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Departments spent an additional £1.3bn with smaller firms overall

Since a public sector-wide agreement with AWS was introduced six months ago, departments have signed contracts worth hundreds of millions with the cloud firm. PublicTechnology takes a closer look.

Salary of almost £70k on offer for head of Big Tech Strategic Engagement Unit

Former insurance and electronics bigwig becomes innovation agency's first permanent head in three years

New plan emphasises need to improve credentials in STEM fields

Work to ensure tasks are not replicated across different tools could deliver significant financial benefits

Technology offers functions including managing PPE inventories and keeping tabs on staff vaccinations

Study from Openreach quantifies economic impact

Digital platform allows young people to support each other anonymously

PCS blasts plan new plan after criticising series of ‘failed ideas’

Details revealed of two short-term support contracts

Service supports help for elderly residents

Julia Lopez invites civil servants to put forward proposals for potential £50k support 

Security-focused documents are put through their paces in exercises designed to mimic 10 years of travel

The Public Accounts Committee finds a lack of information and collaboration could have seen many ‘slip through the net’

A recent study finds that the pandemic has boosted budgets – but legacy tech remains a big barrier to progress

Joanna Rowland will oversee planned expansion of programme across VAT, income tax and corporation tax

Digital chief Harriet Green tells PublicTechnology Live event that department has focused on specialisms, rather than the generalist skills the civil service recruitment process is designed to find

Dstl opens north-east base

Updates are encouraged but not mandatory

Head of engineering Stuart Taylor discusses how 1,000 staff across the department support each other’s work