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Department recruiting for senior digital professional to oversee development and design teams
FDA civil service union lambasts report that names and shames top-earning DWP civil servants
Collation of performance-dashboard stats by CSW sister site PublicTechnology.net shows department is conducting almost all its transactions digitally, while other departments struggle to reach two thirds
Newly-launched unit – which grew out of DWP predecessor – is offering 10 courses in four cities
While the civil service has shrunk dramatically, its volume and proportion of IT and digital professionals have gone up and up, ONS data reveals
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