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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 officer at the Ministry of Justice and soon to become the chief executive of GDS, said: "The sessions had ...

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 basis for our future economy after Brexit. The government must care about digital to ensure the infras...

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 been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Panama.  Wilton Park – Tom Cargill app...

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 the creation of a new Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) – is also a welcome one. It comes at a...

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 sector's digital transformation.   Now, fifteen months after the GCDO's job was first advertised, and despite confirming on various occasions that the recruitment process w...