Operational Delivery

Nick Smallwood replaces Tony Meggs at joint Treasury and Cabinet Office agency

Site due to go live next year

Any day rates over £750 require ministerial sign off from this month under 'enhanced approvals' process, Cabinet Office chief tells PACAC

Department floats two-year contact to support delivery of tech and infrastructure

Meg Hillier also queries “surprising” lack of ministerial directions for some Brexit-related spending

Inspectorate sounds alarm after finding high levels of violence and self-harm at HMP Bristol

Grade 6 post will have join team developing the National Data Strategy

Theresa May announces boost to powers of Competition and Markets Authority to improve protection for consumers

Tech giant announced that next version of iOS will permit third-party access to near-field communications

Isabel Hardman’s examination of the inhabitants of parliament reveals some of the factors that have contributed to the country’s current crisis, writes Anthony Fitzsimmons

£22bn scheme has exposed the government to significant risk and has tied up significant public financial capacity says NAO

Department creates digital system for call centre workers to take information

Civil servants could be either ‘too fresh or too jaded’ to maximise no-deal Brexit preparation for October, highlights think tank

Department implements controls to prevent fraudsters calling citizens from numbers that appear legitimate

Troubled background-checking agency appoints local authority boss to top job

CCS issues contract notice for £380m online system

Heather Savory to join UN data body as hunt for new national statistician continues

A vivid account by a meritocratic polymath, Lord Levene’s memoirs leave Peter Hennessy pondering why peacetime Britain produces so few ‘fixers’ of his calibre

Job spec states that the candidate will be required to lead the shift from a policy department to a greater operational focus

Minister reveals cost of building online service

Department says Future Recruiting Programme will improve on “overly complex” predecessor scheme

Watchdog notes progress with post-Brexit trade agreements as well as capacity issues

Justice secretary David Gauke says his plans will create a “smarter justice system that reduces repeat crime”

Workers set for two-day walkout as departmental managers are accused of dragging feet on recruitment