Digital, Data & Technology

Government looks to create up to 50 different tests for candidates

Supply-teaching and facilities-management frameworks will be among first to be hosted on new web store, as procurement agency also looks to refresh underlying e-sourcing technology

Department insists ‘no decisions have been made’ on extending current arrangements

Former Cabinet Office minister claims there are ‘worrying signs’ progress has slipped

HMRC seeks to appoint ‘ID issuer’ to comply with EU legislation and tackle £2bn annual tax gap caused by illicit tobacco trade 

Select committee report calls for algorithms to be added to a ministerial brief, and urges departments to publicly declare where and how they use them

Cabinet Office advertises for replacement for Campbell McCafferty, who has held the role since it was created in 2016

NAO criticises failure of both parties to recognise complexity of contract to simultaneously run and cut primary care support services

Oliver Dowden, whose ministerial brief contains responsibility for GDS, has claimed that the recent move of data policy to DCMS ‘should not be seen as a change of direction’

Competition launched for IT and digital specialists to propose solutions to societal problems

HM Courts and Tribunals Service remains confident it will deliver on reform plan, despite auditors warning of financial, technological, and legislative challenges

Government Digital Service reveals new model was road-tested with four departments