Audit Scotland suggests five principles for digital project success
Audit Scotland, the independent body responsible for auditing most of Scotland’s public organisations, has released a new report detailing five key principles that public bodies should use to deliver digital projects.
UK retains pole position on open data
World Wide Web Foundation, founded by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, releases the fourth edition...
Tony Singleton to leave the civil service
G-Cloud pioneer will leave his current job at the Institute for Apprenticeships at the end of...
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Don’t be embarrassed to talk about failure, councils told
New Local Government Network report on collaborating to innovate urges councils to trial new ideas, host hack days and be honest about work that didn’t have an impact
Defra publishes nine principles for 'better data that's better used'
Principles call for data that is open, well-maintained, easy to find and simple to use
Peers to create committee on AI to weigh up arguments of ‘techno-optimists’ and ‘techno-pessimists’
Liaison Committee announces decisions on new committees, as failed application for ad hoc inquiry into national identity cards questioned
Former Cameron adviser launches scheme to get tech start-ups into Whitehall with big-name backers
GovStart programme gives small companies the chance to learn from GDS leaders past and present and access part of £320bn global market
Demos: Whitehall needs to understand the limitations of big data tools
Think tank says data dashboards have the potential to mislead and urges government to boost staff’s data science skills
GDS chief operating officer to join DCMS
Alex Holmes announced that he is to become deputy director of cyber security at the department
Refreshed NHS strategy names digital exemplars and pledges to encourage app innovation
Next Steps on the Five Year Forward View says the aim is for hospitals to choose a hospital they to work with - ‘not merely an IT vendor’
Cabinet Office announces first Scottish cyber security research centre of excellence
University of Edinburgh one of two newcomers to scheme
Treasury Committee: ‘Collapse in confidence’ in HMRC’s customs IT system
Committee chairman asks to see contingency plans for replacement of existing customs programme as doubt is cast on readiness for Brexit
Contracting site claims half of contractors could be caught inside IR35 as deadline looms
Analysis comes amid reports that the contractors behind HMRC’s own tax status assessment tool are set to leave the public sector because of the clampdown
GDS publishes framework to signpost digital, data and technology career paths
Taxonomy sets out career paths and capabilities for 37 roles
Verify business case ‘undermined’ by its performance, as GDS ‘struggle to adapt’ to changing role
NAO says GDS has a ‘long way to go’ in a report that lays bare the problems faced by the government's flagship identity assurance programme Verify
Data reveals imbalance in effort-to-gain ratio for GDS spend controls team
NAO urges GDS to use ‘proportionate effort’ on spend controls as data shows lowest cost digital projects take up most of the spend controls team's time but deliver the smallest savings
Scottish government launches its first register
Authoritative list of Scottish local authorities enters alpha as Whitehall announces registers of government organisations, prisons and administrative regions
NAO: DWP child maintenance systems struggled with IT problems
IT errors on two of the government’s Child Support Agency schemes - which are in the process of being closed - led to backlogs and miscalculations, according to a report
The National Archives sets out two-year plan to ensure digital future
Archives Unlocked strategy focuses on the potential of digital to increase resilience and innovation, as £1m fund set to boost digital training
DWP seeks user-centric service designers with policy skills
Lead service designer role offered at a salary of around £91,000
Statisticians need to ‘get beyond publishing the same numbers every month’
National statistician outlines ambitious plans for ONS Data Science Campus to 'mobilise the power of data’ for decision-making
DWP minister: Government ‘carefully considering’ wider blockchain benefits trial
House of Lords told small-scale trial using blockchain technology to help benefits claimants manage spending had yielded ‘encouraging results’
HMRC urged to undertake comprehensive pilot of Making Tax Digital as costs remain unclear
Detailed figures released by the Treasury reveal how much businesses are expected to have to spend on hardware, software and training
ONS launches Data Science Campus
The Office for National Statistics has today launched its Data Science Campus in Newport, Wales, to make better use of data and develop the statistical information it provides.