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Industry concerns over government digital identity plans risk a confusing outcome for users
Editor in chief 23 Feb 2021A flurry of recent activity suggests the government is ramping up its plans for the long-awaited demise of Gov.uk Verify, its failed attempt to produce a digital identity system for online public ...
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Unravelling the new digital leadership plans in UK government
Editor in chief 13 Jan 2021In September 2019, the then civil service chief executive John Manzoni told Computer Weekly that the new digital leader he wanted to recruit for the UK government would “have to be very wise, very ...
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Don't be the one who gets the blame - the Home Office's biggest lesson in UK borders IT
Editor in chief 09 Dec 2020“Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it,” or so the oft-repeated quote from philosopher George Santayana goes. Where the UK’s Home Office is concerned, a far more meta version is ...
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What next for digital identity in the UK? Industry welcomes latest DCMS plan
Editor in chief 24 Nov 2020After months – some would say years – of frustration and delay, tech suppliers have largely welcomed the latest government initiative to establish a digital identity ecosystem in the UK. The ...
We’re not ashamed to admit we don’t understand how the graphic tweeted by Boris Johnson to congratulate president-elect Joe Biden came to faintly display “Trump” in the background. Downing Street’s ...
It was the summer of 2017, and a stock photo taken in Girona two years earlier was about to go global. That same summer, an Atlanta photographer walked through the doors of a dance studio to help ...
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Even GDS is telling GDS to shut down Verify
Editor in chief 08 Oct 2020The ailing Gov.uk Verify digital identity system was given a Frankenstein’s monster-like burst of energy back in April, when the lockdown-induced surge in Universal Credit applications brought ...
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Is Number 10 waiting for Harry Potter to apply for the government CDO job?
Editor in chief 18 Sep 2020For many years, the UK IT community pined for a government that wants to put technology at the heart of the country’s future; one that understands the importance of bringing digital and policy ...
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The subtle clues that show UK government is taking digital identity seriously at last (cough...)
Editor in chief 01 Sep 2020The UK government has finally unveiled its response to the digital identity consultation that concluded a year ago this month, and along with that announced a new Digital Identity Strategy Board to ...
Data Matters
The UK government’s weaponization of data analytics
Business Applications Editor 14 Jul 2020Data analytics seems to have emerged as a cure-all for the current Conservative government. Indeed, it is being positioned as a critical element in the wider revolution of Whitehall that Dominic ...
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It’s time to party! Yet another government digital identity scheme is on the way
Editor in chief 06 Jul 2020On 14 March 2021, we will mark the tenth anniversary of the official approval for the development of a single government-wide digital identity system. Save the date in your diaries. Intended to ...
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GDS 'under duress' - is there a row going on down near Whitechapel?
Editor in chief 03 Jul 2020The Government Digital Service (GDS) has taken its fair share of criticism in recent years – including from Computer Weekly - and much of it justified. But there’s little doubt the team at GDS HQ ...
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Meet the Identity and Attributes Exchange – GDS’s future for digital identity after Verify
Editor in chief 09 Jun 2020As the Government Digital Service (GDS) prepares for the winding down of its Gov.uk Verify service, its future plans for digital identity are becoming a little clearer. In recent weeks, GDS has ...
These times of ours, you might have heard, are being described as both “strange” and “unprecedented”. There’s also been some talk of a “new normal”, although while for some that means extra-long ...
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DWP takes centre stage in future of Gov.uk Verify
Editor in chief 11 May 2020The Government Digital Service (GDS) has published its first blog post on Gov.uk Verify since July 2019. Given the dearth of communications about the troubled digital identity system, it tells a ...
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After Universal Credit delays, GDS's silence over Gov.uk Verify is embarrassing and shameful
Editor in chief 02 Apr 2020In the past couple of weeks, nearly a million people have signed up for Universal Credit as a result of the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis. Never has the UK government’s move to a digital-first world ...
When IT Meets Politics
Tomorrow began last week: Preparing for a Post Covid Lockdown World
Winsafe Ltd 28 Mar 2020There is much to think about while we are in lockdown if we want to live in a relatively free, safe and democratically accountable society afterwards, for however long it takes us to rebuild ...
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Budget 2020: Thanks for the cash, but there are bigger problems to solve first to boost UK tech
Editor in chief 13 Mar 2020Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s first Budget was a step towards making good on the new government’s promise to be “unashamedly” pro-technology. Offering £22bn in annual funding for research and ...
