Digital, Data & Technology

Watchdog says rapid timescale lacked “economic assessment of its implications”, ramping programme’s complexity and cost

Senior manager will develop data sharing tools and practices

Role of government’s central digital team is evolving but central oversight is still required on policies such as IT disaggregation, minister tells PublicTechnology

Cabinet Office admits its initial bid to fill “probably the biggest and most important security job in the UK today” was "unsuccessful"

Rob Thompson takes position as department’s technology leader after four years at DWP

Treasury guidance encourages departments to offer “unreasonable certainty in timelines, costs and benefits”, IfG report finds

DCMS response to select committee report reveals move to tackle online manipulation by creating agreed definitions of ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’ 

National Cyber Security Centre annual report reveals it has dealt with 1,100 cyber attacks in its first two years

Penelope Endersby becomes agency’s first female boss seven months after Rob Varley quits

Tom Smith, managing director of the ONS Data Science Campus, tells CSW's sister title PublicTechnology how and why he wants to 'move the needle' for the use of data across the public sector

Five of the service’s seven existing commercial partners will assume responsibility for the product

Consultation analysis underscores weight of organised opposition to Cameron-era proposals ditched by May regime

PAC chair Meg Hillier says department has “very serious questions” to answer over delayed rollout of emergency communications system

New digital services will help Defra protect against environmental hazards and improve communication, it said

But think tank warns the needs of staff rather than new technology should drive change

Mayank Prakash, who was named CIO of the year in 2016, set to return to the private sector

The emergency services’ outgoing Airwave network will stay in place for at least three years 

Think-tank flags gaps in government transparency ahead of National Data Strategy

MPs say expanding the remit of the FCA is the quickest way to stop investors facing “numerous risks”

Norman Lamb has asked the information commissioner to respond to his committee's call for people to be given a legal way to challenge the outcome of decisions made using algorithms

Research shows public-sector entities are far more trusted than commercial counterparts

Government won't commit to publishing a list of how and where departments use algorithms and to appoint a “ministerial champion” to oversee their use.

National Audit Office says decision to establish single provider has caused expensive backlogs and increased staff costs by 17%

Long-serving digital government professional departing at the end of the month to pursue new opportunities