Digital, Data & Technology

Official watchdog investigation also revealed former universities minister Jo Johnson interfered in recruitment process 

Environment select committee calls on department to analyse impact of Brexit on agriculture and introduce fund for UK farmers

Department plans ‘modernisation’ of its work to collect more than £1bn owed to the government each year

Inquiry by MPs found immigration and border system already understaffed, with problems likely to be compounded by uncertainty over Brexit

Tax agency will move 2,700 staff to second Scottish regional centre by 2021

Head of the watchdog, Elizabeth Denham, says ICO will be expected to do “more of everything” as strict new data compliance law comes down the track

Union flags webinar frustration as 1,000 staff fear for jobs

All government departments will sign the Tech Talent Charter, including a pledge to submit anonymised diversity data

BEIS and DCMS seeking head for new jointly run Office for Artificial Intelligence

Plan also proposes “radically” reducing pay differentials between director general roles across departments, but any pay increase above the 1% cap in 2018-19 will need to be paid for by productivity improvements

Perm sec Richard Heaton admitted to being “startled and stunned” by the over-ambitious scheme

Government Communications Service director Alex Aiken says social media team will ‘reclaim a fact-based public debate’

Official statistics body launches audit of inequalities data and signals desire to work closely with rest of government and civil society

New deputy director will lead centralised team helping Whitehall manage the digital implications of leaving the EU while maintaining longer-term transformation goals

Department seeks supplier to bring two programmes under single service-management structure in £200m-plus project

Reform hailed as evidence of One Team government approach to improving how Whitehall works

Department launches three-year plan to boost digital, data and technology offer

Organisation recruiting for role heading up ‘small, but growing team’

Treasury committee launches inquiry into the impact of childcare policy on the economy, which will include HMRC’s role

Supplier sought to kick off project by engaging with the big four mobile network operators

Candidate will also be tasked with leading review of how legislation could be modernised following EU withdrawal

PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall examined the challenges and rewards of driving the government's digital transformation

Prime minister insists Home Office chief-turned-national-security-adviser can decline request to appear

Current academy leader Sweeney reveals impending move to Australia, as skills and training organisation also lifts lid on plans to collaborate more with other governments