he confirms tax authority will not make full use of much-heralded GDS platform
Government Digital Service director general Kevin Cunnington tells CSW's sister site PublicTechnology that government is “on track to finish" ambitious overhaul set out in the last parliament
Think tank says long-awaited vision has no detail on resource allocation and a telling absence of public support from prime minister Theresa May and chancellor Philip Hammond
Former minister tells watchdog MPs Whitehall has made "bad mistakes" in outsourcing IT projects
Government Transformation Strategy sets out plans to encourage a pro-digital culture change in Whitehall, with unified pay strategy for central government roles
Reform think tank calls for rethink on civil service management style as it predicts more than 130,000 administrative-level civil service jobs could be automated in the next ten years
Automation will need to be handled with sensitivity by managers – but any upgrade in public services must start with the workforce, argues Alexander Hitchcock of the Reform think tank
Cabinet Office’s role in protecting information “remains unclear within central government”, warns Public Accounts Commitee
£115,000-a-year up for grabs as department seeks permanent CDO
Praise for outgoing Rural Payments Agency chief after troubled period, as Defra announces that Paul Caldwell is stepping up to serve as interim CEO
Green light from the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee follows hearing in which he said the Government Statistical Service appeared to have been “downgraded” over the years
Watchdog cites failure to get Treasury agreement for scheme's lifetime funding as contributing factor to the cancellation of a £100m competition
Gordon Brown's former strategy chief and easyJet CEO among additions to new department's board
Data analysis must no longer be seen as role for policy professionals, says top civil servant, but as the "life blood of operational decision making"
Whitehall urged to "increase our specialist recruitment capability" by Government Digital Service adviser
Government must do more than just adapt to current processes if it is to make the most of the digital revolution. Colin Marrs reports on a round table, hosted by CSW and Cognizant, where officials discussed the importance of transformation in a fast-changing world
Data Science Accelerator programme adds a new hub as Government Digital Service aims to sharpen Whitehall's use of data
Just 13 of the 328 applications made by women to the digital and technology graduate scheme in 2015 were successful, according to new figures
With the end of 2016 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top officials to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2017 – and shed some light on their festive favourites. Graham Farrant, chief executive of the Land Registry, takes part in our annual perm secs round-up...
Repeatedly-delayed transformation strategy had been expected "before Christmas"
Five years after GDS was declared "open for business", PublicTechnology's Rebecca Hill looks back on the triumphs and troubles of a team that set out to radically change Whitehall's approach to IT and digital
Extra training for communications staff comes after stats watchdog said the DfE had tweeted a "misleading" claim on grammar schools
UK Statistics Authority says DfE's now-deleted grammar schools claim was based on incomparable data
New report by the Institute for Government flags skills gap, policy divide and officials' attitudes to digital as potential barrier to service transformation and big savings