Darren Jones: Digital ID will provide foundation for modern public services
11 Mar Digital, Data & Technology

Darren Jones: Digital ID will provide foundation for modern public services

Chief secretary to PM says Digital ID can save tens of millions of pounds each year by reducing need for call centres and paperwork
by Tevye Markson
MoD perm sec pledges anti-fraud performance will improve
09 Mar Digital, Data & Technology
MoD perm sec pledges anti-fraud performance will improve
Government's shared services strategy 'unlikely to reach full potential'
06 Mar Digital, Data & Technology
Government's shared services strategy 'unlikely to reach full potential'
Cyber profession plans unveiled
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Cyber profession plans unveiled
Amazon hosting deal with GDS doubles to £6.6m as minister fends off questions over UK chief’s advisory role
06 Oct 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Amazon hosting deal with GDS doubles to £6.6m as minister fends off questions over UK chief’s advisory role
New contract came into effect on 1 July, as minister claims "robust measures" in place to mitigate against possible conflicts of interest
GDS opens recruitment for chief executive
02 Oct 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
GDS opens recruitment for chief executive
Digital agency offers salary of £168k in search for first permanent head in more than a year
DWP to ‘create new digital function’ as BPDTS is brought back in-house
01 Oct 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
DWP to ‘create new digital function’ as BPDTS is brought back in-house
Union says move completes 'full circle' of change for outsourced benefits and pensions technology services
What sensitive data did the Home Office lose in Belgrade?
30 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
What sensitive data did the Home Office lose in Belgrade?
Department’s annual report shows, for the first time in many years, documents or data lost from a secure government building had to be reported to the ICO. CSW's sister title PublicTechnology finds out more.
DCMS names telecoms diversification task force after Huawei ban
28 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
DCMS names telecoms diversification task force after Huawei ban
A selection of telecoms executives and academics will help deliver a strategy to be published later this year
GOV.UK to trial personalised accounts
24 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
GOV.UK to trial personalised accounts
Citizens will be offered the chance to create an online login to government portal
NAO to probe transparency of government procurement during pandemic
21 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
NAO to probe transparency of government procurement during pandemic
Auditor general says spending watchdog will produce ‘detailed piece of work’
Companies House unveils clampdown on identity fraud among reforms
21 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Companies House unveils clampdown on identity fraud among reforms
BEIS executive agency to bar appointment of directors until verification checks are performed
DfID was one of government’s most data savvy departments. Preserving these skills will be a test of Whitehall reform
17 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
DfID was one of government’s most data savvy departments. Preserving these skills will be a test of Whitehall reform
DfID used data and analysis in a way that few other departments manage – and in a way that the government is keen to expand. How this is nurtured in the new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will be a key lesson
NHS contact tracing app to launch this month amid increasing test concerns
15 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
NHS contact tracing app to launch this month amid increasing test concerns
App launch announced as NHS Providers accuses government of not “being as open” with testing capacity problems
National Data Strategy promises to ‘tackle government culture of risk aversion’
14 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
National Data Strategy promises to ‘tackle government culture of risk aversion’
Document sets out ‘transforming government’s use of data’ as one of five missions
Rycroft reveals revised Twitter guidelines after Home Office’s ‘activist lawyers’ post
11 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Rycroft reveals revised Twitter guidelines after Home Office’s ‘activist lawyers’ post
Perm sec says additional layers of assurance have been introduced following the tweet, which he previously said ‘should not have been used on an official government channel’