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Cabinet Office gives more non-answers on the future of Gov.uk Verify
Editor in chief 04 Mar 2020The remarkable levels of secrecy and avoidance of scrutiny around the Gov.uk Verify digital identity scheme continue – and if anything, seem to have reached new levels of absurdity. Last week, ...
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Would you still consider the UK an attractive destination for global tech talent?
Editor in chief 28 Feb 2020Imagine you’re a skilled, ambitious IT professional living outside the UK and you want to maximise your earning potential and your exposure to the latest technology. You’re assessing where in the ...
IR35 has claimed its first big name, after Eamonn Holmes failed to convince the courts he’s a freelancer in his case against HMRC. For the humble freelancer, the introduction of the kaleidoscopic ...
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Want to hear the latest on Gov.uk Verify? Sorry, GDS still has nothing to say
Editor in chief 14 Feb 2020The great and the good of the digital identity sector gathered in London yesterday (13 February) for the Think Digital Identity for Government conference – a popular bi-annual event that always ...
It may have gone unnoticed with the January 14 end of support deadline for Windows 7, but Microsoft’s 10 year old OS, had one last Patch Tuesday update. And , surprise, surprise, this included a ...
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Here we go again - strap yourself in for the next 10-year ride in digital government transformation
Editor in chief 08 Jan 2020There’s a new UK government, one with a comfortable majority, and it’s clear it wants to use that advantage for radical change. The new prime minister says the government has “a mission to ...
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The Horizon scandal is over but the fight continues - an inquiry into the Post Office is essential
Editor in chief 17 Dec 2019There are not enough words to fully express the depth of scandal and outrage that should accompany the conclusion of the High Court case that finally and completely found that the Post Office ...
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Vilified then vindicated - victory for subpostmasters in Post Office trial shows risk of tech hubris
Editor in chief 11 Dec 2019In 2004, Computer Weekly received a letter from Alan Bates, a former subpostmaster in Craig-y-Don, a coastal suburb of Llandudno in north Wales. It’s that long ago that the letter arrived ...
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Everyone in UK tech must hold the new government to account on its digital promises
Editor in chief 06 Dec 2019When Computer Weekly set out to compare and analyse the tech and digital policies in the major political parties’ manifestos for the 2019 General Election, the article extended comfortably to ...
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Could Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings' ‘secret’ data sharing plan work?
Editor in chief 11 Sep 2019Prime minister Boris Johnson and his controversial special advisor, Dominic Cummings, are “secretly” working on a plan to gather citizen data from across Whitehall to be used for targeting ...
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GDS reveals details of digital identity pilot for passport data checks
Editor in chief 30 Aug 2019The Government Digital Service (GDS) has published details of the planned pilot project for opening up passport data to companies that wish to offer digital identity services. GDS recently held a ...
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Gov.uk Verify’s £40m bill for losing Experian
Editor in chief 28 Aug 2019The Government Digital Service (GDS) insists that its plans for Gov.uk Verify “remain on track” despite the withdrawal of three of the five remaining identity providers (IDPs) supporting the ...
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Why Gov.uk Verify faces a critical few months - again
Editor in chief 05 Aug 2019Gov.uk Verify – the government’s flagship digital identity system – faces a critical few months ahead. Again. As the clock ticks down towards the end of March 2020, when further public investment ...
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The only tech question that matters for a new PM: are you ready for the digital future, Mr Johnson?
Editor in chief 25 Jul 2019It’s traditional upon the coronation of a new Prime Minister to write a list of all the things they need to address in the tech and digital sectors. It would be a long list – digital skills, IT ...
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We shouldn't need to debate online identity again, but it's right that we do
Editor in chief 11 Jul 2019The latest select committee report by MPs into the progress of digital government in the UK has resurrected a question that has reared its head on several occasions in the past – do we need a ...
Three months ago, the Government Digital Service (GDS) appointed the first ever director of digital identity, Lisa Barrett – tasked with taking on the troubled Gov.uk Verify programme. Barrett ...
I like the Tech UK response to the Doteveryone report but we also need the 80% of optimists to also join the political party of their choice and work to produce policies that will: Address the ...
