Digital, Data & Technology

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"

Ahead of the State Opening of Parliament, think tank says slim Commons majority and tough Spending Review settlements mean government would be wise to focus on key priorities 

MPs says Rural Payments Agency "must communicate clearly with its customers and ensure that it is appropriately resourced" to avoid repeat of the delays faced by farmers waiting on Common Agricultural Payments

Study by Tech UK and Dods Research finds gap between vision and reality on departments' digital transformation plans

New body to be set up amid concerns over the use of big data, with Cabinet Office also drawing up new framework for government data science

Cabinet Office minister says distributed ledgers could offer a "better way" of monitoring the distribution of government cash

Open data organisation co-founded by Sir Tim Berners-Lee says proposed model for the privately-owned Land Registry "appears very similar to historic examples of long-term outsourcing deals and risks repeating the same mistakes"

Two new proposed tenders aim to simplify mobile working through use of the cloud

Online payments firm Stripe – which handles payments for Kickstarter – among those chosen in revamped approach to government merchant services

Standards and Testing Agency chief executive Jennifer Coupland blames "failure to follow appropriate clearance processes" and apologises to parents and teachers

Two new data and statistics centres to be created at the Office for National Statistics HQ in Newport, while an “increased London presence” is planned to improve its the organisations relationship with users

Government's top IT official taking on newly-created role of national technology adviser

New digital hire will head up plan to help departments share common digital platforms and oversee budget "in excess" of £15m a year

Criminal Justice Joint Inspection report highlights "significant progress" needed on digital overhaul of the justice system – with continued manual entry and lack of join-up

GDS executive director says central government digital team must ensure Whitehall "embraces the change, rather than trying to avoid it"

Move designed to allow public sector buyers to complete existing procurements before the switch

Cyber Security Operations Centre to focus on protecting the Ministry of Defence's own networks from attack

Decade-long IT contract – underpinning £500bn in tax revenue – to come to an early end

Culture minister Ed Vaizey says a central government drive is needed to join up disparate digital technology initiatives being pursued by departments in isolation

Cabinet Office's Warren Smith wants service to become the first port of call for procurement

Canadian privacy commissioner who has been arguing for a “duty to record” named as preferred candidate to replace Christopher Graham

New data science projects given the go-ahead in this week’s Budget will give the nation richer and more precise economic figures, the Office for National Statistics has said

Budget pledges a further £71m investment in HMRC's frontline operations "to improve the service it provides taxpayers".

RPA boss says failings over scheme to pay EU farmers "will live with me for many years" – but says "almost all" outstanding 2015 payments will be made by the end of this month