Civil Service Reform

BT knows that digital security isn't just about technology. It's about the partnerships, intelligence and expertise you need to stay one step ahead in the security race.

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

New centre should build a network of people ready to take on top jobs in order to help leaders to drive innovation and improvement across services 

Foreign secretary also reveals plan to hire 1,000 new diplomats to boost Foreign Office capability and boost to the number of language courses

Keiron Salt, CIO Health at BT, makes the case for a more rapid digital transformation of the NHS

Treasury guidance encourages departments to offer “unreasonable certainty in timelines, costs and benefits”, IfG report finds

Could new ways of working transform the way the Civil Service delivers in challenging times? Geoffrey Lyons reports on a Civil Service Live roundtable

PA Consulting offers a four-point plan to delivering organisational transformation

With the annual worldwide cost of cybercrime set to double from $3tn in 2015 to $6tn by 2021, BT offers advice on how chief information security officers can better protect their organisations

The policies may be in place, but is it happening in practice? BT's Bas de Graaf looks at the reality of GDPR today

Thompson says that it is incumbent on civil servants to tell truth to power after speaking of personal impact of comments on Brexit

Rising demand for services “will make it even harder to achieve the government’s ambition”, the watchdog said

Cisco's Dominic Elliott shows how global organisations can embrace the benefits of SD-WAN without adding complexity

Norman Strauss recently argued in CSW that there was a need to create a new ministry for the opposition to help change the civil service and share its expertise more widely across society. In this response, Catherine Haddon, a senior fellow and resident historian at the Institute for Government, sets out why she thinks such a proposal is flawed

The 2017 Commercial Award went to a team who supported "22 feisty local authorities" to reduce waste through innovative technology and collaborative working. Naomi Larsson finds out more

HMRC has been at the forefront of the government’s smarter working agenda, and is attempting to change the culture across one of government’s biggest organisations. There are lessons for other departments in the progress so far, says Luke Heselwood

BT customers to benefit from improved visibility and management of their hybrid networking infrastructure

But think tank warns the needs of staff rather than new technology should drive change

When it comes to digital transformation, you want your organisation to lead from the front

In a special report looking at the Government Major Projects Portfolio, CSW brings you a snapshot of progress across four categories: infrastructure and construction, transformation and service delivery, information and communications technology, and military capability. This first section looks at three transformation and service delivery across government

All this week CSW will profile a host of major government projects from each of the four categories from the Government Major Projects Portfolio to see how the current slate of projects are preforming – and where lessons can be learnt

BT's Simon Godfrey on how government is fundamentally rethinking its strategy for both people and places

Government’s project delivery chief on how departments and the Treasury are working to improve approval of major schemes ahead of 2019 review

A Spending Review offers a chance to re-examine projects and plans from the last four years – and to lay the groundwork for the next round of schemes. Government project chief Tony Meggs tells Richard Johnstone how the Infrastructure and Projects Authority will use the process to help drive improvement