New features to be added in bid to help government and businesses take action on pay inequality...
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Government proposes banning online trolls from public office
Suggested law change would create a new offence of intimidating political candidates or campaigners...
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Government opted not to encrypt Cold War Kremlin hotline as £20,000 cost was deemed too high
Newly published former top-secret documents reveal that a direct communications link between Downing Street and Mikhail Gorbachev was not encrypted – despite the wishes of the government’s ‘technical experts’ ...
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‘A crisis in our democracy’ – MPs recommend verified sites and online content standards to tackle fake news
DCMS committee claims it has ‘pulled back the curtain on the secretive world of the tech giants’...
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North Yorkshire gets £11m government boost for rural broadband
Funding comes as Defra commits an extra £45m to support the rollout of superfast connections across the country...
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An open government will not always succeed – but a closed government is doomed to fail
Secrecy creates a pressure that can lead to explosive consequences for both politicians and civil servants, according to Andrew Greenway...
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CCS merges four digital projects into one after another Crown Marketplace rethink
Quartet of planned development projects cancelled and new contract notice issued for platform housing five commercial agreements in one place...
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Canada appoints first ever minister for digital government
Scott Brison takes on digital government brief and will be supported by national CIO Alex Benay who has been promoted to a deputy minister-level post...
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GOV.UK boss Williams to become Croydon’s digital chief
Long-time civil servant to move into local government with role in his home borough...
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UK slips from first to fourth in UN e-government league table
The UK has slipped from first to fourth place in the global digital government rankings published biennially by the United Nations. Top of the table in the 2018 report is […]...
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