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Cabinet Office minister says we must recognise “just how much” tech skills are rewarded outside the civil service
Hilary Spencer lined up as new head of the Government Equalities Office
Balancing careers in the European Commission and corporate world with a young family have given Ian William Vollbracht and his wife valuable insights into having it all - some of the time
Janet Hill, civil service disability inclusion chief, discusses the innovative programmes that are helping disabled colleagues reach their full potential
Independent recruitment regulator says campaign group’s league table was factually wrong and misdirected
Acting permanent secretary poised to take on £340,000-a-year City of London role
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues on Dods People
Home Affairs Select Committee report contrasts staffing cuts with a 29% spike in asylum applications
Professor Malcolm Chalmers – who was consulted by the government as it drew up its 2010 and 2015 security reviews – says a vote to leave the European Union may mean reopening defence spending settlements
Information Commissioner Christopher Graham rejects argument that releasing information on former civil service chief Lord Kerslake's peerage would have a "chilling effect" on the honours system
New £160,000-a-year "Continuous Improvement Director" asked to track progress against commercial improvement plans departments have agreed with the Cabinet Office
Whitehall's HR directors asked to collect data on public interest concerns for the first time – with the majority of officials choosing to come forward anonymously
Exclusive: Opposition backs quotas on interview shortlists to address "glacial" pace on diversity in Whitehall's highest tier
Former cabinet minister Lord Waldegrave warns Cabinet Office against “actively seeking to damage” independent schools with plan to find out more about civil service applicants' backgrounds
The former Energy and Climate Change chief scientist, who died earlier this year, taught his department how to do policymaking without the hot air – by making the process data-led, iterative and open
Think tank focusing on effectivess of government names Prospect editor as new director following departure of Peter Riddell
Civil Service Board backs move to let key commercial staff work directly for the centre of government, potentially sitting outside of departmental pay and grading
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills perm sec Martin Donnelly vows to ensure staff are "fully supported" as he confirms plan to shut Sheffield policy site by January 2018. CSW has full details and reaction from the PCS and FDA unions, Labour, and frontline staff
Department for Business perm sec Martin Donnelly arrives to brief staff on possible St Paul's Place closure plans – as strike action continues
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"
Labour leader backs long-running aim of the Public and Commercial Services union, that would see an end to departmental chiefs setting their own pay for staff
Public and Commercial Services union general secretary says union must have “very important" debate about its future direction, and says PCS is "still standing" in spite of plans to end deduction of union fees from civil servants' pay packets