A Government Chief Digital Information Officer for a post-Brexit Britain - a big job ahead for the right person
The UK Government is looking for a Chief Digital Information Officer, a role that will be hugely important post-Brexit.
Archive: Digital government and public services
Government needs to get better at outsourcing - and the time is now, according to the Institute for Government
Public sector outsourcing policy and practice comes under the spotlight in a major new report.
United Learning turns to cloud to gain better school IT security
Prompted by a recognition that greater insight into threat was needed, education network turns to Azure and Fortinet to help out.
Digital markets - regulate the beasts or set them free into the wild?
Chris Middleton presents the first of two reports from the Westminster eForum policy conference on digital competition, post Furman.
Government needs to “significantly increase” research and innovation funding beyond London, Oxford and Cambridge
A report released this week by MPs has also urged BEIS and UKRI to publish their roadmaps for the increase in R&D funding.
NHSX Director - “Those legacy systems exist for a reason”
Dr Sam Shah, Director of Digital Development at the recently created central digital unit for the NHS - NHSX - spoke about the need to include all users in the digital changes across the health service.
Government’s new “tough” prompt payment rules come into force
The Cabinet Office announced the new prompt payment rules back in November, with the aim of benefiting SMEs. It has said that non-compliant suppliers face exclusion from government contracts.
Using cloud to get to a more customer-driven future in Hertfordshire
St Albans City and District Council says exploitation of a Salesforce-based platform has started to change perceptions.
Key digital projects secure funding during Government’s Spending Round
Chancellor Sajid Javid said that no department will face a cut next year and that day-to-day spending will grow at 4.1% in real terms.
An inside look at the digital initiatives looking to boost social mobility
Social mobility has changed little in the UK over the last four years, leading to far too much wasted potential in a country hit by skills shortages across many sectors. As a result, we explore two initiatives that are aiming to provide members of disadvantaged communities with the support they need to follow a successful career in the digital and tech world.
“Highly likely” cross-government cell will be used to monitor interference and threats if election called
Representatives from the Cabinet Office and DCMS gave evidence to a House of Lords Committee today on the impact of digital technology on democracy.
HM Courts & Tribunals Service does not meet 25% of its transformation targets for first half of 2019
The Ministry of Justice has also written to the Public Accounts Committee explaining how it has set up an expert panel to provide independent oversight of the transformation programme.
GDS takes GOV.UK open source code and makes it private...but why?
GOV.UK is the core platform for hosting government websites and information. It was the first key project for the Government Digital Service (GDS) and its code has always been open source.