• Morse: Government must rely on private providers because it has “neither the skills nor financial capacity to take back much delivery in house”

  The National Audit Office’s (NAO) Comptroller & Auditor General Sir Amyas Morse has said he expects private and third sector…
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• GlobalData on why the revolution will be digitised

  GlobalData’s Jessica Figueras and John O’Brien argue that despite all the turmoil going on in government, a once-in-a generation opportunity…
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• HMRC: “transformation plans remain ambitious, complex and challenging to deliver”

  HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) transformation plans outlined in the department’s annual report and accounts remain challenging, buffeted by Brexit. …
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• EU white paper shows extent that UK requires continued access to EU systems

  The government’s newly-published white paper on its future relationship with the European Union (EU) has indicated the extent to which…
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• Atos lands six-year, £135m Defra UnITy hosting and application support deal

  It appears that Atos has won a major UnITy programme contract for hosting and application support services at the Department…
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• Alexa helps HMRC’s customers with their tax credits renewals

  HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has launched a service through Amazon’s Alexa bot to help more than 3 million customers…
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• Carillion has exposed fundamental flaws in government outsourcing, says Commons committee

  The House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) has suggested the collapse of Carillion has exposed fundamental…
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• GovStart driver PUBLIC launches new cohort of tech firms bidding to transform public services

  GovTech accelerator specialist PUBLIC has launched the latest round of its GovStart programme, seeking to build an innovative new pipeline…
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• CCS simplifies public sector contract to cut red tape for SMEs

  The government has launched a simplified public sector contract to cut red tape and make it easier for businesses to…
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• European Parliament rejects proposal to update copyright laws for digital age

  The European Parliament has rejected a controversial new copyright law that critics claimed posed an “imminent threat” to Internet freedom….
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