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Gov.uk Verify is the Theresa May of digital government
Editor in chief 08 May 2019Gov.uk Verify is the Theresa May of digital government. The embattled Prime Minister faces calls to quit from all around – her own Conservative MPs, grassroots Tory activists, the right-wing press ...
Fintech makes the world go around
Chancellor Hammond regrets uncertainty of the elephant in the room in speech to the fintechs
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 01 May 2019Chancellor of the Exchequer addresses fintechs on day two of Innovate Finance Summit 2019
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When will we see the digital transformation of politics?
Editor in chief 12 Apr 2019The digital transformation of government and public service delivery is well under way and is by now – hopefully – unstoppable. It’s taken longer to get here than it should have, and it will take ...
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MPs hear more revelations about Gov.uk Verify as troubled project gets a new leader
Editor in chief 25 Mar 2019Hello and good luck, to Lisa Barrett - the newly appointed director of digital identity at the Government Digital Service (GDS). She's taken on what many people outside GDS see as something of a ...
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Hubris over Horizon? Post Office shocks High Court with accusation of bias
Editor in chief 22 Mar 2019The Post Office likes to describes itself as “the nation’s most trusted brand”. Anyone following the latest developments in the increasingly heated High Court case about its Horizon IT system would ...
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NAO hammers another nail into Gov.uk Verify
Editor in chief 06 Mar 2019It’s not commonly known outside Whitehall that by the time the National Audit Office (NAO) – Parliament’s independent spending watchdog – publishes a report, it will have been through several ...
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Of course there's technology for the Irish border - that doesn't mean it will work
Editor in chief 07 Feb 2019It’s understandable that people express cynicism when a politician – particularly one with a clear ideological bent – proclaims that “digital” or “technology” can solve the core Brexit issue of the ...
Public Sector IT
Another one bites the dust: Bauer’s departure from NHS England highlights public sector-wide issue
15 Jan 2019NHS England’s chief digital officer (CDO) jumping ship to join the private sector is the latest example of one of the key issues facing digital and technology projects across the public sector, ...
There’s been a lot of excitement over the new NHS Long Term Plan. The plan sets out how the NHS will spend the extra £20.5bn a year, gifted to the health service by prime minister Theresa May as a ...
The government recently announced plans that – despite facing delays and setbacks – a new Emergency Services Network (ESN) will be phased in from the beginning of 2019. It will replace the legacy ...
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 ...
Dominic Raab, the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, has been in hot water for his late-dawning admission of the importance of the Dover-Calais route to the UK’s trade in goods. Raab was ...
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Chancellor's Budget boost for tech is tempered by Brexit realities
Editor in chief 02 Nov 2018Gone, or so it seems, are the days when Computer Weekly laments after every Budget statement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that tech has been overlooked. There is little doubt that ...
Fintech makes the world go around
Blockchain not the best technology for every use considered, says Australian government report
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 23 Oct 2018Australian government report finds that there is a better technology than blockchain for every use considered in its report
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GDS must share the lessons of Verify - good and bad - to boost the digital identity ecosystem
Editor in chief 10 Oct 2018Depending on your perspective, Gov.uk Verify is now either secure in its future at the heart of the UK’s emerging digital identity ecosystem, or it has one foot in the grave and is on the way to ...
Fintech makes the world go around
Blockchain found at bottom of scraped government barrel
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 03 Oct 2018Blockchain answer to Irish border question, but what about Facebook?
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DCMS plan aims to open up digital identity market - and might kill off Gov.uk Verify
Editor in chief 21 Sep 2018The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has been conducting a review of digital identity since taking over policy responsibility from the Government Digital Service (GDS) in ...
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Verify on the verge – what does it mean for GDS?
Editor in chief 07 Sep 2018The government’s flagship digital identity system Gov.uk Verify has become a car crash in motion, accelerating towards its demise. The Cabinet Office’s project watchdog has condemned Verify by ...
Will Liam Maxwell’s departure be the straw that broke the camel’s back when it comes to government’s progress on digital?
When Theresa May’s unstoppable reshuffle tour eventually reached as far as grinning app namesake Matt Hancock, he found himself thrust from his role as secretary of state for digital, culture, ...
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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Just as government starts to get better at major IT projects - enter, Brexit
Editor in chief 06 Jul 2018Slowly, slowly, the UK government is getting better at big IT projects. Thanks to Whitehall watchdog, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), we’re able to track the improvements in major ...
