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Latest Cabinet Office articles

Number 10 is final government office to switch to GOV.UK

The front door of 10 Downing Street
All 24 ministerial offices have now moved to the new portal website
30 Apr 2013

Government unveils Open Standards Board to oversee IT strategy

Road signs in Westminster in London
Ten board members to help examine low-cost and open source IT solutions for the public sector
16 Apr 2013

New digital services will save £1.2bn by 2015, according to Cabinet Office

Big Ben at the Houses of Parliament in London
600 central government transaction services being redesigned to save time and money
21 Mar 2013

Arvato selected as government’s first outsourced shared service centre operator

Deal part of government's plan to save up to £600m a year on back office costs
01 Mar 2013

Cabinet Office to launch cyber security standards consultation on Friday

Organisational Cyber Security Standards initiative intended to set security standards for UK businesses
28 Feb 2013

Cabinet Office website switches to gov.uk

Eleven government departments have now been moved to the new umbrella platform
21 Feb 2013

UK desperately short of skills needed to combat cyber threats

NAO review suggests it could take up to 20 years to build up the necessary expertise
12 Feb 2013

UK to set 'worldwide standard for digital delivery', says Maude

Cabinet Office minister argues other governments will aspire to the UK's digital by default delivery of public services
23 Jan 2013

NAO report: Government has cut IT spend by £316m but more effort needed

Whitehall needs to work on digital transformation of the civil service and the public services it provides
23 Jan 2013

Public sector IT: 2012 in review

Computing looks back at the government's IT initiatives this year and what impact they have had
07 Dec 2012

First departmental websites migrate to Gov.uk

Government says single domain will save taxpayer at least £50m per year
15 Nov 2012

Whitehall's open standards champions face 'real battle' to win over sceptics

Whitehall needs to be taught how open standards will benefit government and society as a whole
12 Nov 2012

Open Standards Principles now compulsory across government

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude says principles mean more open, cheaper and better connected government
02 Nov 2012

Former Micro Focus CEO Stephen Kelly appointed Cabinet Office COO

Kelly - 'best friends with Francis Maude' - appointed in succession to Ian Watmore
18 Sep 2012

Department of Health reaches deal with CSC over £2.9bn Lorenzo patient management system

Government claims of £1bn in savings questioned
04 Sep 2012

Francis Maude breaks promise to publish Gateway reports

Reports on failing public sector IT projects to stay secret to protect top civil servants
10 Aug 2012

Cabinet Office claims £104m in IT savings in the past year

IT savings represent just two per cent of total Whitehall efficiency savings
09 Aug 2012

Public-sector supplier blacklist planned by Francis Maude

Two companies already on blacklist, according to reports.
25 Jul 2012