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UK will lose without a new approach in the global race for digital talent
- Editor in chief 31 May 2018 -
GDS aims for path of least embarrassment as it shifts strategy on Gov.uk Verify
- Editor in chief 16 May 2018 -
Will Brexit stymie government’s digital transformation ambitions?
- Editor in chief 11 May 2018
More than three-quarters of UK organisations are experiencing challenges in recruiting people with digital skills, according to research from Deloitte. It’s a shocking figure, but is anyone really ...
Last week, the Government Digital Service (GDS) dedicated a whole day to talking about what it’s up to, at its first Sprint event in two years. About time too, many observers said, since GDS seemed ...
There’s rather a lot going on in government IT at the moment. Last year’s ambitious transformation strategy set challenging aims of overhauling back-office systems across Whitehall, building an ...
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The biggest surprise about TSB's IT disaster is that people are still surprised when banks' IT fails
- Editor in chief 25 Apr 2018 -
Why Windrush scandal demonstrates the importance of technology to political decision-making
- Editor in chief 20 Apr 2018 -
GDS needs to prove it can still transform government after loss of data policy to DCMS
- Editor in chief 06 Apr 2018 -
When tech firms get too big - will Facebook & Google follow the cycle of IBM & Microsoft?
- Editor in chief 20 Mar 2018 -
Can technology save the day for Brexit? (*Spoilers* : No)
- Editor in chief 01 Mar 2018 -
Is cyber security becoming a cost of doing business - to the detriment of our data?
- Editor in chief 23 Feb 2018 -
Brexit fears and frustrations are mounting for UK tech sector leaders
- Editor in chief 16 Feb 2018
The only real surprise about TSB’s IT disaster this week is that people are still surprised when a retail bank has IT problems. There are few organisations with a more complex and difficult ...
The Windrush scandal has revealed many disturbing things about government policy that have nothing to do with IT. But the issues raised amply demonstrate the importance of technology considerations ...
I met Mike Bracken, the first leader of the Government Digital Service (GDS), in 2011, not long after he had started the job, for an off-the-record briefing about his ambitious plans to overhaul IT ...
The technology industry is still relatively young, and certainly has a lot more growth to come. But it’s old enough now for us to see the repeating trends that make regulatory and legal ...
If you happen to be an ardent Brexiteer, a true believer in the UK government’s desire for “innovative solutions” to avoid a hard border with the Republic of Ireland, we have good news for you. The ...
Computer Weekly writes a lot about cyber security – it’s the easily most popular topic among our readers, and always rates as one of the top priorities in our annual survey of IT professionals. ...
You wouldn’t exactly classify the leaders of the UK tech sector as a bunch of liberal lefties. For all the stereotypes of bearded Shoreditch sandal-wearers that surround much of the nascent startup ...
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Latest Universal Credit revelations heap further pressure on Gov.uk Verify
- Editor in chief 09 Feb 2018 -
As Gov.uk Verify concerns mount, is GDS about to lose control of digital identity policy?
- Editor in chief 02 Feb 2018 -
UK IT budgets are increasing fast as cloud adoption accelerates - Computer Weekly reader survey
- Editor in chief 02 Feb 2018 -
Theresa May's welcome tech enthusiasm comes with a huge Brexit caveat
- Editor in chief 26 Jan 2018 -
There's nothing for government IT outsourcing to learn from Carillion that we don't already know
- Editor in chief 18 Jan 2018
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been consistently criticised for its lack of transparency since the controversial Universal Credit programme was launched nearly eight years ago. The ...
There’s a growing body of opinion that the government’s flagship digital identity system, Gov.uk Verify, has now become a major hindrance to the development of the UK’s digital identity ...
Every year, Computer Weekly conducts a large-scale survey of our readers to find out their IT spending priorities for the year ahead – it’s always an interesting take on what’s happening in IT ...
It’s nice that we have a prime minister that chooses to use one of her most high-profile speeches of the year to talk about technology. It’s equally good that her chancellor similarly discussed the ...
The demise of construction and services giant Carillion has brought fresh scrutiny of outsourcing in government. Frankly, you could find some event almost every year that brings fresh scrutiny of ...