Digital, Data & Technology

Tax agency looks to invest in cryptoanalysis tool

New award will recognise bodies that have adopted Office for Statistics Regulation’s trustworthiness, quality and value pledges outside official stats

Manager set up monthly payments to his own business for made-up IT services contract

Robin Butler suggested impressionist could trick chancellor into revealing budget details amid wave of spoof calls, former Channel 4 boss recalls

More than 1,000 people, including civil service chief executive John Manzoni, top health experts, scientists and senior government advisers, have had their addresses made public

Ben Wallace warns military top brass that procurement reform is on the way and blasts ‘almost criminal’ New Labour deals

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

Department uncovered indecent images in routine check on press officer’s laptop

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

Department seeks partners to ‘avoid shortfall of essential skills’

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

Patent-winning polymath Phillippa Spencer lands double win at UK celebration

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

Tax agency offers tips to avoid scams ahead of 31 January deadline

Former Cabinet Office minister reflects on forces that oppose change in an exclusive interview with The Civil Service World Podcast

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

Organisation seeks to cultivate ‘skills transfer’ across sector

Survey also shows 44% of people think government and regulators should be responsible for making sure data is handled ethically

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

Successful candidate will oversee the development of a digital strategy as well as providing commercial leadership

Report warns plan to hire 20,000 extra police will ramp up sentencing, prisons and probation work

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

Independent assessment will look at department’s quality management approach after longstanding double-counting issue

UK Statistics Authority and ICO issue election warning ahead of five-week information onslaught