By Lindsay Clark
Publication Date: 2026-04-28 12:24:00
Later today, prospective candidates will log onto a UK government call to convince themselves that £125k a year is worth the trouble of tackling a technological landscape swamped by colliding projects.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is hunting for a new Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO), and has invited interested tech pros onto a Google Meet call this afternoon to “hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department”.
UK government on the lookout for bargain-priced CTO
First on the to-do list is getting rid of Google Meet, one assumes – because among the “significant technical transitions scheduled for 2026,” the chosen candidate must “harness the benefits of DCMS services moving from Google to Microsoft.”
Wrenching department staff away from Google Docs is only the start. The new CDIO must prepare DCMS to join the NEO platform – a new HR and finance system that is part of a Government shared services programme – in the…
