DSIT’s A blueprint for modern digital government also sets out a series of priority reforms. These include commitments to assess the optimum employment models and the competitiveness of the overall package for digital and data staff. To strengthen digital leadership, the blueprint also sets out plans to require all public sector organisations to have a digital leader on their executive committee and a digital non–executive director on their board by 2026.39 DSIT told us that chief digital inf...

DSIT’s A blueprint for modern digital government also sets out a series of priority reforms. These include commitments to assess the optimum employment models and the competitiveness of the overall package for digital and data staff. To strengthen digital leadership, the blueprint also sets out plans to require all public sector organisations to have a digital leader on their executive committee and a digital non–executive director on their board by 2026.39 DSIT told us that chief digital information officers are “not sufficiently represented at the executive committee level”.40 34 UAIG0006, UAIG0010, UAIG0011, UAIG0018, UAIG0026, UAIG0028, U Type: conclusion | Number: 17 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 3. PAC conclusion: There are persistent digital skills shortages in the public sector and DSIT’s plans to address the skills gap may not be enough. 3. PAC recommendation: DSIT and Cabinet Office should write to the committee alongside publication of the Digital a