Review of civil service business cases to look at how ‘organisations can join up more effectively’
GDS innovation chief says process should encourage the development of ‘shared aims and objectives’
Home Office ramps up tech training
Research shows number of staff taking courses has more than trebled in last three years
Government puts £12m into AI-powered vacuum cleaners and dolphin-protection tech
Money invested in four partnerships between business and academia
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MPs call for government to ‘clarify GDS’s role’ to regain lost momentum
Select committee report asks whether tech agency needs new powers, and calls for ministerial digital champions
HMRC hubs to be ‘most digitally advanced buildings in government’
Department signs ‘digital charter’ with 15 companies
Newly created Buckinghamshire unitary authority starts building digital presence
Council that will encompass five existing entities sets aside £700k for website construction
Serco assents to £20m fine for fraud after probe into MoJ electronic tagging scandal
Company’s CEO says he is ‘mortified and angry’ about actions of predecessors
Universal Credit programme seeks lead data scientist
DWP offers £84,000 in bid to recruit senior data professional
Day rates over £750 to require ministerial sign-off in new Cabinet Office contractor controls
Permanent secretary John Manzoni reveals new policy
‘Mission accomplished’ – departing chief Cunnington reflects on GDS achievements
Increasing capability and diversity are among the highlights picked out from three years in the hot seat
Liverpool and Birmingham councils seek digital leaders
Two big-city authorities advertise for top tech jobs
Coventry University looks to go global with online learning
Institution looks to award £3m contract to expand technological offering
DWP offers £100k for head of user-centred design
Individual sought to support delivery of ‘once-in-a-generation programme of welfare reform’
Government usage of data registers shoots up
Data shows more and more services are accessing data sets
DFID puts £20m of aid into education technology research
Eight-year EdTech Hub project with World Bank and University of Cambridge aims to build largest body of research on subject
GDS signs collaboration agreement with Singapore GovTech
Agencies sign memorandum of understanding to share knowledge and personnel
Government backs robot farmers with £6m
Funding will support what is claimed to be the world’s first agri-robotics facility
Innovation Strategy pledges cross-government plan to ‘tackle legacy technology’
Other initiatives unveiled in hotly anticipated strategy include pledge to send more civil servants on private-sector secondment
London heralds ‘new era of digital transformation’ for borough councils
Group representing all councils in the capital launches the London Office of Technology and Innovation
HMRC expands Stratford office to keep more IT staff in London
Perm sec Thompson reveals that more techies are needed in the capital in light of increased Brexit workload
DfE team to monitor impact of AI
Department sets up ‘horizon-scanning’ group to keep an eye on new technology
UKSA appoints interim national statistician
Current deputy Jonathan Athow will assume top job while search for full-time replacement continues
DfE warned over ministers' use of data
Statistics regulator flags concern over how statistics are used
Scotland launches fund to boost digital skills for unemployed and low-income workers
Scottish Government implements scheme via national skills agency