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By Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs / Published January 21, 2021 ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The Air and Space Forces Chief Data Office introduced a new training and certification program for data officers last fall, bringing forth a new Public Sector Data Governance Professional designation within the Department of the Air Force. The three-day training course will tackle an emerging need for data governance. The training, set to be offered monthly, already has would-b...

UKtech50 2021: Vote for the most influential person in UK technology Our judges have picked a shortlist, and now we invite readers to tell us who should be chosen as the most influential person in the UK tech scene for 2021 – submit your vote now Share this item with your network: By Published: 21 Jan 2021 14:04 Computer Weekly has opened voting for the annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK technology – the CIOs, industry executives, public servants an...

The Government Digital Service (GDS) is developing proposals for an ongoing assurance process of Whitehall departments’ digital priorities. It said the move has originated from a round of assurance exercises to support departments’ bids from funds in last year’s Spending Review. It claimed that these helped to make the case for the allocation of more than £600 million over the next year to deal with legacy technology issues. Tom Read (pictured), currently chief digital information office...

Where is the UK’s digital strategy? While the devolved nations press on with their digital plans, the UK government has delayed its digital strategy – yet this is too important for the economy to be put off any further Share this item with your network: By Published: 20 Jan 2021 Today, without a doubt, we are unanimous in our understanding as a population that “digital” is critical to our day-to-day lives and to our economy. It is necessary for our current survival and will be a key ba...

Latest civil service & public affairs moves — January 18 New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People Government departments Prime Minister’s Office: UK Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe – John Howell MP appointed as Leader, Martin Vickers MP replaced Roger Gale MP as a member, and Cherilyn Mackrory MP appointed as a substitute member. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Tim Stew has be...

UK government needs a digital reboot The appointment of new digital leadership is a welcome start to what – if the UK is to thrive in a post-Covid, post-Brexit world – must become a wholesale reboot of digital government Share this item with your network: By Published: 14 Jan 2021 It would be an understatement to say this appointment has been a long time coming – it took multiple delays and two rounds of recruitment to find the right candidate. However, the announcement – and with it t...

Optimizing public services: Cities that run their own operating system Watch Now For about a year and a half now, the UK government has been on the hunt for one of the biggest jobs in tech. The Cabinet Office has been recruiting for its next Government Chief Digital Officer (GCDO), a £200,000-a-year role operating at the most senior level of the civil service, to accomplish a seriously daunting task: to lead the public sectors digital transformation.   Now, fifteen months after the GCDOs jo...

Unravelling the new digital leadership plans in UK government About This Blog Computer Weekly\s editor gives a personal perspective on the biggest issues in technology and IT strategy. Latest Blog Posts Related Content US court issues Google API with Java ruling Employees express high expectations of IT in world of ‘work from anywhere’ Download Current Issue In September 2019, the then civil service chief executive John Manzoni told Computer Weekly that the new digital leader he w...

UK Cabinet Office announces new strategic digital unit By Kate Hodge on 13/01/2021 Building a new digital empire: Paul Willmott, chief digital adviser at LEGO Brand Group, will chair the newly created Central Digital and Data Office. Credit: Will Porada/Unsplash The UK’s Cabinet Office is overhauling the leadership of digital, data and technology, appointing a new head of the Government Digital Service plus leaders of a Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), which it says will act as a “ne...

Three years at ESN would have been three years too many for most Lindsay Clark Wed 13 Jan 2021 // 16:59 UTC Share Copy Joanna Davinson, who in her role at the Home Office spent the last three years overseeing the Emergency Services Network project – currently incurring £550m in additional annual costs because of delays – has been appointed executive director of the UK governments new Central Digital and Data Office. The new CDDO will sit within the Cabinet Office an...