Civil Service Reform

HM Courts and Tribunals Service remains confident it will deliver on reform plan, despite auditors warning of financial, technological, and legislative challenges

BT's Simon Godfrey explains how a focus on people, places, and ideas can transform the UK public sector

BT's Mike Pannell argues that organisations should get rid of data they no longer need

At the first Civil Service World leadership lecture, Defra permanent secretary Clare Moriarty shared the four principles that inform her leadership style. Suzannah Brecknell reports

John Manzoni announces launch of “success profiles”, which will allow managers to recruit on past experience as well as competency-based framework

Many internationally lauded ideas for improving how government work have come from the UK – but even when they are copied many in the civil service view central reforming units like the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit to the Government Digital Service as irritants. This should change, says Andrew Greenway

Newly updated policy implements a pipeline model which could make it easier for departments to self-approve 'business-as-usual' spending

BT's Mike Pannell on why any organisation that holds personal data should have a compliance strategy in place 

Government’s chief trade negotiation adviser brings together officials from 11 departments

Plan for 2018-19 to focus on four themes, including creating a strong, new relationship with Europe after Brexit

Shaun McNally is responsible for delivery in an area that has seen some of government’s most controversial reforms. The Legal Aid Agency’s chief executive tells Tamsin Rutter about reform and details his own career journey through the courts

Department points to £185m extra Brexit funding after PAC criticises its lack of preparation

Sean Luke, BT's CIO for the Universities Sector, on the strange parallels between GDPR readiness and grief

Taking up the post as permanent secretary of the Welsh Government was a homecoming for Dame Shan Morgan after a career that has taken her around the world. She talks to Richard Johnstone about devolved taxes, Brexit talks, and Patagonian adventures

BT brought together CIOs from well known organisations to identify the key threats and opportunities that new technologies are presenting

Lords committee urges government to review procurement rules and develop a national AI strategy

Three months after the collapse of Carillion, organisation says outsourcing firms’ operating models require greater scrutiny

Call for evidence from independent inspector comes as department plays key role in cross-Whitehall preparations for Brexit

An in-depth review of the effectiveness of the civil service has focused in on the relationship between officials and political leaders as the key fault line. If it can be improved, so can policy delivery, Andrew Kakabadse tells Richard Johnstone

New mechanisms required to enable all four governments to jointly agree post-Brexit policy, according to think tank

Foreign Affairs Committee argues FCO must develop a strategy and commit resources to the network of former British territories

As mega-deal with Capgemini and Fujitsu nears conclusion, department advertises for professional to lead management of contracts with up to 200 technology suppliers 

Transferring data policy to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is a welcome move, but the government needs to be clear about what it wants to do with all this data