HMRC has said it will pilot its digital tax reforms on “hundreds of thousands” of businesses before roll out, but has maintained its initial timeline for implementation – despite MPs […]...
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Defra recruits for chief digital officer
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is seeking a chief digital officer, as incumbent Sally Meecham’s interim position as head of digital comes to an end....
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GDS offers £125,000 for director to build digital, data and technology capability across Whitehall
Government plans to bring in expand specialist digital recruitment capabilities at the Government Digital Service and “address reward issues” in digital, data and technology have been revealed in a job […]...
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GDS calls for more civil servants to join cloud services community
The Government Digital Service has set up a community for people working on cloud adoption across Whitehall – and is seeking more members to drive up productivity. ...
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Same difference? How the GDPR will differ from the DPA – and what public servants need to do now
For a public sector only just beginning to adapt to the demands of digital data, the looming General Data Protection Regulation obligations could be alarming. Jane Roberts of Toplevel asks […]...
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Civil servants advised not to rely on Google Analytics for performance analysis
Government performance analysts should create more performance measures than those in the digital service standard and look beyond Google Analytics reports, a performance analyst at the Home Office has said....
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Redcentric awarded three-year Health and Social Care Network contract
The IT managed services provider Redcentric has been chosen to provide the peering exchange for the UK’s new Health and Social Care Network....
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GDS wants to ‘get better’ at understanding local government’s needs
The Government Digital Service has said it wants to find out what technology councils need to buy, in a bid to make its Digital Marketplace procurement platform more attractive to […]...
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Peer floats idea of converting entire Southern Rail network to autonomous vehicle roadway
A Conservative peer has suggested converting the troubled Southern Rail network to a roadway for autonomous vehicles....
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‘Whitehall’s digital strategy could be more workaday than grand plan’
In a post-Brexit world, says David Walker, caution may be the best digital strategy civil servants can hope for....
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