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    Digital, Data & Technology

    Keep up-to-date with the latest Digital, Data & Technology news from Civil Service World
    HMRC 'regularly has to persuade people not to retire'... and six other things we learnt at PublicTechnology Live
    06 Mar Digital, Data & Technology

    HMRC 'regularly has to persuade people not to retire'... and six other things we learnt at PublicTechnology Live

    Tech roadblocks for driving theory tests, how government online services can improve and more
    by SA Mathieson
    DVLA criticised for ‘antiquated’ operations and unclear modernisation strategy
    17 Mar Digital, Data & Technology
    DVLA criticised for ‘antiquated’ operations and unclear modernisation strategy
    TikTok banned on government devices in new security rules
    16 Mar Digital, Data & Technology
    TikTok banned on government devices in new security rules
    Union 'wins significant concessions' that could end HMCTS dispute
    14 Mar Digital, Data & Technology
    Union 'wins significant concessions' that could end HMCTS dispute
    G-Cloud 6 tender postponed
    29 Oct 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    G-Cloud 6 tender postponed

    The government has delayed publication of the tender for the next iteration of the G-Cloud framework until next month.


    Home Office’s IMS improving allegations management but could do better
    27 Oct 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    Home Office’s IMS improving allegations management but could do better

    The Home Office’s system of recording and assessing immigration and customs allegations is improving Home Office results but needs further work, said the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration’s report last week. 


    Labour mulls regional GDS structure
    23 Oct 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    Labour mulls regional GDS structure

    Labour’s Digital Government Review could recommend a regional model for a local version of the Government Digital Service, shadow Cabinet Office Chi Onwurah has hinted.


    9 in 10 automatically transfer to Individual Electoral Registration (IER)
    22 Oct 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    9 in 10 automatically transfer to Individual Electoral Registration (IER)

    A Cabinet Office report released on Tuesday 21, October shows that nearly nine in ten people in England and Wales have been successfully added to the electoral register automatically through IER. 


    Departments ‘get nowhere’ without in-house capability, says digital chief
    07 Oct 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    Departments ‘get nowhere’ without in-house capability, says digital chief

    Departments will “get absolutely nowhere” on reforming their services if they don’t have their own in-house digital capability, Paul Shetler, chief digital officer at the Ministry of Justice (furthest right), has warned.


    Manzoni made civil service CE as ‘Two Years On’ report maps out future reforms
    02 Oct 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    Manzoni made civil service CE as ‘Two Years On’ report maps out future reforms

    John Manzoni, the chief executive of the Major Projects Authority, has been named as the new chief executive of the civil service.


    200 start civil service apprenticeship scheme this week
    18 Sep 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    200 start civil service apprenticeship scheme this week

    A total of 200 18-21-year-olds are this week starting the government’s civil service Fast Track apprenticeship scheme.


    New government deputy CTO starts this week
    05 Sep 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    New government deputy CTO starts this week

    Former Credit Suisse chief information officer Magnus Falk has this week started his new role as government deputy chief technology officer, one of 100 senior digital specialists brought into government over the past year.


    NAO: HMRC ‘should urgently invest’ in commercial skills
    23 Jul 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    NAO: HMRC ‘should urgently invest’ in commercial skills

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) “should urgently invest in its operational, technical and commercial skills,” a report by the National Audit Office has found.


    Voting is now open
    22 Jul 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    Voting is now open

    In the first of a series of articles examining digital services, Tim Gibson explains online voter registration – a new IT system lying at the very heart of our democracy.


    care.data is back, with pilot in 500 GP practices
    18 Jul 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    care.data is back, with pilot in 500 GP practices

    The government’s controversial patient record-sharing programme care.data, paused in February after noisy opposition, will be restarted as a pilot this autumn, according to NHS England’s national director for patients and information Tim Kelsey.


    Official no longer at MoD after £70m IT contract error
    17 Jul 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    Official no longer at MoD after £70m IT contract error

    An official responsible for an IT contracting error which cost the Ministry of Defence (MoD) £70m is no longer working for the department, its permanent secretary Jon Thompson told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on 16 June​.


    Government outsourcing spend up by 23%
    27 Jun 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    Government outsourcing spend up by 23%

    Government spending on outsourcing contracts rose by 23% to £1.2bn between 2012 and 2013, bringing the two-year total to £2.3bn, while expenditure in most other sectors fell by between 1% and 20%, according to analysis of public sector transactions carried out by the Institute for Government (IfG).


    Policy Exchange calls for training
    12 Jun 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    Policy Exchange calls for training

    The Civil Service Competency Framework should be updated to require all staff to have minimum skills in critical thinking, quantitative analysis and digital skills, according to think tank Policy Exchange.


    More training needed for cloud IT
    02 Jun 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    More training needed for cloud IT

    The majority  (88%) of civil servants believe their department needs more training in order to be able to take advantage of cloud computing, according to a survey carried out by Civil Service World and cloud services provider Eduserv.



     


    Get UK online, says think-tank
    29 May 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    Get UK online, says think-tank

    Policy Exchange, a right-leaning think-tank, has called on the government to spend £875m on digitally educating the 6.2m people who aren’t currently using the internet, bringing Britain’s entire population online by 2020.


    DWP to launch second digital academy this summer in Leeds
    12 May 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    DWP to launch second digital academy this summer in Leeds

    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is to open a second digital academy for its civil servants working in the North of England


    Poll shows public fears on data sharing
    30 Apr 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    Poll shows public fears on data sharing

    Three quarters of British people view strong data security as the most important feature of government’s online services, according to a survey carried out by YouGov for Deloitte, and nearly one fifth of people avoid using digital services because they don’t want to share data online.


    BIS and digital team reveal cross-Whitehall ICT inclusion strategy
    17 Apr 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    BIS and digital team reveal cross-Whitehall ICT inclusion strategy

    The Government Digital Service (GDS) and the business department (BIS) will establish a cross-government digital capability and skills programme to help citizens use digital services.


    IfG: Universal Credit accountability questions remain unanswered
    07 Feb 2014 Digital, Data & Technology
    IfG: Universal Credit accountability questions remain unanswered

    Serious questions remain about accountability for Universal Credit in light of Robert Devereux and Iain Duncan Smith’s latest appearance before MPs, the Institute for Government has said.


    UK digital champion steps down
    29 Nov 2013 Digital, Data & Technology
    UK digital champion steps down

    Baroness Martha Lane Fox is stepping down from her role as the government’s digital champion, after more than three years in the job.


    Gov.uk to adapt after digital capability review spots comms ‘frustration’
    28 Nov 2013 Digital, Data & Technology
    Gov.uk to adapt after digital capability review spots comms ‘frustration’

    The gov.uk website is to be adapted to ensure that the civil service communications profession can more easily use it to run campaigns, the government’s executive director for communications Alex Aiken (pictured below) has told Civil Service World.


    Letter from New Zealand: How we've taken inspiration from the UK's digital public services
    30 Aug 2013 Digital, Data & Technology
    Letter from New Zealand: How we've taken inspiration from the UK's digital public services

    New Zealand's civil service believes that their central government needs one single web portal. Their digital team write about how they’ve taken inspiration from gov.uk.


    Fast progress on digital agenda
    04 Jul 2013 Digital, Data & Technology
    Fast progress on digital agenda

    Of all the agendas set out last year in the government’s Civil Service Reform Plan, the fastest progress is being made on ‘digital by default’, a CSW survey has found. Over half (53%) of civil servants said their organisation is making rapid or steady progress on this agenda, and 55% said that the reform would 'dramatically' or 'significantly' improve the civil service.


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