Whitehall’s top official admits need to improve civil service technical skills
Simon Case claims government has improved data handling and support for innovation but there is more to do
HMRC expects to recover 40% of £5.8bn lost to fraud and error in pandemic support
Tax agency’s head says department believes it will recoup just 40p in the pound of money lost in...
DfE appoints partner to support delivery of up to 500,000 homeschooling laptops this winter
Major supplier Computacenter awarded multimillion-pound contract
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EXCL: Digital minister says government will pass law to make smart devices safer ‘as soon as we can’
Matt Warman tells PublicTechnology event that government wants products and services to be secure ‘from the ground up’ – reducing burden on consumers and businesses
Report calls for ‘more power’ in Whitehall to be centralised
UK’s top two civil servants should be handed more responsibility as part of drive to make Cabinet Office more effective, says IfG
DfE laptops for home-schooling found to contain malware
Government says a ‘small number’ of machines are affected by what users say is a worm that contacts Russian servers
Training aims to boost ‘technical and analytical skills’ of civil servants
Programme looks to reduce reliance on consultants
Review of departmental delivery signals Whitehall reform drive still in effect
Exercise led by Michael Barber suggests civil service shape-up remains a target for the PM
Inspectors to assess schools’ remote-learning set-ups
Education Scotland will examine how institutions across the country are responding to need for online learning
Will local government transformation be set back by coronavirus?
Having long suffered from a scarcity of funding, councils could be forgiven for deprioritising investments in new tech. But public and private and sector leaders tell PublicTechnology that digital has never been more important.
Microsoft ‘a few weeks away’ from fixing issue affecting Scottish digital learning platform
Education Scotland stresses there is a ‘manual workaround’
Seven in ten civil servants want to work from home at least three days a week
Survey conducted by FDA union finds 97% of officials want option of working remotely
Government spends £87m on extra 460,000 laptops to support remote learning
Procurement documents show DfE awarded another deal to Computacenter in November
Cummings legacy little more than ‘rearranging some furniture’
Former head of NCSC Ciaran Martin believes that ‘war on Whitehall’ has ended – to minimal discernible effect
Birmingham University signs 10-year £15m deal for online learning
Institution retains incumbent supplier on long-term contract
Scottish Tech Army supports computing scholarships
Initiative to be delivered in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University
HMRC sees 12% spike in complaints during FY21 as customer service issues continue
November stats show another spike in call-waiting times and new struggles with answering online and postal queries
Privately educated twice as likely to gain a spot on Whitehall graduate scheme, data suggests
Success rate of 7% compares with 3% for state-educated applicants
Williamsons vows to ‘trust teachers rather than algorithms’ for GCSEs and A-levels
Education secretary also announces that schools must deliver at least three hours of online teaching a day
Children without laptops to be allowed to go to school
Guidance clarifies that those without access to devices will be considered ‘vulnerable’
HMRC seeks £125k leader for Making Tax Digital programme
Department seeks head to oversee possible expansion to cover corporation tax
Government ‘working towards’ publishing new digital strategy sometime this year
Plan was due to be published in autumn
The biggest stories of 2020 – part two
PublicTechnology completes our round-up of the most read and significant stories of 2020
NAO head on the challenges of assessing major projects via ‘fully remote auditing’
Gareth Davies also reveals his organisation’s penchant for online treasure hunts