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We're living in a global beta test to determine the legal and ethical boundaries of data collection
- Editor in chief 01 Dec 2017 -
A digital economy needs more than startups - government must address UK's lack of IT investment
- Editor in chief 17 Nov 2017 -
Dear digital minister, a little more clarity - anything, really - on Brexit, please
- Editor in chief 02 Nov 2017
In the fast-expanding world of ubiquitous personal data, sometimes it feels like we’re living in an enormous global beta test to work out what’s acceptable and what’s not. This week, Google was hit ...
It would be churlish not to applaud the government’s pre-Budget commitments to the tech sector – an increase in funding to support tech startups and expanding visa availability for bringing in top ...
The government’s digital minister, Matt Hancock, is a busy and enthusiastic advocate for the UK’s digital economy. In the past month alone, he’s given five speeches, published an independent review ...
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On HMRC, cloud providers, SMEs – and cloud-first government IT
- Editor in chief 25 Oct 2017 -
On ethics and technology - we all know we have to do better, right?
- Editor in chief 12 Oct 2017 -
What to do when a Microsoft executive takes over as IT chief at HMRC
- Editor in chief 19 Sep 2017 -
Technology moving to the centre of Brexit debate
- Editor in chief 15 Sep 2017 -
DWP Digital overspent by £60m in six months - here's how it got back on track
- Editor in chief 13 Sep 2017 -
UK IT managers: you need to help government understand the skills you need. Here's how...
- Editor in chief 01 Sep 2017 -
So you want new IT systems for Brexit? Leaked GDS report shows it’s already too late
- Editor in chief 15 Aug 2017
There’s an interesting story doing the rounds this week that highlights some important issues around the UK government’s aim to have a cloud-first policy for IT purchasing. The original scoop, ...
Many experts – and many articles in Computer Weekly – have warned of the potential for social and cultural disruption and unrest as a result of the digital revolution. Does it feel to you, too, ...
HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) new chief digital and information officer (CDIO), Jacky Wright, appears to be an excellent appointment. She’s spent six years in senior roles at Microsoft, most ...
Slowly, technology issues are rising to centre of the Brexit debate – as they should. This week saw the publication of the UK government’s Data Protection Bill – our implementation of the European ...
Halfway through its 2016/17 financial year, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) digital team had spent £60m over budget, a freedom of information (FoI) request submitted by Computer Weekly ...
Having trouble recruiting IT professionals? If so, the government wants your help. Most IT managers that Computer Weekly talks to have some form of skills shortages in their teams, and struggle to ...
There has been barely a passing public mention from the government about the need for new or redeveloped IT systems to support whatever trading and immigration regime the UK has when it leaves the ...
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Why does tech recruit men who have a problem with women?
- Editor in chief 11 Aug 2017 -
Tech suppliers assess the latest iteration of GDS
- Editor in chief 27 Jul 2017 -
Dear Caroline Nokes, a few items for your digital government to-do list
- Editor in chief 29 Jun 2017 -
Yet more uncertainty ahead for digital government after minister ousted in election
- Editor in chief 09 Jun 2017 -
Whoever wins election 2017, it's time for a digital minister with real authority
- Editor in chief 02 Jun 2017
We have read a lot about the issue of women in technology lately, since the publication of a dubious “manifesto” by a male Google employee, postulating that women may be biologically unsuited to a ...
The general election has passed by, new ministers are in place, and so the Government Digital Service (GDS) is coming back out of its shell. As it embarks on a new parliamentary cycle, GDS is a ...
I feel a little sorry for Caroline Nokes, announced this week as the latest minister responsible for digital government - the third to take on that mantle in less than a year. She’s clearly a ...
Amid all the chaos, recriminations and excitement on the morning after the General Election, the future of digital government is far from the minds of anyone other than those of us with a personal ...
You would expect, of course, that a publication such as Computer Weekly would call on whoever wins the 2017 general election to put the digital economy on its list of immediate priorities. While ...