Digital, Data & Technology

Number of staff taking courses has more than trebled in last three years

Department signs ‘digital charter’ with 15 companies

Site due to go live next year

Regulator publishes Openness by Design three-year plan

Department floats two-year contact to support delivery of tech and infrastructure

Problems affected ‘a very small number’ of the 350,000 businesses now signed up for digital platform, according to perm sec

Tweaks for 2019 include Public Value Framework sections but IfG warns openness project is still very much a work in progress

PCS says Mitie move for new regional hubs prompts “very real concerns” over staff safety

Home Office to pay extra £82m to Motorola as contract for service roll-out extended

Union criticises government’s £46.9m spent with supplier in 2018

Cunnington says new role is a "fantastic opportunity to build on our achievements at GDS"

Grade 6 post will have join team developing the National Data Strategy

Tech giant announced that next version of iOS will permit third-party access to near-field communications

Singh review finds poor coordination and outdated IT systems made it difficult to find everyone affected by demands for DNA evidence

Cross-departmental body will help to create digital identity market, Cabinet Office says

Permanent secretary admits there is "more we can do" to improve access to education stats

Other initiatives unveiled in hotly anticipated strategy include a cross-government plan to ‘tackle legacy technology’

Department creates digital system for call centre workers to take information

Department says Brexit-related workload will see 600 additional staff located at Stratford centre

Public Accounts Committee also says Cabinet Office can't demonstrate its approach ensures value for money

Department implements controls to prevent fraudsters calling citizens from numbers that appear legitimate

Troubled background-checking agency appoints local authority boss to top job

Parliamentary committee voices ‘serious concerns’, including use of a digital-only system and numerous technical problems

Sedwill acknowledges setbacks but says 2014 reset he oversaw was "reasonable based on the information available at the time"