Digital, Data & Technology

Civil service Fast Track apprentice scheme and Fast Stream will include cyber security strands as part of government drive to boost cyber skills 

No Whitehall talks for Sturgeon, off-payroll fines, Maude's Lords rumours & the end of 'catastrophic' Whitehall IT - our regular wrap of Whitehall headlines

The government's customer service must better suit user needs, according to a CSW webchat

Government Digital Services director Mike Bracken predicts shakeup for Whitehall structures as a result of digital service delivery

Cabinet Office releases social media guidance to get more officials online

UK transparency ranking demonstrates “felt accountability”, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude

The government has reversed a decision to remove agile development services from the Digital Marketplace after criticisms of their new home on the Digital Services framework (DS).

The civil service’s first chief executive has an ambitious agenda to define the next era of Whitehall reform – whatever those “damn politicians” might be planning. Jess Bowie meets him

The government is to undertake further consultation on proposed new laws aimed at requiring public sector bodies to accept electronic invoices, after a consultation raised fears over costs

Keith Foggon was appointed as the first director of digital forensics and intelligence at the Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA’s) Cartels and Criminal Group (CCG), on Friday 5 December. 

Further cuts and reforms in Whitehall could save an extra £10bn by 2017/18, George Osborne announced in his Autumn Statement earlier today. But where are the cuts coming from?