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Janet Hughes announces that she is to leave the flagship identity assurance scheme at the end of this week
Around 100 higher and further education staff are set to move over to the Department for Education – but the PCS union warns that many jobs are still at risk
Exclusive: Former Cabinet Office minister says nothing should be done to weaken the "central authority" of the Government Digital Service, as the United Nations' latest e-government index has Britain at the top for the first time
Announcement comes just days after the Public Accounts Committee urged consistent leadership on winding down of HMRC's major Aspire contract
Departure of Stephen Foreshew-Cain comes amid speculation over the future of the central GDS team
Key government-as-a-platform service moves a step closer
Former minister for the Cabinet Office also tells the Centre for Public Impact that he regrets not doing more to iron out civil servants' frustrations with technology
Department creates new unit at Marsham Street under stewardship of former chief technology officer Sarah Wilkinson
National Audit Office says HMRC must not make taxpayers "underwrite the risk of failure through service breakdowns" – as tax expert tells CSW the timetable for Making Tax Digital may need to be reset
Former minister for the Cabinet Office takes on the digital and culture brief in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Sir Andrew Cahn says seismic shifts in departmental structures risk significantly delaying crucial post-EU referendum policy work.
Bill focuses on removing the legal barriers stopping public bodies from exchanging information
Christopher Graham's final report as Information Commissioner highlights 15% rise in data protection concerns reported to the info watchdog
“When we are concerned about a service, we have learnt to have a much better discussion about how that could be improved," says GDS chief operating officer Alex Holmes
Drawn up by four civil servants in their spare time, the new digital Mentor Match service has won the backing of some of Whitehall’s top figures. Here the scheme’s founders explain how they did it — and how they hope to tear down the “barriers to entry” for officials looking for new skills and challenges
New survey by the Information Commissioner’s Office flags ongoing public concern about government use of data
National Digital Conference sees Cabinet Office minister, officials and tech suppliers focus on changing attitudes to digital and technology in the workplace – as well as the future of automation
Key government plan to create common digital platforms still needs explaining to civil service staff, new study finds
Cabinet Office minister says we must recognise “just how much” tech skills are rewarded outside the civil service
Common Technology Service director details joined-up approach to handle “£8bn in contract exits”
Latest ranking of digital services in the EU puts UK top for open data – but slipping on use of online forms
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills perm sec Martin Donnelly vows to ensure staff are "fully supported" as he confirms plan to shut Sheffield policy site by January 2018. CSW has full details and reaction from the PCS and FDA unions, Labour, and frontline staff
Tech entrepreneur and government digital adviser tells The House magazine that Government Digital Service was right to "go fast" in its early years – but says reform efforts must not become "balkanised" in separate departments
Cabinet Office’s Iain Patterson cautions against changing departmental tech for the sake of it, as he sheds more light on ‘Ocean Liner’ review of big government IT contracts