System will allow clinicians to authorise kits to be sent out The government is planning to spend up to £2m over the coming years on a platform that will allow […]...
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Home Office slammed for ‘extremely poor’ efforts to tackle online fraud
MPs criticise national cybercrime reporting service and other government initiatives The Home Office has been heavily criticised for its work on coordinating national efforts to combat cybercrime and other types […]...
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‘Sow distrust and decrease morale’ – government lifts lid on work of UK’s offensive cyber spy unit
National Cyber Force reveals its work includes covert influence operations as well as disruption of adversaries IT networks The government has, for the first time, released details of cyberattacks against […]...
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Government to crunch the numbers on 6,000 major projects as part of work to ‘ensure realistic cost projections’ in future
New Data Benchmarking Service gets off the ground with information injection The government has invested £150,000 in a mass of data to kickstart an initiative that aims to ensure that […]...
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Service-complaints body urged to press on with ‘long-awaited’ reform
MPs warn dangers of ombudsman’s current approach, as body cites improvements of three-year tech and data strategy Watchdog MPs have criticised the ombudsman responsible for investigating complaints about public services […]...
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Regulator imposes £1bn-plus price cut on Motorola’s Airwave network for emergency services
Tech firm criticises CMA’s ‘unprecedented overreach’ and pledges to appeal The UK’s competition regulator has imposed price controls that will force Motorola Solutions to reduce by more than £1bn its […]...
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Minister opens Horizon talks as tech industry leans on government to ensure membership of EU scheme
Technology secretary of state visits Brussels to discuss possible associate membership The government is due to hold talks with the European Union about the UK having associate membership of Horizon, […]...
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Government urged to act as annual fraud losses quadruple in four years to more than £10bn
Newly created specialist body should work to help departments improve data analytics The annual level of fraud in government spending has almost quadrupled to more than £10bn over the past […]...
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Union claims ongoing strike has caused GDS ‘coding freeze’
PCS says walkout has stopped updates to GOV.UK, but government claims digital staff ‘continue to work on improvements’ The PCS union claims that ongoing strike action has caused a “coding […]...
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Courts service discloses £25m deal for ‘squads’ to improve Common Platform
CGI won three-year contract to support HM Courts and Tribunal Service in improving much-criticised system The Ministry of Justice signed a three-year deal valued at £25m to provide “continuous improvement […]...
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