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Government ‘mentor service’ to match up civil servants
Data-processing notice alludes to new platform for pairing up potential mentors and mentees
Budget Committee could prevent white elephant IT projects, MPs told
An idea has been put forward to establish a new parliamentary committee to oversee departmental spending plans
GDS seeks head of Brexit digital strategy
Role comes with remit to assess readiness across government
How HMRC is working with universities to meet government's ‘big challenge’ of competing for digital skills
Future talent chief Lisa Rowley talks to PublicTechnology about the growth of the department’s work placement scheme and why, to compete with private sector giants, government needs to ‘get out there and tell our story’
Exclusive: CCS takes over running of Digital Marketplace
Crown Marketplace project is no more, as procurement agency looks to build ‘Digital Marketplace 2’ and move services from G-Cloud onto smaller specialised frameworks
Renewed calls for Home Office to rethink digital-only settled status documentation
Parliamentary committee ‘remains very concerned’ about plan to eschew physical documents
Why Essex council has broken with digital convention
Jason Kitcat has got rid of digital strategies and teams and introduced in a single function devoted to service change. Gill Hitchcock finds out more.
Tech projects see departments ramp up Brexit staff
There are more than 16,000 civil servants working on Brexit, with departments with the biggest technology workloads dedicating the most employees
Online harms – Labour calls for action to ‘protect our democracy’
As the government prepares to publish its internet safety strategy, opposition MPs urge action on online political campaigning
NHSX names Whitehall tech bigwig Gould as chief executive
New health-service technology organisation appoints DCMS digital head as leader
Rudd sets four-year timeline for ‘industry-led’ pensions dashboards
Work and pensions secretary outlines detailed plans for online service
Justice minister defends court helplines’ 55p-a-minute charges
Lucy Frazer says there is ‘no evidence’ costs are deterring people from using services
‘I don’t accept that ESN failed’ – civil service head
Former Home Office perm sec denies that two of department’s major technology projects were failures
HMRC offers £115k each for quartet of tech chiefs to drive transformation
Department seeks leaders for mobility, networks, hosting, and service management
MI5 reveals plan to fight terror with national data-sharing scheme with local public sector agencies
Domestic intelligence agency looks to improve flow of info between justice agencies, NHS and social services
All MPs to be equipped with Windows 10 PCs by this summer
Refresh of devices and software on course to wrap up by the end of July
New Verify chief stresses importance of market engagement
Lisa Barrett has joined GDS as director of digital identities
To catch a cyberthief – how the UK’s top online cop aims to ‘stay one step ahead of the bad guys’
Mike Hulett of the National Crime Agency's dedicated cyber unit tells PublicTechnology how the internet has transformed the lives of criminals and those that pursue them
Met Office seeks chief information security officer
National weather service recruiting for security chief
Ethics watchdog to examine use of AI in public services
Committee on Standards in Public Life to conduct review of moral and technical issues facing use of new technology
Government can ill afford not to invest in police technology
Calum Steele of the Scottish Police Federation explains why investment and legislative changes are sorely needed to help support officers’ use of technology