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Just 13 of the 328 applications made by women to the digital and technology graduate scheme in 2015 were successful, according to new figures

Repeatedly-delayed transformation strategy had been expected "before Christmas"

New service will allow users that have logged in once to automatically join the WiFi in any government building that runs the service

Five years after GDS was declared "open for business", PublicTechnology's Rebecca Hill looks back on the triumphs and troubles of a team that set out to radically change Whitehall's approach to IT and digital

New Government Digital Service research reveals that 73% of online content is looked at by fewer than 10 people a month

New recruit be responsible for managing a £50m annual IT budget

James Stewart becomes the latest senior departure from the Government Digital Service, as he makes the case for IT spend controls

Mayank Prakash scoops UK IT Industry Award as department denies rumours of a project overspend

Senior DH official will need to show “flexibility, adaptability and resilience"

Arif Harbott and Emily Ackroyd joining the GDS, Kevin Cunnington announces

Top digital officials tell the Institute for Government about the challenges government faces in recruiting and retaining specialists

New report by the Institute for Government flags skills gap, policy divide and officials' attitudes to digital as potential barrier to service transformation and big savings

 Exit of chief technology officer marks latest in a series of departures from Government Digital Service over the last three months

Civil service human resources team wants to modernise and improve digital recruitment services

Foreshew-Cain, who left Whitehall last month, follows in the footsteps of ex-GDS leader Mike Bracken

New director general Kevin Cunnington sets out his "cunning plan" for the Government Digital Service, and outlines plans to create "one national structure" for senior digital staff

In his first press briefing since taking over at the Government Digital Service, Kevin Cunnington signals his plan for lighter spend controls, a greater national presence – and perhaps a farewell to GDS's trademark bunting. Rebecca Hill of CSW's sister site PublicTechnology reports​

Confirmed: MoD's chief information officer Mike Stone to leave in March next year

Former British ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould to be based in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

HMRC says the new director will be responsible for IT transformation and cloud strategy

Government Digital Service's director of data is the latest in a line of senior leaders to leave the the central team

New home for the digital team is 10 minutes from the City of London

Centre, which aims to bring together the UK government's cyber security expertise, will reportedly be based in Victoria

Tom Read, who has been at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for just seven months, will take over from Arif Harbott 

Shake-up comes just a month after the surprise appointment of the DWP's Kevin Cunnington (pictured) as director general of the Government Digital Service

“Security-minded folk who can think originally still don’t think working for government is cool," says anonymous Ministry of Justice recruiter

Ben Gummer says government has a "clear and co-orindated" vision for digital and says he already "commissioned it to do two very large pieces of work that it wasn’t doing before"

Successful candidate will have responsibility for leading teams of 500 data scientists, architects, statisticians and engineers

Revised Technology Code of Practice sets out criteria by which all big government technology projects will be judged

“I’ve read many times about the end of GDS, but it has always come back stronger than before,” says new GDS director general

New Government Digital Service director general's DWP roles are to be shared across the department

Digital Marketplace team manages public sector procurement and Warren Smith has been interim director for the past five months

Announcement comes just days after the Public Accounts Committee urged consistent leadership on winding down of HMRC's major Aspire contract

Former minister for the Cabinet Office also tells the Centre for Public Impact that he regrets not doing more to iron out civil servants' frustrations with technology

Department creates new unit at Marsham Street under stewardship of former chief technology officer Sarah Wilkinson