Digital, Data & Technology

IfG review on boosting cross-government functions highlighted civil service 'must tackle perception that policy trumps specialisms' for career progression

New office space to be shared with NHS Digital hailed as boost to Northern Powerhouse

Fifth benchmarking exercise finds three core areas for improvement

Contract, which also covers wider public sector, allots £5m to assess telecoms and mobile spend

The digital, data and technology Fast Stream scheme will involve placements in up to six government departments

Think tank Reform wants department to boost digital infrastructure with savings from Whitehall’s automation agenda

Role within Department for International Development will entail creation and management of new service for use across more than 20 departments

Chief executive Jon Thompson says government will still deliver free childcare to 200,000 households by end of August

Supplier Capgemini to train civil servants and help departments develop robotic process automation using software in £4m project

Department recruiting for senior digital professional to oversee development and design teams

FDA civil service union lambasts report that names and shames top-earning DWP civil servants

Newly-launched unit – which grew out of DWP predecessor – is offering 10 courses in four cities

While the civil service has shrunk dramatically, its volume and proportion of IT and digital professionals have gone up and up, ONS data reveals

Paul Caldwell confirmed as permanent head of troubled Defra distribution arm

Jem Eskenazi leaves European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to join UK’s official export credit agency 

Study finds Whitehall is the world’s most effective civil service for generating policy, but falls down ranking in areas like financial management and digital services

Firms representing 40% of central government procurement spending agree to quicken payments to tackle £26bn backlog

Taking a punt on a start-up is better than explaining costly failures to the Public Accounts Committee, according to Daniel Korski

NAO says the department’s efforts to tackle online fraud are ‘not proportionate to the threat’

Plan would have formed part of government drive to encourage a cashless society

Full range of responsibilities in the department, including for the civil service, yet to be set out

Cloud Industry Forum finds widespread confusion and degree of apathy among UK organisations in regards to GDPR