Unions slam Reform UK plans to oust perm secs and cut 68,500 jobs
15 Dec Digital, Data & Technology

Unions slam Reform UK plans to oust perm secs and cut 68,500 jobs

Party announces more details of civil service reform policies including weakening pensions in favour of higher bonuses, increasing office working and big cuts to policy profession
by Tevye Markson
Civil Service Pension Scheme: Cabinet Office issues update on technical issues
17 Dec Digital, Data & Technology
Civil Service Pension Scheme: Cabinet Office issues update on technical issues
Government scraps cross-department chief digital officer role
09 Dec Digital, Data & Technology
Government scraps cross-department chief digital officer role
OBR chair Richard Hughes quits over Budget-document bungle
02 Dec Digital, Data & Technology
OBR chair Richard Hughes quits over Budget-document bungle
Suppliers see progress in government tech-savviness, research finds
19 Jul 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
Suppliers see progress in government tech-savviness, research finds
But tech firms also see continued challenges, including overlapping frameworks and lack of clarity on social-value requirements
DCMS consultancy spending quadruples in two years
14 Jul 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
DCMS consultancy spending quadruples in two years
Money spent on external advice increased fourfold overnight
Data watchdog calls for review into use of WhatsApp and private email in government
13 Jul 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
Data watchdog calls for review into use of WhatsApp and private email in government
ICO's investigation into instant messaging by DHSC officials and ministers during pandemic concludes
UCL boss named civil service chief people officer
12 Jul 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
UCL boss named civil service chief people officer
Fiona Ryland joins alongside former HMRC and NHS staffer Mike Potter, who has been appointed chief digital officer
'Disappointing': Cabinet Office rejects call for more transparency about secretive FoI unit
12 Jul 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
'Disappointing': Cabinet Office rejects call for more transparency about secretive FoI unit
Government says releasing more data on the FoI Clearing House would be a “disproportionate use of resources”
Read the summer 2022 issue of CSW: A Portrait of the Civil Service
04 Jul 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
Read the summer 2022 issue of CSW: A Portrait of the Civil Service
Officials working in some of the many organisations and functions that make up government give us a glimpse inside their world
Home Office perm sec hits back at calls to privatise HM Passport Office
27 Jun 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
Home Office perm sec hits back at calls to privatise HM Passport Office
Hotline performance disproves the argument that “the way to reduce the size of the civil service is to privatise it", Rycroft says
Commons to delete MPs' attendance data after pressure from ministers
22 Jun 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
Commons to delete MPs' attendance data after pressure from ministers
Change comes after Jacob Rees-Mogg slams “lefty Freedom of Information request"
DWP's repeated failures to publish research could undermine trust, MPs warn
20 Jun 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
DWP's repeated failures to publish research could undermine trust, MPs warn
Committee demands explanation for lack of transparency, pointing to nine failures to release information
Government hopes to announce new chief digital officer ‘very shortly’
13 Jun 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
Government hopes to announce new chief digital officer ‘very shortly’
Process to recruit tech supremo is now in its ‘final stages’
'Previous digital and data strategies were long in aspiration and short in delivery': Why this time is different
13 Jun 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
'Previous digital and data strategies were long in aspiration and short in delivery': Why this time is different
The new three-year plan for government’s use of digital and data includes a commitment to improve scores of departments’ biggest services, Alex Chisholm says
Wall of silence surrounds plan for nationwide collection of citizens’ internet records
07 Jun 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
Wall of silence surrounds plan for nationwide collection of citizens’ internet records
Online notice reveals controversial trials are to be expanded into a national service – about which government, law enforcement, watchdogs and all the UK’s major ISPs declined to answer questions