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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

“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.

Government makes £10m ‘Brexit readiness fund’ available for business...one month before Brexit deadline

The fund will be made available to all businesses and aims to make sure that all organisations are “fully ready” for Brexit.

Treasury confirms 4th September for fast-tracked Spending Round - full Spending Review due in 2020

Chancellor Sajid Javid will announce the conclusions of the Spending Round in a statement to Parliament. With an October Brexit deadline looming, it’s likely to be a crucial review.