NAO queries IT savings data
Initiatives aimed at reducing ICT spending saved the government £316m in 2011-12, but a lack of evidence makes it impossible to validate all the savings the Cabinet Office has reported, [...]
View ArticleDWP CIO Langsdale dies
The Department for Work and Pensions’ chief information officer Philip Langsdale has died. Langsdale was appointed to the role of CIO in May last year, moving to DWP from BAA. [...]
View ArticleSocial networks are a powerful foreign policy tool, says Simon Fraser
I have recently taken to Twitter – in truth, after pondering for a while. I wanted to join the conversation and hear for myself what different people have to say [...]
View ArticleRound table: Don’t be over-protective
In a bid to reduce costs, complexity and confusion, the Cabinet Office is launching a new pan-Whitehall ‘protective marking’ system. Stuart Watson listens in at a round table convened to [...]
View ArticleRound table: Putting data at the centre
CSW recently brought a group of civil servants together to discuss the use of citizen data in reducing Fraud, Error and Debt (FED). Tim Gibson reports on the debate “Every [...]
View ArticlePoll: government data not accessible
More than half of civil servants struggle to access data from other parts of the public sector, a CSW poll carried out with data management firm Listpoint has revealed. Civil [...]
View ArticleInterview: Paul Marriner
Most attempts to share services in Whitehall have been pretty disastrous. Joshua Chambers meets Paul Marriner, the man charged with demonstrating that shared services schemes don’t have to be expensive...
View ArticleMarriner defends IT “purchase”
The executive director of shared services in the Cabinet Office, Paul Marriner, has defended the decision to procure from Oracle an IT system for public sector shared services centres worth [...]
View ArticleNelson moots transition plans to ease centralisation of procurement
Department of Work and Pensions chief information officer Andy Nelson has suggested that three-year transition plans could be introduced to help departments move onto central purchasing frameworks....
View ArticleResponsibility for IT shifts from Andy Nelson to Cabinet Office
Government will no longer have a cross-government chief information officer (CIO), and his responsibilities will move to the Government Digital Service (GDS), it was announced earlier this month. Andy...
View ArticleInterview: Paul Maltby
The government’s open data programme is going to transform what citizens know about individual civil servants. Joshua Chambers meets Paul Maltby, the government’s director of transparency, to find out...
View ArticlePoll: Uncertainty over value added by the Government Digital Service
Civil servants are uncertain about the value being added by the Cabinet Office’s Government Digital Service (GDS), a Civil Service World online survey has revealed. Asked: “How effective has the [...]
View ArticleEditorial: Give people the tools for the job
Many civil servants work in the government analogue service The Government Digital Service (GDS) is an impressive outfit. As our feature reveals, it’s pioneered a new approach to online service [...]
View ArticleNAO calls for research on digital users’ behaviour
The Government Digital Service (GDS) should do more behavioural research “to see what prevents capable internet users from using online public services”, according to a report published last month by...
View ArticleShiny Appy People
People are using their mobile phones and tablet computers for a fast-growing range of tasks, and service providers must keep up. Joshua Chambers reports on how digital by default has [...]
View ArticleCloud spotting
The CloudStore is a key part of plans to change the way government buys ICT, but many civil servants don’t even know what it is. Suzannah Brecknell attends a seminar [...]
View ArticleRound table: Attack of the Cybermen
The Cybermen may have nearly defeated Dr Who, but today’s good guys face an even more formidable foe in the shape of cyber criminals. Tim Gibson reports on a round [...]
View ArticleData centres of excellence
Information storage can be complex and costly, not to mention its environmental impact. As Whitehall organisations look for good places to squirrel away their ever-growing mounds of data, Gill...
View ArticleCloud should be first option
Departments must fully evaluate cloud-based products when buying new or renewing existing IT services, and will only be able to purchase non-cloud-based alternatives if they can demonstrate that this...
View ArticleOpen Data review calls for trading fund model to be adapted
An independent review on public sector information, published today, has called for “significant adaption” of the trading fund model, under which organisations such as the Met Office and Ordnance...
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