Public Sector IT
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The public sector culture issue
09 Nov 2018 -
What will Liam Maxwell’s departure from government mean for digital?
10 Aug 2018 -
Give Jeremy Wright the chance to get digital right
11 Jul 2018
Despite senior government and public sector officials often banging on about the importance of transparency and openness, in reality, it’s almost a cultural taboo for civil servants or anyone else ...
Will Liam Maxwell’s departure be the straw that broke the camel’s back when it comes to government’s progress on digital?
The new DCMS secretary of state may not have much experience when it comes to digital, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't give him a chance. One thing's for sure though: Whether you want to call it ...
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Will government ever accept that it needs to learn from its mistakes?
09 Mar 2018 -
Can politics hamper large technology projects?
20 Oct 2017 -
IR35 reforms: Why the war of words between HMRC and IT contractors needs addressing
- Datacentre Editor 09 Oct 2017 -
Slowly but surely, the silos are coming coming down in Whitehall
05 Apr 2017 -
The government’s transformation strategy is ambitious, but is it achievable?
13 Feb 2017 -
Digital Economy Bill code of practice aims to clarify data sharing definitions- is it enough?
10 Nov 2016 -
GDS of the future- changes to IT spending controls
30 Sep 2016
Yesterday, the government reluctantly agreed to share with the public a series of documents on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) controversial Universal Credit programme. I say ...
Politics, rightly or wrongly, has an impact on government technology projects. It’s an inevitable part of having a democracy and political prowess can be used to drive transformation, but can it ...
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) appears to have a very different view of how the IR35 tax avoidance reforms are affecting the public sector compared to many of the IT contractors Computer Weekly ...
It’s been a long time coming, but it seems like the tide is finally changing among government departments. For years, critics have been complaining to no avail about the siloed nature of the civil ...
It’s been a long time coming, but the document we’ve all been waiting for is finally here. The Government transformation strategy, billed as one which will, according to Cabinet Office minister Ben ...
The Digital Economy Bill’s data sharing code of practice aims to clarify what it means by data sharing and when it should be done, but full transparency is still lacking.
Times are changing at the Government Digital Service (GDS). Not only is the organisation moving out of its home in Holborn, its power is also shifting.Yesterday, GDS announced in a blog post that ...
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Will GDS see another mass exodus?
17 Aug 2016 -
About the blog
21 Apr 2016 -
When IT contracts become a "once in a generation" thing
17 Mar 2016 -
GDS: the devil is in the detail
16 Feb 2016 -
While local government falls outside GDS's remit, don't forget that councils need support too
12 Jan 2016
Yesterday saw the departure of another senior figure at the Government Digital Service (GDS) as Gov.uk Verify director Janet Hughes announced she is leaving. The news, which came only weeks after ...
Exploring the challenges involved in large-scale IT projects in the public sector.
While central government is increasingly moving away from outsourcing deals with single suppliers with a clear view of creating agile services that respond to the changing needs of both government ...
While the Government Digital Service's (GDS) annual Sprint conference showed that there is still great enthusiasm and drive for getting digital "right" across Whitehall, this year's event lacked a ...
The New Year has started off highlighting an old problem: Lack of central support for local government's digital transformation. Mostly filled with delegates from local councils, the room at the ...