Gavin Williamson unwittingly summoning Siri on his iPhone whilst updating Parliament on the fight against Daesh has marked him as national security’s weak link, which couldn’t really be any less ...
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The next moves by DCMS on data and digital identity must lay foundations for UK's digital economy
Editor in chief 15 Jun 2018Matt Hancock, the secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport (DCMS), is not everyone’s cup of tea – especially when that cup is Matt Hancock branded. But regardless of whether you’re ...
The government announced this month a brand new method for submitting divorce applications: it can now all be done online! The digital route is intended as a less stressful option than the fusty ...
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GDS aims for path of least embarrassment as it shifts strategy on Gov.uk Verify
Editor in chief 16 May 2018Last 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 ...
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Will Brexit stymie government’s digital transformation ambitions?
Editor in chief 11 May 2018There’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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Why Windrush scandal demonstrates the importance of technology to political decision-making
Editor in chief 20 Apr 2018The 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 ...
When IT Meets Politics
Bringing military discipline to UK Technical Education and Training
Winsafe Ltd 08 Apr 2018On April 6th at the launch of the Apprenticeships Anthology Sir Gerry Berragan, the Chief Executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships outlined progress over the past year and updated his 10 ...
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GDS needs to prove it can still transform government after loss of data policy to DCMS
Editor in chief 06 Apr 2018I 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 ...
When IT Meets Politics
Crossing the watershed – digital skills crises will soon be history
Winsafe Ltd 04 Apr 2018There is no shortage of talent, only of employers who train that talent. Thirty years ago it took around 18 months turn a University Graduate into a competent analyst programmer. During that second ...
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 ...
When IT Meets Politics
Read the PMs Brexit speech - for why the BBC is so anti-Brexit
Winsafe Ltd 02 Mar 2018The details in the Prime Minister's speech, including that dismissed as Geekspeak in the mass media, helps explain what is really at stake in the negotiations and why the BBC and the Online ...
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Can technology save the day for Brexit? (*Spoilers* : No)
Editor in chief 01 Mar 2018If 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 ...
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Brexit fears and frustrations are mounting for UK tech sector leaders
Editor in chief 16 Feb 2018You 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 2018The 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 ...
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As Gov.uk Verify concerns mount, is GDS about to lose control of digital identity policy?
Editor in chief 02 Feb 2018There’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 ...
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Theresa May's welcome tech enthusiasm comes with a huge Brexit caveat
Editor in chief 26 Jan 2018It’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 ...
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There's nothing for government IT outsourcing to learn from Carillion that we don't already know
Editor in chief 18 Jan 2018The 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 ...
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Fear not for the future of digital government - the GIFs are taken care of
Editor in chief 19 Dec 2017I was tempted to write this blog post on Computer Weekly's Downtime blog, where we try to look at the lighter side of the world of IT. But I'm not entirely sure this is a joke. While budgetary ...
When IT Meets Politics
Who speaks for digital employers on their skills needs?
Winsafe Ltd 18 Dec 2017The switch from graduate recruitment to degree-linked apprenticeships has begin. It is delayed only by lack of information on the latter. That will change if the pilots being organised under the ...
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On digital identity in the UK - and the likely future for Gov.uk Verify
Editor in chief 15 Dec 2017Did you know the UK government has a minister for identity? It’s Baroness Susan Williams, whose full responsibilities go under the grander title of minister of state for countering extremism. ...
Ahead in the Clouds
G-Cloud 10 delayed: The pros and cons for public sector cloud users
Senior Editor, UK 14 Dec 2017In this guest post, Rob Anderson, principal analyst for central government at market watcher GlobalData, takes a look at the implications of delaying the launch of G-Cloud 10 by up to a year.
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The chancellor just placed tech at the heart of solving Britain’s productivity crisis
Editor in chief 23 Nov 2017Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced the most tech-friendly Budget ever. It wasn’t only the headline figures that mattered though, welcome as they were, including more than £500m of funding, ...
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Dear digital minister, a little more clarity - anything, really - on Brexit, please
Editor in chief 02 Nov 2017The government’s digital minister, Matt Hancock, is a busy and enthusiastic advocate for the UK’s digital economy. In the past month alone, he’s given five speeches, published an independent review ...
