Digital, Data & Technology

Platform to contain information from councils and bus operations across England

Public Accounts Committee chair publishes list of “departments of concern”

Update highlights progress made on ensuring new customs system is ready to handle additional workload caused by EU exit

Natalie Black to join Department for International Trade representing UK interests in Asia Pacific region

ICO investigating tax agency after investigation by advocacy group Big Brother Watch 

Civil servants think rank-and-file politicians need private briefings on Universal Credit implementation and other big changes 

Strategy launched to link up government actuaries, economists, engineers, operational researchers, scientists, social researchers, statisticians and data scientists

Immigration minister yesterday outlined the “three easy steps” for EU nationals in the UK to apply for settlement scheme

Digital engagement leaders tell PublicTechnology about the department’s use of Twitter and LinkedIn to interact with citizens and potential and current employees

Select committee chair accuses senior civil servants running reform of being in ‘La La Land’ as report says changes may never have intended benefits

Move follows the earlier transfer of data policymakers

Women and Equalities Committee calls for urgent action to improve data collection across government

Team that delivered the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will continue to exist to support Theresa May as chair in office

Government looks to create up to 50 different tests for candidates

Supply-teaching and facilities-management frameworks will be among first to be hosted on new web store, as procurement agency also looks to refresh underlying e-sourcing technology

Department insists ‘no decisions have been made’ on extending current arrangements

Former Cabinet Office minister claims there are ‘worrying signs’ progress has slipped

HMRC seeks to appoint ‘ID issuer’ to comply with EU legislation and tackle £2bn annual tax gap caused by illicit tobacco trade 

Select committee report calls for algorithms to be added to a ministerial brief, and urges departments to publicly declare where and how they use them

Cabinet Office advertises for replacement for Campbell McCafferty, who has held the role since it was created in 2016

NAO criticises failure of both parties to recognise complexity of contract to simultaneously run and cut primary care support services

Oliver Dowden, whose ministerial brief contains responsibility for GDS, has claimed that the recent move of data policy to DCMS ‘should not be seen as a change of direction’

Competition launched for IT and digital specialists to propose solutions to societal problems