The government’s industrial strategy has emphasised the importance of data-sharing by Whitehall, as well as a push to improve digital skills training and boost funding for technologies like robotics and […]...
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‘Ambitious’ target date for delivering Emergency Services Network ‘unlikely to be met’, say MPs
MPs have called on the Home Office to step up its contingency planning in case a new emergency communications system for the police, fire and ambulance services is not ready […]...
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Former GDS staffer Mark O’Neill named chief digital officer at Department for Education
Mark O’Neill, one of the founders of the Government Digital Service, has been appointed chief digital officer at the Department for Education....
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GDS to make registers ‘a more easily moveable chunk of data’
The Government Digital Service has said that making register data too dependent on software implantation has made registers “unnecessarily complex to use”, and has introduced a new format to tackle […]...
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GCHQ director Robert Hannigan steps down after two years in post
Robert Hannigan has resigned as director of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) surveillance agency after just two years in the job....
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