As well as half a billion pounds to improve citizen services and reduce analogue provision, spending review gives tax department an additional £1.6bn to upgrade core computing and data infrastructure HM Revenue and Customs has been given £500m of Spending Review money to improve its IT and on| PublicTechnology
In the same week as a pending significant expansion of staff and duties is revealed, an influential group of MPs has urged the department to ‘prioritise’ upgrades and new tech HM Revenue and Customs must modernise its systems and get ready to embrace new technologies such as artificial intell| PublicTechnology
As PublicTechnology sources criticise addition to boardroom of ministers and directly appointed short-term members, department says appointments adhered to ‘relevant guidance’ and permanent roles will soon be open for applications HM Revenue and Customs will soon launch recruitment for perman| PublicTechnology
The UK tax agency has issued an early commercial notice outlining its intent to award a major cloud provider a contract lasting until 2036 and covering migration from existing platforms HM Revenue and Customs has announced plans to appoint one of the cloud market’s biggest firms to a decade-l| PublicTechnology
Department appoints AWS specialist to help prepare for upcoming migration to a new provider, but stresses engagement is not focused on a particular vendor and does not portend any preference HM Revenue and Customs has signed a multimillion-pound deal with a cloud consultancy to help shape a £| PublicTechnology
The Treasury Committee chair has suggested that it ‘may no longer be accurate’ to describe the tax agency as non-ministerial, as minister tells MPs of his role to ‘lead change’ HM Revenue and Customs' status as a non-ministerial department "may no longer be accurate" in light of Treasury mini| PublicTechnology
