Digital, Data & Technology

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

Department floats two-year contact to support delivery of tech and infrastructure

Problems affected ‘a very small number’ of the 350,000 businesses now signed up for digital platform, according to perm sec

Tweaks for 2019 include Public Value Framework sections but IfG warns openness project is still very much a work in progress

PCS says Mitie move for new regional hubs prompts “very real concerns” over staff safety

Home Office to pay extra £82m to Motorola as contract for service roll-out extended

Union criticises government’s £46.9m spent with supplier in 2018

Cunnington says new role is a "fantastic opportunity to build on our achievements at GDS"

Grade 6 post will have join team developing the National Data Strategy

Tech giant announced that next version of iOS will permit third-party access to near-field communications