As this Parliament draws to a close, in the Office of the CTO we have been looking back at the past four years. Our mission was to clear away the obstacles that prevented us and our colleagues in departments from …
There’s been a lot of support and also debate following my blog post to clarify what is government policy on the best way to deliver IT services.
Alex Holmes, Deputy Director and Chief of Staff in the Office of the CTO, tells us why government has moved away from the “Tower Model” for running IT services.
In his recent blog post, Sir Bob Kerslake outlined five of the principles driving the adoption of a better approach to technology for civil servants. I thought it would be worth setting out a little more detail of the thinking …
Chris Parkinson, an Incapacity Benefit Reassessment Decision Maker and Digital Champion Site Lead at the Burnley Benefit Centre, took part in our second Fixing Civil Service Technology Workshop in Manchester last week. Here’s what he thought about it. I am a …
We asked Elizabeth Atkin, a civil servant at the Ministry of Justice, to write about her experience at the inaugural Technology Workshop last week.
It’s critically important to us that civil servants have the best tools to do their jobs. It is equally important that our technology is based around user needs. We know this isn’t the case now, as demonstrated by comments from …
The Office of the Chief Technology Officer is part of the Government Digital Service. We are responsible for equipping government with the right technology to deliver great digital services. To do this, we are: leading on technology in government building …
The Office of the Chief Technology Officer recently held a business planning away day. What for? Read on …