The government is failing to properly address data protection, with almost 9,000 breaches recorded in 2014-15, a report from the National Audit Office has said....
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HMRC chief ‘confident’ team can build on progress of departing CDIO
HMRC has moved to reassure the Public Accounts Committee that the department’s replacement of its Aspire contract would be in safe hands after its department’s chief digital and information officer […]...
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GDS takes on snail mail
The Government Digital Service is beta testing ways to improve how government sends out letters, saying that automation could cut the cost of sending a letter from £3 to 29p....
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ICO offers £85,000 for new deputy commissioner
The UK’s information rights watchdog is recruiting for a deputy information commissioner to work under recently-appointed commissioner Elizabeth Denham....
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Yorkshire and Humber forces pick Sopra Steria for CSI command system
Four police forces in Yorkshire and Humberside have chosen to use Sopra Steria’s STORM command and control system to better direct their shared resources to crime scenes....
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Scottish councils name joint digital and tech chiefs to kick-start digital transformation
Twenty-seven Scottish councils have appointed joint chief digital and technology officers to help implement their digital transformation strategy....
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