Digital, Data & Technology

National Audit Office updates MPs on HMRC's progress to replace Aspire

Cabinet Office minister says we must recognise “just how much” tech skills are rewarded outside the civil service

Party leaders call for deadline extension after government website crashes under pressure

Common Technology Service director details joined-up approach to handle “£8bn in contract exits”

Latest ranking of digital services in the EU puts UK top for open data – but slipping on use of online forms

Latest revisions to the tax authority's Single Departmental Plan include customer service targets and aim of getting staff engagement up to civil service-wide average

National Audit Office says customer service hit by tax authority's decision to reduce staff numbers before online switch was ready – but HMRC says it is now offering its "best service levels in years"

Cabinet Office promises new multi agency incident transfer protocol will help improve response to major incidents like terror attacks and floods

Online verification service passes service assessment, as Janet Hughes vows to listen and learn as scheme is introduced across departments

Tech entrepreneur and government digital adviser tells The House magazine that Government Digital Service was right to  "go fast" in its early years – but says reform efforts must not become "balkanised" in separate departments

Government unveils latest push to ease public sector data-sharing

Crown Commercial Service to roll out the Open Contracting Data Standard across Whitehall by the autumn, as Cabinet Office acknowledges current contracts info acting as a "barrier to suppliers and businesses"