Digital, Data & Technology

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

HM Courts and Tribunals Service remains confident it will deliver on reform plan, despite auditors warning of financial, technological, and legislative challenges

Government Digital Service reveals new model was road-tested with four departments

Newly updated policy implements a pipeline model which could make it easier for departments to self-approve 'business-as-usual' spending

Research from Dods ranks the performance of 29 of the government’s biggest IT suppliers

Government officials reported to have suggested that those applying for the right to remain in the UK could borrow a friend’s Android device

Treasury Committee chair seeks assurances on tax agency’s “approach to international cooperation in the fight against economic crime”

Department points to £185m extra Brexit funding after PAC criticises its lack of preparation

Permanent secretary Tom Scholar outlines tests done by department to ensure financial settlement figure is robust