Poor data and lack of strategy perpetuate Whitehall skills gaps, report finds
Study from the IfG disputes notion civil service is dominated by generalists, but that experts’ impact is stymied
Trials to monitor smart meter data in elderly care
Scottish institutions to work with consenting older citizens to track energy usage
Two thirds of workers did not work from home at all in 2020, ONS data finds
Last year saw a big rise, but comfortable majority still work on-site
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HMRC offers two days of homeworking each week in standard contract
Document will bring working conditions in line
GOV.UK Verify gets ‘health check’
Cyber specialist awarded £14,000 six-month contract
HMRC confirms leader for £300m cloud migration programme
Denise Dourado formally appointed as SRO
Ministers face calls for urgent action after Covid reveals ‘dangerous gaps in public data’
Poor use and presentation of information means government has ‘missed chances to save lives’, according to report from Full Fact
Parliamentary committee to investigate civil service churn
MPs request years of data to support probe
Government consults on land laws relating to installation of telecoms infrastructure
Changes to legislation in 2017 have not had desired effect
Digital skills gaps remain despite civil service adding 10,000 people last year
Study from IfG shows heavy recruitment across first three quarters of 2020
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NHSX chief: Clinicians were ‘too nervous’ to share data
Matthew Gould tells PublicTechnology event that complex language around data standards had meant most staff were afraid to share patient data even in cases where it would aid delivery of care
Scotland urged to close healthcare ‘data gap’
Study from non-profit SCDI identifies narrow opportunity to invest in innovation
Information commissioner’s term extended to allow successor recruitment
Elizbeth Denham will remain in post until November, at request of secretary of state
‘When coronavirus struck, we accelerated, because citizens were struggling’ – how DWP revamped the Budgeting Loans service
The pandemic illustrated the importance of work to improve a service offering support for society’s most vulnerable, product owner Sharron Wise tells PublicTechnology
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
Email security incidents happen every 12 hours – it’s time to close the gap in Microsoft 365
The remote-first world has seen email being relied on more than ever as a core communication mechanism - but with 93% of IT leaders acknowledging a risk to sensitive data, what steps should be taken to secure data? Egress explores
Ageing tech has added £50m to HMRC costs during pandemic, report finds
Legacy IT has accounted for 80% of additional expense, according to PAC
PM pledges to publish more data on vaccine rollout
Johnson claims government will provide more localised breakdowns
HMRC vows to improve tax-gap data
Department supports call from MPs for more information
Police seek to ‘mitigate impact’ as work continues to restore huge volume of arrest data
Ministers stress mass deletion was result of ‘human error’
Arrest info on 150,000 people accidentally deleted from police database
Minister says data was wiped during ‘standard housekeeping process’