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Data-processing notice alludes to new platform for pairing up potential mentors and mentees

Future talent chief Lisa Rowley talks to Sam Trendall 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"

After a tricky development process, the digital system allowing EU citizens to apply for the right to remain in the UK is now live. Sam Trendall examines the past, present, and future of a project that represents one of the most important technology programmes the government has ever undertaken.

More than 1,000 pieces of optical and radar data are now available under licence

DWP minister Justin Tomlinson claims department wants to ‘avoid transferring errors from legacy benefits’

West Midlands, North East and London get document-scanning boost as settled status scheme prepares for full rollout at the end of this month

But director general Kevin Cunnington insists organisation is ‘entirely comfortable with the situation’

Lords urge Home Office to widen promotion and ensure EU citizens have physical documentation of status

Department ramps up number of locations offering support with applications to about 150 – although Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are comparatively poorly served

Government will also provide free access to learning apps

Chair of CDEI also encourages public sector to ‘use AI in ways that delight the citizen’

Published in February 2017, the Government Transformation Strategy outlined a bold vision for comprehensive and enduring reform, and set a range of ambitious targets. As we enter the final stretch of its three-year itinerary, Sam Trendall examines the progress made to date, and how far is left to travel

Troubled eight-year project reaches fruition as technology is to be deployed nationwide in the coming months

Outsourcing firm’s chief executive writes to Public Accounts Committee to outline measures taken to improve performance

Minister reveals that work is ‘deferred’ until after the UK leaves the EU

Department seeks to engage with potential commercial partners

Users express sadness at loss of digital platform for forging relationships

But numbers continue to grow to total of seven million

Department working with suppliers to try and ‘ensure ongoing stability’

Department seeks supplier to help digitise services

The government claims it is ‘working constructively with Apple’

After a week of disruption, latest update reveals one in four courts staff still cannot access systems

As the deadline for ditching the 22-year-old platform draws near, some major government departments are still using GSi email addresses – but all contend that they are on track for the March cut-off

Department embarks upon drive to deliver 250 digital services in a more ‘joined-up way’

Interim CDIO Simon McKinnon provides insight into department's agenda for the year ahead

Digital agency lays out plans for working with private companies and other departments over the next 18 months

Department is contacting businesses to encourage early enrolment ahead of use becoming mandatory in August

Programme has consistently fallen well short of recruitment goals, NAO report finds

EU citizens working in the NHS and higher education sectors can now apply for settled status in the UK – but those with an iPhone could face a long journey if they wish to do so

In rare speech, top spy Alex Younger claimed that ‘the digital era has profoundly changed our operating environment’

House of Lords select committee says department is “not listening to small businesses”

Cabinet Office-based post is ‘a high-profile role at the centre of key strategic decision making’

Department is looking for a range of external suppliers to support work on its Technology Platforms for Tomorrow rollout

Cabinet Office admits its initial bid to fill “probably the biggest and most important security job in the UK today” was "unsuccessful"

Rob Thompson takes position as department’s technology leader after four years at DWP

Tom Smith, managing director of the ONS Data Science Campus, tells CSW's sister title PublicTechnology how and why he wants to 'move the needle' for the use of data across the public sector