Cabinet Office

Legacy IT to blame for UK's inflexible benefits system

Government department struggles with 30-year-old applications

On-Prem06 May 2022 | 82

Hitting underground pipes and cables costs the UK £2.4bn a year. We need a data platform for that, says government

Atkins wins £23m deal to build National Underground Asset Register

Networks20 Oct 2021 | 89

Yet another Big Tech exec heads to central government: This time IBMer Dan Bailey in 6-month stint

Big Blue UK and Ireland cloud man hired as 'interim' CTO, tasked with creating fellowship of the cloud

Off-Prem27 Sep 2021 | 9

UK Cabinet Office calls off its search for a 'partner' in Whitehall SaaS ERP migration

'This is not the outcome you were hoping for,' bidders told

Databases16 Sep 2021 | 3

UK's National Cyber Security Centre needs its posh Westminster digs, says Cabinet Office, because of WannaCry

May need to upgrade 'bunfight' into 'cake-flinging war' over this one

Security28 Jul 2021 | 19

Boss behind 'reset' of delayed, overbudget Emergency Services Network shifts to new 'digital' Cabinet Office role

Three years at ESN would have been three years too many for most

Legal13 Jan 2021 | 21

£1.3bn National Cyber Security Strategy? Meh – we're looking at 2021, Cabinet Office shrugs

'Progress' report shows nobody's really paying attention any more

Security27 Nov 2020 | 17

Watch as UK government magically makes value of £500m framework contract swell to four times the size

And for my next trick... behold! Digital transformation!

On-Prem29 Oct 2020 | 8

Conflict of interest? We've heard of it. Amazon on selection panel to choose UK.gov's chief digi officer

'Highly inappropriate' comments senior civil servant

SaaS26 Aug 2020 | 16

Cabinet Office takes over control of UK government data: Mundane machinery or Machiavellian manoeuvrings?

Argh! Dominic Cummings' department! Everybody panic!

Security24 Jul 2020 | 57

UK civil service has a new boss: Alex Chisholm dubbed permanent secretary for the Cabinet Office

Set to replace John Manzoni on 14 April, but no word on the new chief digi officer

On-Prem30 Mar 2020 | 3

Pesky legacy kit! It's stopping UK.gov getting at your data – watchdog

Don't worry, DCMS is about to publish 'yet another strategy'

On-Prem25 Sep 2019 | 8

Red flag: Verify to be marked 'undeliverable' by gov projects watchdog

Exclusive *Digital identity crisis intensifies*

On-Prem18 Jul 2019 | 31

It's your what in a box? Here's a thing to make your bosses think about malware responses

Cyber UK 2019 You mean they already do? Pull the other one

Security25 Apr 2019 | 25

Public spending watchdog snipes at UK.gov's £1.3bn infosec plan – but broadly nods it through

Less hiding behind 'national security' to hush up failures, please

Security15 Mar 2019 | 5

UK Ministry of Fun seeks deputy director for IT as it edges away from Cabinet Office shared services

DCMS wants to quintuple in-house IT staffers... that'll take it to 10

On-Prem11 Mar 2019 | 12

Cabinet Office: Forget about Verify – look at our 3,000 designers (and 56 meetups)

Digital government? Not sure how it is for you, but it's been great for us

Legal15 Oct 2018 | 33

We just love small firms, screams UK.gov after palming AWS UK £4.1m

650 new SMEs added to G-Cloud framework, but 'SME' includes Bezos' Brit limb

SaaS03 Jul 2018 | 14

220 heads to roll as Steria hacks away at UK.gov back-office IT biz

Part of major shake-up at outsourcer

On-Prem15 Jan 2018 | 8

Staff at Steria gov shared services centre offered voluntary redundo

Merry Christmas!

On-Prem06 Dec 2017 | 18

Oh the irony: Government Digital Services can't pay staff because of tech problems

Exclusive Helping to transform government to, to... er... There's a plan in place

On-Prem16 Jun 2017 | 26

Damian Green now heads up UK Cabinet Office

Analysis But what does the department of odds and sods actually do these days?

Legal13 Jun 2017 | 25

Cabinet Office losing grip on UK government departments – report

The centre cannot hold...

Legal03 May 2017 | 35

Cabinet Office gears up to ink mega Oracle deal

How's that plan to break with monopoly suppliers going?

