Government Digital Service
GDS to get a whopping £450m of additional funding - Spending Review 2015
So it looks like government hasn't given up hope on GDS or perhaps even Government-as-a-Platform
Public sector CIO claims 40 per cent cost saving from virtual desktop deployment
'We have saved around 40 per cent on our desktop budget,' explains Department for Communities and Local Government CIO Darren Scates of his Citrix deployment
TechUK calls for more help for SMEs using G-Cloud
Government 'on right track' to meet targets, but more needs to be done, says TechUK report
Government Digital Service in need of a refresh, says DVLA CTO Iain Patterson
Patterson was sad to see Mike Bracken leave GDS but believes that there is now an opportunity for new people, new roles and new approaches
Mike Bracken reunited with former GDS colleagues at Co-Operative Group
The Co-Op hires the team that Bracken credits with creating the Government Digital Service
Government's deputy CTO Magnus Falk is latest to leave GDS
Like several others, Falk leaves government without securing a new job, suggesting a degree of unhappiness with GDS direction
Another day, another departure at GDS - transformation director Beaven leaves
Yet another senior member of GDS resigns, after Mike Bracken's departure to the Co-Operative Group
Government Digital Service creates £60,000-a-year privacy officer role
Departmental approach of having data protection officers in a separate governance team 'isn't enough' for GDS
Mike Bracken's successor revealed as three key members of GDS quit
GDS COO Stephen Foreshew-Cain will lead the organisation, but three of the most significant architects at GDS have chosen to follow Bracken out the exit door
Why the government can still succeed in digital without Mike Bracken
It is an unenviable task to be Bracken's replacement, but whoever takes the mantle will have a foundation to work with that Bracken himself never received, says Sooraj Shah
Mike Bracken named as Co-Operative Group's new chief digital officer
After shock departure from Whitehall, Bracken's next destination is revealed
Mike Bracken, government's CDO and head of GDS, resigns from Whitehall
Bracken leaves after masterminding the extension of public services online and spearheading government's digital revolution
BIS hires former GDS deputy director Emma Stace as chief digital officer
The latest in a long line of CDO appointments in Whitehall as government continues its digital push
Government Digital Service approves 'official' use of Box across all of government
Move designed to 'Enhance flexibility for file sharing, especially around 'official' data'
Mike Bracken named as first ever government chief data officer
Sceptics say CDO role isn't here to stay, but UK and US governments have both hired CDOs this week
H4cked Off: £40m for Internet of Things? It will barely pay for the branded stationery
Another wasted opportunity for a UK forever playing IT catch-up
Metropolitan Police to cut 700 staff in IT outsourcing plan
Staff at Digital Policing arm facing the axe under plan to outsource software development and IT services
'A modern equivalent to London's Victorian sewers' - Francis Maude hails importance of government digital reforms
Cabinet Office Minister tells TechUK that 'government-as-a-platform' digital services can revolutionise the public sector
TechUK slams government for creating confusion over IT procurement
Trade association disappointed that significant change in policy was announced in a Government Digital Service (GDS) blog post
Government IT exec to Whitehall CIOs: 'You've got IT procurement all wrong' - but is he right?
The many government organisations that use the SIAM/tower procurement model need to change their ways, argues Alex Holmes
Tower Model is 'not condoned and not in line with government policy', says GDS
Tower Model doesn't work together because it uses 'one size fits all' approach, claims Alex Holmes
Remote areas risk being left behind in rural broadband rollout, warn MPs
Environment Committee concerned that rural areas will not be able to access government digital services due to lack of broadband
Cabinet Office issues tender for second Digital Services Framework
Updated system will enable public-sector organisations to buy expertise. Cabinet Office also reveals it is looking to appoint a chief data officer
No change for government IT regardless of who wins the next election, believes Liam Maxwell
Government Digital Service CTO Liam Maxwell looks forward to continuing his role, regardless of the outcome of the general election in 2015
