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What’s the opposite of outsourcing? Insourcing, of course – and the DVLA has just given it a go. As the driver agency moves more than 300 IT staff in-house, Matt Foster caught up with chief executive Oliver Morley and outgoing chief technology officer Iain Patterson

Central government digital team gets councils to close down unused gov.uk sites

Beyond the comfort zone: Andrew Rogoyski, head of cyber security services at global IT supplier CGI, tells Civil Service World about an eye-opening secondment working on cyber security in the Cabinet Office

As the government’s most senior medical adviser, it’s Dame Sally Davies’ job to stand up for hard evidence and grapple with some of the country’s biggest health challenges. Matt Foster meets her

Cabinet Office director of open data and government innovation Paul Maltby named as new director of data

MoJ digital services manager Gavin Bell shares insight into government’s digital challenges as he steps down from role for private sector post

Former attorney general – and recent critic of government's human rights plans – elected to lead the Intelligence and Security Committee

PCS and Prospect members at the Natural Environment Research Council take half-day action over 1% cap and progression pay move

Health data programme still awaiting sign-off from watchdog

Transformation programme director Michael Beaven takes up post with private firm after four years at the Government Digital Service

The countryside and climate change were strangely absent from the election campaign and the Queen’s Speech. Why – and what does this mean for DECC, Defra and the governance of the environment? Mark Rowe reports

Government Digital Service chief Mike Bracken says government still on a "journey" in encouraging citizens to opt for online transactions with the state

GDS confirms Digital Services framework will be overhauled after user feedback

How can government tackle increasing complexity? Joshua Chambers examines international approaches to solving such knotty problems as climate change, immigration and terrorism

Tom Karsten – a Royal Navy real admiral – is named as the new CEO of Cefas

Tom Read leaves chief technology officer job at the Cabinet Office as CTO brief is rolled into new chief digital officer role

Policy-makers around the world are using open data to bolster their development programmes, says Liz Carolan of the Open Data Institute

Across the world, central and local governments are doing more to share common IT systems. Joshua Chambers looks at global examples of “government as a platform”

As winners of the Analysis and Use of Evidence Award at the 2014 Civil Service Awards, DfID’s Humanitarian Innovation and Evidence Programme is at the forefront of Whitehall’s shift towards evidence-based policy. Sarah Aston meets team leader Dr Joanna Macrae

Cutting-edge communications and training campaigns are using the theories and technologies behind the best video games, says Joshua Chambers

If we are serious about creating a sustainable future, we must make Whitehall fit for the challenge, says environmental policy analyst and former government adviser Duncan Brack

Cabinet Office says contracts for private firms running public services will include 'presumption in favour of disclosing information' to the public

Science and Technology Committee says that while departments have made progress on use of evidence, cuts could undermine UK's long-term scientific capability

Journalist, doctor and academic Ben Goldacre - author of the acclaimed books Bad Science and Bad Pharma - tells CSW what works and what doesn't in the civil service