Cabinet Office seeks design chief to support departments deliver shared services plan
Central department advertises role offering salary of up to £118k and remit to work with
DWP signs £5m deal to ‘refresh ageing infrastructure’ in datacentres
Organisation will work with tech supplier Computacenter over course of three year contract, during which
Scottish police log first cases involving 3D-printed guns
Forces in Argyll and West Dunbartonshire and Tayside seized homemade weapons for the first time
Twitter signs ‘ministerial intelligence’ deal to analyse posts by potential government hires
Outline of commercial engagement with DHSC suggests that social networking site will provide ministers with
NHS data platform: Questions raised over Palantir ‘influencer’ campaign
Health service is reportedly investigating whether terms of potential £480m IT deal may have been
Stats regulator investigating Sunak’s asylum backlog claims
Following criticism from politicians and civil society, the Office for Statistics Regulation is investigating Rishi
HMRC extends Airwave device deal for criminal investigation units until 2027 to cover ESN delays
The tax department has two units staffed by officers with criminal investigation and enforcement powers
Departmental collaboration hampered by legacy tech, data challenges and lack of joint funding bids, senior officials warn
With the current spending review term of three years nearing its conclusion, Whitehall leaders have
National statistician: ‘We are looking at whether a traditional census goes ahead in 2031’
After concluding a year that was ‘transformational, challenging and educational’, the ONS is now considering
DWP signs new three-year AWS deal for £94m
Department – an ‘anchor customer’ for Amazon’s public sector-wide OGVA deal – has added £40m
Government decisions made over WhatsApp now required to go on official record
Freshly issued government guidance sets out new responsibilities for ministers and senior officials to ensure
Government comms professionals trial AI-powered virtual assistant
In 2024 the Government Communications Service is looking to make greater use of technology, as
eBay, Airbnb and others to provide HMRC with data on up to five million users
New rules that require sites to provide government with personal and financial information on online
‘Crisis manager and public voice of government’ – National Cyber Security Centre seeks new CEO
Intelligence organisation offers annual salary of up to £190,000 in bid to recruit candidate to
NAO chief puts digital and AI in the frame for ongoing modernisation
Gareth Davies discusses how the last 12 months have marked a ‘key milestone’ in the
Six per cent of DSIT officials now ‘completely dedicated to work on AI’
Head of science and tech department says that proportion of staff now focused on artificial
‘Twice as many as Netflix’ – NHS app registrations hit 33 million
Health service claims that pensioners are now the ‘most active users’ of the software, which
‘It’s all about delivering our digital transformation this year’ – HMRC chief
Deputy chief executive Angela MacDonald discusses her pride in the achievements of 2023, and the
