HMRC discloses decision-makers for £100m Microsoft deal
CDIO Jacky Wright recused herself from £111.75m Office 365 purchase
Greenwich offers £100k for digital leader to drive ‘ambitious programme of transformation’
London borough recruiting for senior tech leader
GDS picks large consultancies for series of £1m ‘urgent’ Brexit-support contracts
Agency selects Deloitte, PA Consulting, and Cognizant for apparent ‘bench’ arrangements to...
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‘A crisis in our democracy’ – MPs recommend verified sites and online content standards to tackle fake news
DCMS committee claims it has ‘pulled back the curtain on the secretive world of the tech giants’
GOV.UK boss Williams to become Croydon’s digital chief
Long-time civil servant to move into local government with role in his home borough
Wirral council seeks head of digital to create ‘compelling vision’
Authority looks for senior manager to spearhead transformation
Lack of cyber skills 'a pressing matter of national security', parliamentary committee finds
The government must do more to recognise and address a worrying cybersecurity skills shortage, MPs have claimed
Government to create digital database of property and land
The creation of a Digital National Asset Register forms part of the newly published Government Estate Strategy
Online tool for jurors launched
System for allowing citizens to respond to a summons goes live today
Data-sharing initiative and Digital Platform work canned during HMRC transformation project cull
Annual accounts reveal that last year the department stopped, paused, or consolidated more than 100 transformation projects, while reducing the ambition of others
MoJ offers £100k for leader of data and analysis
Department expresses desire to be ‘data driven’
DWP to create departmental content standard
Department works with GDS to create and implement a consistent style for all content
Salary of £90k on offer for role ensuring security of government transformation
GDS-based post comes with remit to adapt service standards and best-practice guidelines
Paramedics to be kitted out with body-worn cameras
Emergency-care workers become the latest public servants to be equipped with the mobile recording technology
Interview: London CDO Blackwell on why the capital must be ‘visionary, but pragmatic’
Two weeks on from the publication of the strategy to make London the world’s smartest city, the capital’s chief digital officer Theo Blackwell talks PublicTechnology through the plan and the key challenges ahead
Treasury chief secretary targets paperless government ‘within a generation’
Liz Truss claims technology could help reduce waste and banish ‘gremlins’ of government
Government names DeepMind chief as top AI adviser
CognitionX founder and Southampton University professor Wendy Hall also picked for AI-focused roles
Suffolk seeks technology chief to ‘challenge long-held values’
County council advertises CTO position which comes with a transformation brief and a salary of up to £87,000
GDS creates machine learning-powered government innovation map
Organisation uses tech to maintain soon-to-be-published database of all innovative government projects
Government dedicates £1.3bn to attracting top science and tech talent
Measures unveiled in bumper research funding package include 100 additional AI PhDs
Matt Hancock urges schools to ban phones
Culture secretary says evidence shows that outlawing the use of mobiles is effective
Whitehall tech policy advisor rocks up on Love Island
Civil servant Zara McDermott has joined the ITV reality show
Sally Meecham unveiled as GDS interim COO
Civil servant returns to organisation to take operational reins
GDS offers £87k for four new head of product roles
Newly created leadership posts will cover responsibility for individual products or portfolios