Defra chief digital information officer steps down

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ISSUE DATE: 20 September 2019 TOP STORIES Defra chief digital information officer steps down John Seglias is leaving the department most impacted by Brexit to join National Grid, after four years in the civil service. READ MORE → Government insists 'nothing sinister' about web user data gathering Government Digital Service responds to allegations that personal data gathered through Gov.uk portal could be used to target political messaging to citizens. READ MORE → Civil service chief appeals to ‘wise, experienced, powerful’ IT leaders to apply for CDIO job John Manzoni explains why the new government digital leader will carry the power and authority of a Whitehall permanent secretary. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

IN DEPTH Public cloud market set to double in four years IT departments are accepting that the cloud offers a better way to provision enterprise IT, but CIOs need to beware of lock-ins.  READ MORE → Direct Line built an insurtech it can tweak a thousand times a day Insurance group Direct Line has added a new business to its portfolio, designed to let it act as a sandbox for its digital journey. READ MORE → Facebook automatically generates pages for Islamic State and Al Qaeda Facebook algorithms have auto-generated hundreds of Facebook pages for the Islamic State, Al Qaeda and Ansar Al Sharia, according to a whistleblower. READ MORE → Government relaunches search for chief digital and information officer The role, which will tackle issues such as eradicating legacy and leading data strategy, has been redesigned and elevated at permanent secretary level. READ MORE →

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