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On HMRC, cloud providers, SMEs – and cloud-first government IT
Editor in chief 25 Oct 2017There’s an interesting story doing the rounds this week that highlights some important issues around the UK government’s aim to have a cloud-first policy for IT purchasing. The original scoop, ...
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 ...
Public Sector IT
IR35 reforms: Why the war of words between HMRC and IT contractors needs addressing
Senior Editor, UK 09 Oct 2017HM 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 ...
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What to do when a Microsoft executive takes over as IT chief at HMRC
Editor in chief 19 Sep 2017HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) new chief digital and information officer (CDIO), Jacky Wright, appears to be an excellent appointment. She’s spent six years in senior roles at Microsoft, most ...
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Technology moving to the centre of Brexit debate
Editor in chief 15 Sep 2017Slowly, technology issues are rising to centre of the Brexit debate – as they should. This week saw the publication of the UK government’s Data Protection Bill – our implementation of the European ...
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DWP Digital overspent by £60m in six months - here's how it got back on track
Editor in chief 13 Sep 2017Halfway through its 2016/17 financial year, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) digital team had spent £60m over budget, a freedom of information (FoI) request submitted by Computer Weekly ...
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So you want new IT systems for Brexit? Leaked GDS report shows it’s already too late
Editor in chief 15 Aug 2017There has been barely a passing public mention from the government about the need for new or redeveloped IT systems to support whatever trading and immigration regime the UK has when it leaves the ...
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Tech suppliers assess the latest iteration of GDS
Editor in chief 27 Jul 2017The general election has passed by, new ministers are in place, and so the Government Digital Service (GDS) is coming back out of its shell. As it embarks on a new parliamentary cycle, GDS is a ...
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Dear Caroline Nokes, a few items for your digital government to-do list
Editor in chief 29 Jun 2017I feel a little sorry for Caroline Nokes, announced this week as the latest minister responsible for digital government - the third to take on that mantle in less than a year. She’s clearly a ...
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Chancellor Philip Hammond reveals the Brexit challenge for digital government
Editor in chief 20 Jun 2017In one throwaway line, largely ignored among the wider Brexit comments in his Mansion House speech today (20 June 2017), chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond exposed the true scale of the ...
When IT Meets Politics
Student social media campaign steals May's majority from Tory tortoise
Winsafe Ltd 10 Jun 2017Kainos electoral registration software and DUP constituency MPs is the undoubted winner. IT industry lobbyists are the biggest losers.
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Yet more uncertainty ahead for digital government after minister ousted in election
Editor in chief 09 Jun 2017Amid all the chaos, recriminations and excitement on the morning after the General Election, the future of digital government is far from the minds of anyone other than those of us with a personal ...
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Whoever wins election 2017, it's time for a digital minister with real authority
Editor in chief 02 Jun 2017You would expect, of course, that a publication such as Computer Weekly would call on whoever wins the 2017 general election to put the digital economy on its list of immediate priorities. While ...
Conceived in 2014, Singapore’s National Health IT Masterplan is coming to fruition, with key projects such as the National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) system already in place. This was revealed ...
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Election manifestos reveal only a few clues to the future for digital government
Editor in chief 19 May 2017It’s easy to read too much into any party election manifesto, but the Conservatives’ plans – should they win the election, as the polls suggest they will – offer plenty of scope for speculation ...
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Can DWP meet its revised 2022 target for completion of Universal Credit?
Editor in chief 26 Apr 2017In the run-up to the last UK general election in 2015, the Labour Party’s then shadow employment minister Stephen Timms pointed out that the target completion date for the Universal Credit welfare ...
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Don't expect much that's new from political parties' digital manifestos in General Election
Editor in chief 21 Apr 2017Like it or not, necessary or not, we have another General Election, and while nobody will decide their vote based on a party’s digital policies, the imminent poll will raise important questions ...
Last week’s highly critical National Audit Office (NAO) report highlighted the need for change at the Government Digital Service (GDS). The NAO “found widespread views across government that GDS ...
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 ...
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Can GDS avoid becoming just another Whitehall silo? Analysing the NAO's scathing critique
Editor in chief 30 Mar 2017Prior to this week’s publication of the latest National Audit Office (NAO) report on the Government Digital Service (GDS), rumour had it the Whitehall watchdog had pulled back from serious ...