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Machines will eliminate need for heavy cones to be manually laid on busy roads

Tax agency looks to invest in cryptoanalysis tool

GDS’s accessibility empathy lab aims to raise awareness of the issues faced by many citizens and ensure that their physical or cognitive conditions are no barrier to using government’s online services. Sam Trendall went along to find out more

Department seeks to decide which data should be included in tool or whether buying or building is the best option

No timeframe on when work will conclude but plans are being made for information to be temporarily republished elsewhere

Tax agency publishes prior information notice

Department reveals it has almost 1,800 PCs still running on ageing operating system

Government announces country will continue to take part in key programmes

Department seeks partners to ‘avoid shortfall of essential skills’

Two proposals in the running for decommissioning project

Successful candidate will lead a team of 30 people in the department

CCS issues contract notice for three-lot deal offering direct award and further competition options

Role as head of IT business services comes with remit to ensure department’s transformation is ‘business-led’

The NCSC’s annual report reveals that a public sector entity or business is hit with a major cyberattack about twice each day. CSW's sister title PublicTechnology looks at the biggest risks facing government and how they can be mitigated

Transformation programme looks to appoint supplier to two-year contract worth up to £10m

Organisation seeks to cultivate ‘skills transfer’ across sector

Investigation has revealed some departments have taken steps to upgrade ahead of the looming end of Microsoft support for the operating system – but some are refusing to say. Sam Trendall reports

Department seeks supplier to help it bring together information

Over two-year period BPDTS will have grown staff numbers from 451 to 1,124

Minister reveals that, at most recent count, about 3,500 DDaT freelancers were employed by government

Digital secretary confirms that the UK’s next government will be the one to make the call on whether to allow the Chinese vendor to help build the country’s telecoms infrastructure

Tax agency appoints banking bigwig as replacement for Jacky Wright

Digital secretary Nicky Morgan says she will "ensure that processes are strengthened" despite the review finding no impropriety 

Department looks to bring in specialist team

Policy contains measures including drone-takedown unit and drive to promote design standards

Ministry to create commercial vehicle for accessing external expertise needed to support IT and digital programmes over the next five years

Artificial intelligence could help solve the public sector’s most complex problems, but how can policymakers navigate the legal, ethical and technical problems it presents? Sam Trendall talks to experts from the Alan Turing Institute about their programme to help government get to grips with AI

Department gets green light for third round of spending on software to complete deployment

Tax agency issues two contract notices for design and delivery specialists

Organisation is working through ‘some points of detail’ with four that are yet to sign

CDIO to return to Microsoft after two-year secondment

CDIO Davinson says the biggest challenge is ensuring sufficient investment in the ‘underpinning capabilities’

Precise scope of new £180k GCDIO role is unclear, as is relationship with head of GDS

Department to inform citizens that they may need to renew their passports earlier than expected if UK leaves EU without a deal

Department recruiting for three senior managers in new-look data directorate

Minister claims usage of machines will ‘naturally reduce’ over time