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Paper urges overhaul of financial planning system
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Tory manifesto author says Whitehall needs pivot towards ‘data science and super-forecasting’
Rachel Wolf sets out reform ambitions and claims civil service is dominated by humanities graduates
Portfolio details confirmed for GDS minister Jeremy Quin
Horsham MP will assume responsibility for a number of agencies and operational areas
Cabinet Office works to manage fallout of honours data leak calamity
Security advice reportedly offered to those whose details were leaked – which included celebrities such as Ben Stokes and Nadiya Hussain
No.10 seeks computer scientists, software developers and 'super-talented weirdos'
Dominic Cummings seeks "true wild cards" with expertise, not "confident public school bluffers"
Bus Open Data Service to go live this month
Operators across England to follow Transport for London in publishing data on routes, fares and bus locations
DVSA makes late exit from paper marking of driving tests
Agency moved driving examiners to marking tests on tablets nearly a year later than its intended deadline
Perm sec Healey reflects on 'a year of change' for DCMS
Sarah Healey looks ahead to a busy 2020 of digital and sporting activities
‘A wild year’ – GDS head Pritchard on Brexit, ministerial change and learning the drums
Alison Pritchard reflects on a busy 12 months, including sailing across the world and greeting government ministers in front of an industrial quantity of toilet paper
The biggest government tech stories of 2019 – part two
Completing our 2019 round-up with the rundown of the five biggest stories of the year
Tory MPs adopt extra-secure messaging tool – despite government’s anti-encryption stance
Reports reveal members have switched from WhatsApp to Signal
Cummings' Whitehall transformation must put people at the centre of policy and delivery
Any government reform must empower policymakers to consider the needs of both citizens and their digital colleagues, according to Sam Menter of Mace&Menter
Nesta launches fund to stimulate ‘everyday democracy’
Innovation charity to award grants to projects that can combat fake news and promote transparency
Ministerial responsibility for GDS changes hands again
Jeremy Quin looks set to take oversight of digital agency as Simon Hart is made secretary of state for Wales
Tech ministers returned with increased majorities
Simon Hart, Oliver Dowden, and Matt Warman all regain their seats and win more votes than in 2017
Calls to update electoral law for digital age
Open Knowledge Foundation urges politicians to ‘stop playing fast and loose with the truth’
Election 2019: Which party has most to say on digital, data and technology?
Examining the language of each party’s manifesto reveals significant differences in the amount and focus of proposals related to technology and data policy – as well as in the wider themes of each document
Conservative manifesto: five tech takeaways
Rounding up the Tories’ key pledges in the area of digital and data, including a new cyber force and tax incentives for investing in cloud computing
Manchester City Council seeks £100k director of IT
Post comes with remit to spearhead tech transformation and manage £55m planned investment
Facebook upholds BBC complaint over Tory election ad
Video that incorporated footage of high-profile journalists is taken down
Labour plans Trainline-style online ticket shop for rail journeys
Party proposes government-run ‘one-stop shop’ for all train trips
How has the online voter registration service coped with 100,000 users a day?
Since MPs voted in favour of a December election, upwards of 3.5 million registrations have been processed digitally