Digital, Data & Technology

Outgoing HMRC chief Sir Jon Thompson appointed to board of pan-public sector leadership scheme 

New post holder will be part of the cyber security officer’s senior leadership team

Alison Pritchard outlines her credentials as director general of GDS

Cabinet Office details full brief of Simon Hart and other Cabinet Office ministers

Regulator says department’s commercial did not make sufficiently clear what would need to be submitted in some cases

Launch of initiative follows troubled engagement with Capita

Move follows anger over working conditions and overtime payments, says PCS

Department recruiting for 19 roles in Digital Channels team

Department to spend up to £300k developing service through Alpha phase

Tax agency issues procurement alert for ‘notebook application’ for evidence-gathering

Department seeks leaders in the areas of digital enablement and cyber risk

Recently launched National Leadership Centre to create online platform allowing leading officials to seek each other out

Department tasks digital transformation specialist with helping prepare the way for use of AWS and Azure

Former University of Aberdeen vice-chancellor to take up role after first recruitment process comes up empty

Organisation’s Brexit head takes top job

John Manzoni highlights the progress being made on the use of data as an asset to counter fraud, and invites civil servants and all interested sectors to share and contribute to a government thought paper on how to do more

Department seeks team to come in conduct review of technical and cultural obstacles

More people are accessing more online services, department claims, but 'large amount of uncertainty' remains around Brexit

Infrastructure and Projects Authority reveals Brexit may be improving project delivery across government through more efficient ways of working

PACAC concludes dual roles of producing and regulating official data compromise the public good in a climate of fake news 

Number of staff taking courses has more than trebled in last three years

Department signs ‘digital charter’ with 15 companies

Site due to go live next year

Regulator publishes Openness by Design three-year plan