Mobile connectivity to be rolled out across London tube network
Passengers will have ubiquitous 4G access by 2025
NHS Digital picks KPMG as £4m ‘cyber innovation partner’
Auditing heavyweight will help health-service agency use innovative ideas to meet organisational objectives
GDS ramps up researcher recruitment
Digital agency looks to boost teams dedicated to GOV.UK, government as a platform, and digital identity
‘Disinformation has been weaponised at levels nobody imagined’ – Glasgow MP
SNP member Stewart McDonald publishes report mapping growing threat posed to Scotland
MI5 seeks chief data officer who is ‘comfortable with ambiguity’
Role comes with £100k-plus pay packet and remit to help lead transformation programme
Takeaway app to deliver support for Covid testing
Government to work with Deliveroo to help combat new variants
National Infrastructure Bank opens to support investment in digital
New institution based in Leeds will have £12bn to invest
Information commissioner speaks out against current uses of facial recognition
Data watchdog says all investigations conducted by her office of live systems have found illegality
Remote working: Over half of top civil servants concerned about surveillance
Study finds 57% of leading officials believe their employer might put in place monitoring technology or policies
Commons committee scolds government for failure to address transparency concerns
PACAC claims its recommendations have not been sufficiently engaged with
'Being accessible isn't a badge of honour; it's the minimum we should be doing'
To mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day, PublicTechnology caught up with Craig Abbott from the DWP to discuss how the department incorporates inclusion into its services, and why inaccessibility equates to discrimination
How Covid has revealed public sector transformation’s greatest strengths – and weaknesses
Discussing the findings of a Dods and SAP Concur report, experts from government and industry reflected on the achievements of the past year, and the areas that have been shown to need the most improvement. PublicTechnology learns more.
Unwrapping government’s £300m Amazon package
Since a public sector-wide agreement with AWS was introduced six months ago, departments have signed contracts worth hundreds of millions with the cloud firm. PublicTechnology takes a closer look.
A closer look: what now for the government’s vaccine passport plans?
PublicTechnology examines the government’s strategy for offering a digital certification tool, and its key advantages and challenges
PublicTechnology research: five things we learned about the future of digital government
A recent study finds that the pandemic has boosted budgets – but legacy tech remains a big barrier to progress
Faster Indicators: Why the ONS is checking CCTV footage for hints about the health of the economy
PublicTechnology sits down with ONS statisticians to learn more about the organisation’s Faster Indicators programme
SMEs have limited trust in government procurement
An annual survey from techUK shows that significant barriers remain for smaller firms wishing to supply government, according to Henry Rex
Online safety: How police, public sector and tech firms have reached a data-sharing stalemate
With the Online Safety Bill now published, former police superintendent Iain Donnelly writes for PublicTechnology on the challenges that need to be overcome in order to ensure the law’s efficacy
Ex-NCSC chief Martin asks whether the new cyber strategy will make the UK safer
Ciaran Martin discusses six tests that can be applied to the incoming national plan for cyber
How DWP built an engineering community to support its digital ambitions
Head of engineering Stuart Taylor discusses how 1,000 staff across the department support each other’s work
Data governance is fundamental to our post-pandemic world
Coronavirus has shown the power of data and, according to Sue Daley of techUK, it is crucial that the UK implements the right laws to govern its use and protection
NHS workers must be at the centre of technology reform
The health service’s IT infrastructure badly needs an update. But modernisation efforts must not focus solely on the technology, believes Matt Fetzer of Reform.