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Former Cabinet Office minister claims there are ‘worrying signs’ progress has slipped
HMRC seeks to appoint ‘ID issuer’ to comply with EU legislation and tackle £2bn annual tax gap caused by illicit tobacco trade
John Manzoni meets the winners of the 2018 BT Infinity Awards
Select committee report calls for algorithms to be added to a ministerial brief, and urges departments to publicly declare where and how they use them
Department issues contract notice seeking external supplier for two-year contract to install unified communications environment
Oliver Dowden, whose ministerial brief contains responsibility for GDS, has claimed that the recent move of data policy to DCMS ‘should not be seen as a change of direction’
The National Health Service is sitting on a goldmine of patient information, but identifying how best to tap its rich seams is very much a work in progress. SA Mathieson reports. Photography by Paul Heartfield
Competition launched for IT and digital specialists to propose solutions to societal problems
Ahead of next week’s Sprint 18 event, GDS director general Kevin Cunnington outlines the organisation’s focus areas for the coming months, and its achievements of the past two years
Many internationally lauded ideas for improving how government work have come from the UK – but even when they are copied many in the civil service view central reforming units like the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit to the Government Digital Service as irritants. This should change, says Andrew Greenway
Newly updated policy implements a pipeline model which could make it easier for departments to self-approve 'business-as-usual' spending
Research from Dods ranks the performance of 29 of the government’s biggest IT suppliers
Government officials reported to have suggested that those applying for the right to remain in the UK could borrow a friend’s Android device
Existing operations chief to switch to post heading up organisation’s Brexit team
MPs criticise department for not knowing where to spend £7bn pump-priming cashpot
National Audit Office found gaps of 18% across more than 100 critical skills including intelligence and engineering
Lords committee urges government to review procurement rules and develop a national AI strategy
Department recruits for leader of newly created unit dedicated to leading the data policy agenda
The civil service has made progress in the way it shares and uses data, but a recent round table concluded that officials must make sure they don’t lose momentum as they try to realise the full potential of big data across government. Mark Rowe reports.
Amid technology advances Tony Porter calls for extension of remit of Surveillance Camera Code of Practice
As mega-deal with Capgemini and Fujitsu nears conclusion, department advertises for professional to lead management of contracts with up to 200 technology suppliers
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
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