Navy targets gamers in submariner recruitment drive
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GDS chief on why digital agency should be ‘cajoling’ departments towards new tech
Kevin Cunnington believes the central agency should be leading on the ideas that will be of interest to departments in two years’ time
Citizens to get digital channels for HMRC complaints
Department is to roll out ‘email or another form of secure digital channel’ to allow to the public to contact independent review entity
Hunt for new national statistician draws a blank
As retirement of incumbent looms, UK Statistics Authority must decide whether to change job specs
A digital Geneva convention is unlikely – but ‘the UK would be up for that discussion’
NCSC chief executive says that, while the creation of new international standards is not imminent, the UK would not rule out assisting their creation in the longer term
‘Cybersecurity is a team sport’ – Five Eyes allies gather in Glasgow
Representatives of UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand present a united front to face down cyberthreats
What are the world’s most-hacked passwords?
National Cyber Security Centre research reveals the most commonly breached passwords
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