Public sector IT careers get spice of life as economic uncertainty bites
Significant cuts to IT headcount at some of UK's biggest spending councils
'Secret to getting trust staff to use new software? Listen to their objections'
Better oversight needed for Whitehall's largest projects as one in five risk failure
April 2012
Departments see 16% drop in IT staff
IT staff numbers across Whitehall tumble 9% in four years
March 2012
CloudStore breaks its duck as MCA makes first buy from cloud catalogue
Maritime and Coastguard Agency purchases agile training and contemplates next procurement
February 2012
Ian Watmore: 'Majority of projects go very well and the public never hears'
Academy launches to teach civil servants how to run big projects
January 2012
GCHQ offers 'retention payments' to keep technology experts
Government intelligence service says it needs to make overall package for internet security specialists 'competitive' to stop employees leaving for big private firms
December 2011
Interview: Bill McCluggage and David Shields
The government's deputy chief information officer and the managing director of the Government Procurement Service tell Gill Hitchcock that Whitehall will hit its targets for centralised procurement
Whitehall waves flag for SFIA 5
IT leaders in central government have given their support to the new version of the Skills Framework for the Information Age, writes Mark Say
HMRC leads e-learning in government
More than 615,000 HMRC staff took e-learning courses last year
November 2011
Cheshire councils to axe 70 IT jobs
Two authorities set to begin three month consultation on their shared IT service
October 2011
Government sets ICT skills targets
Capability strategy aims to cut number of contractors and produce more CIOs
Cabinet Office seeks digital talent
Department ready to spend up to £2m a year on 28 new hires
NAO highlights government ICT skills gaps
Online learning to help civil service save £90m
Building government's in-house IT skills
September 2011
Defence plans to build information architect skills
MoD Information Strategy includes plans for enterprise architecture, digital identities, an improved intranet and cyber security skills
