Digital, Data & Technology

Paul Caldwell confirmed as permanent head of troubled Defra distribution arm

Jem Eskenazi leaves European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to join UK’s official export credit agency 

Study finds Whitehall is the world’s most effective civil service for generating policy, but falls down ranking in areas like financial management and digital services

Firms representing 40% of central government procurement spending agree to quicken payments to tackle £26bn backlog

Taking a punt on a start-up is better than explaining costly failures to the Public Accounts Committee, according to Daniel Korski

NAO says the department’s efforts to tackle online fraud are ‘not proportionate to the threat’

Plan would have formed part of government drive to encourage a cashless society

Full range of responsibilities in the department, including for the civil service, yet to be set out

Cloud Industry Forum finds widespread confusion and degree of apathy among UK organisations in regards to GDPR

Drive to boost digital public services needs renewed political leadership after the election, says think tank

Public sector CIOs may get below average salaries and bonuses, but they’re still among the happiest of IT leaders

Government should look ‘very seriously’ at investing more in both cyber security and training, as investigation - and finger-pointing - over WannaCry continue

Governments must start taking cyber security as seriously as physical military security, according to Microsoft’s president, in the wake of the attack which affected the NHS on Friday.

Advert for team of six with a £600,000 budget comes as former privacy adviser calls for a total review and reset of the government’s identity assurance services

Wash-up period sees government compromise to rush crucial tax legislation through House of Commons

Outgoing civil service commissioners highlight concerns that pay restrictions are limiting the attractiveness of some posts, while slow recruitment processes stop departments hiring top candidates

Former Cabinet Office minister says his perception of the civil service went “downhill a lot” during the coalition government

Think tank says data dashboards have the potential to mislead and urges government to boost staff’s data science skills

Newport campus part of £17m investment in new technology and data sources

Watchdog warns demands of service pressures, major projects and Brexit are outpacing Whitehall’s capacity to deliver at a time of staffing restrictions and spending restraint

Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood among those to welcome appointment to top security post

Cabinet Office summons Google to answer concerns over video-sharing subsidiary

Auditor general says he has support for plan from Whitehall permanent secretaries