On-Prem24 Oct 2016 | 12

UK.gov depts in post-Mad Frankie Maude landgrab over IT spending controls

Analysis Cat departs, mice start giant bunfight

Channel22 Aug 2016 | 12

£8 BILLION is locked into UK.gov's failing IT schemes, El Reg analysis reveals

Shared services centres and 'tower' contracts on the ropes

Channel07 Jul 2016 | 20

No 10's online EU vote signup crash 'inevitable' – GDS overseer

Tech's fail sparks emergency law, inquiry call

Channel10 Jun 2016 | 42

EU referendum frenzy bazookas online voter registration. It's another #GovtDigiShambles

Updated Keep calm and carry on registering

Channel08 Jun 2016 | 113

Brit upstart Arkivum gets new CEO

Cook cooked and becomes Chief Customer Officer

On-Prem06 Jun 2016 |

UK.gov says it's letting 1,000 SMEs push digital wares at civil servants

Except it's all, er, not quite ready yet. Come back later

Channel14 Mar 2016 | 13

Gov opens consultation on how to best to use your data

'This is not about selling public or personal data'

Legal01 Mar 2016 | 32

UK.gov delays Digital Services and Outcomes framework

Suppliers have been told they are on the list, but left to twiddle thumbs for two months

Channel23 Feb 2016 |

UK government looks to harness the potential of open data through APIs

'Value can be extracted' – Cabinet Office minister

Networks06 Nov 2015 | 30

BIS shuns Steria HR and payroll shared services centre

Exclusive Yeah, actually, you know those costs, they’re not 'viable' now

Channel02 Sep 2015 | 4

G-Cloud framework's latest booster has Allott to give

'Come on people, the cloud is great. Hello? Hello? Hello?'

Channel21 Aug 2015 |

All hail Mad Frankie Maude, noble Lord of Cabinet Office Axemen

Scourge of Whitehall handed ermine-trimmed chopper

Channel15 May 2015 | 17

Soz SMEs, we're not interested in your direct biz

Gov fudges overall small biz spend figures, claims success

Channel25 Feb 2015 | 3

UK.gov tempts SMEs with tasty framework, then slaps them in face

Will GDS work with small biz or just build itself an empire?

Channel10 Feb 2015 | 8

Hey biz – cut fraud with digital ID verification. Yes, like Verify – Maude

Stop laughing at the back of the class, would ya

Legal06 Feb 2015 | 11

Mad Frankie Maude hangs up his axe

Whitehall cuts minister announces retirement from gov

Channel02 Feb 2015 | 15

UK Cabinet Office's £200m IT bonanza: I got 999 contracts but a pitch ain't won (yet)

Bidding's only just opened and I feel bad for you, son

Channel05 Nov 2014 | 7

UK.gov wants public sector to rip up data protection law

Big Brother really WILL be watching you if Mad Frankie Maude gets his way

Channel04 Aug 2014 | 83

UK.gov's Open Source switch WON'T get rid of Microsoft, y'know

Analysis What do you mean, we've ditched Redmond in favour of IBM?!

Channel25 Jul 2014 | 102

UK.gov pops lid off £700m barrel of non-Cloudable hosting pork

Come and get it while it's still porky, shouts Cabinet Office

Channel21 Jul 2014 | 8

NAO slaps down Cabinet Office gov-IT savings claims AGAIN

Efficiency and Reform Group isn't that efficient, should reform its ways

Channel17 Jul 2014 | 7

Home Office terminates order for 16,000 PCs from Dell

Civil servant admin cockup delays contract rollout

Channel03 Apr 2014 | 20

UK citizens to Microsoft: Oi. We WANT ODF as our doc standard

Open source zealots beat down on OOXML as consultation continues

Channel24 Feb 2014 | 91

Crown Commercial Services turn screws on Commodity IT suppliers

'We're extending the deal. Oh, and changing it quite a lot'

Channel29 Jan 2014 | 1

You shall not IT PASS! UK gov fishes tech catalogue out of bin as replacement stalls

Cabinet Office extends CITHS, suppliers claim

Channel28 Jan 2014 | 6

UK.gov: NO MORE tech deals bigger than £100m. Unless we feel like it

'Big IT is Big FAIL,' insists Maude

Channel24 Jan 2014 | 27

Never mind bungled Universal Credit rollout, Maude wants UK to be 'most digital' gov by 2015

All a question of fringe benefits, we suppose

Legal10 Jan 2014 | 39

URGH! GPS, that's another delayed mess you've got us into - suppliers

£1.2bn framework rush: Lights are on but no one's home

Legal25 Nov 2013 | 7

Usual suspects make UK.gov Digital Services supplier list

£40m framework gives 'no guarantee' of business

Legal13 Nov 2013 |

The target: 25% of UK gov IT from small biz... The reality: Not even close

Proud mandarins ignoring Cabinet Office's master plan, note MPs

Legal23 Sep 2013 | 17

Fingers crossed! Half a trillion quid in public cash entrusted to ageing gov IT

If it ain't broke, don't fix it - but what about UK's 'digital by default' dream?

Channel12 Sep 2013 | 14

MoJ: Hey, hungry PC bods. Get ready to battle for this JUICY £200m contract

C'mon, SMEs, we won't cancel it again. Promise

Channel11 Sep 2013 | 2