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Government should look ‘very seriously’ at investing more in both cyber security and training, as investigation - and finger-pointing - over WannaCry continue

Advert for team of six with a £600,000 budget comes as former privacy adviser calls for a total review and reset of the government’s identity assurance services

Shake-up at top of Government Digital Service becomes more apparent as former director of digital engagement Wendy Coello announces new role at the Co-op

Wash-up period sees government compromise to rush crucial tax legislation through House of Commons

Think tank says data dashboards have the potential to mislead and urges government to boost staff’s data science skills

Alex Holmes announced that he is to become deputy director of cyber security at the department

Detailed figures released by the Treasury reveal how much businesses are expected to have to spend on hardware, software and training

After a tumultuous first six months as director general of the Government Digital Service, Kevin Cunnington has finally got the long-awaited Transformation Strategy off his desk and is looking forward to an office move. Rebecca Hill meets him.

Government Digital Service director general tells CSW's sister title Public Technology that his team is "moving away from the one-size-fits-all model" brought in under Francis Maude

One-year to the introduction of quarterly reporting announced after concern MPs on the Treasury committee

GDS announces rollout of GOV.UK Notify, which aims to save departments money and and speed up services by offering people instant access to documents and information

Wide-ranging plan includes announcement of new "Digital Government Partnership" to encourage innovation in Whitehall – as Labour's Louise Haigh blasts "recycled announcements and meagre commitments"

Civil service's head of executive recruitment tells CSW that new online recruitment tool – Applied – will focus on increasing diversity and speeding up the sifting process

Chief people officer Rupert McNeil (pictured) says current recruitment technology is “40 or 50 years out of date”

House of Lords committee puts HMRC officials through their paces

Retaining public trust “absolutely critical" to plans for data-drive government, says the civil service CEO

Tax collection agency beats target by 400,000 users months ahead of self-imposed deadline

HMRC programme director Mike Howes-Roberts calls for "honest and candid dialogue" with other departments as he confirms tax authority will not make full use of much-heralded GDS platform

Government Digital Service director general Kevin Cunnington tells CSW's sister site PublicTechnology that government is “on track to finish" ambitious overhaul set out in the last parliament

Former minister tells watchdog MPs Whitehall has made "bad mistakes" in outsourcing IT projects

Government Transformation Strategy sets out plans to encourage a pro-digital culture change in Whitehall, with unified pay strategy for central government roles

Cabinet Office’s role in protecting information “remains unclear within central government”, warns Public Accounts Commitee

£115,000-a-year up for grabs as department seeks permanent CDO

Former head of delivery and innovation at the Government Digital Service to take up new role next month

Cabinet Office report finds that Whitehall's move to digital happened at different rates in different departments, meaning information management was not properly re-assessed

Data analysis must no longer be seen as role for policy professionals, says top civil servant, but as the "life blood of operational decision making"

Treasury Committee, chaired by Andrew Tyrie (pictured), questions tax authority's plans to make businesses keep digital records and produce quarterly updates

Whitehall urged to "increase our specialist recruitment capability" by Government Digital Service adviser

Data Science Accelerator programme adds a new hub as Government Digital Service aims to sharpen Whitehall's use of data