August 2023

3 Minutes

Cyber Security Week News Public order, justice and rights

ICO clamps down on ‘text pests’ using business data to proposition customers

Sam Trendall August 29, 2023 3 Comments

Regulator launches online service for people to report instances of employees of organisations taking individuals’ data gained from business transactions and using it for romantic, sexual or otherwise personal purposes […]...

2 Minutes

Cyber Security Week News Transport

DVLA retains credit reference agency for online identity checks in £2.4m deal

Sam Trendall August 29, 2023 7 Comments

Government agency signs contract with Experian to gain access for three years to software platform that can provide data from a range of sources in real time or in batches […]...

3 Minutes

News Society and welfare

DWP pays compensation over letters and PDFs sent to blind benefit claimants

Jim Dunton August 29, 2023 77 Comments

High Court judgement finds in favour of Londoner Yusuf Ali Osman who brought case against department with support of charity The Department for Work and Pensions has paid thousands of […]...

2 Minutes

News Public order, justice and rights

Manchester seeks tech partner to digitise thousands of firearms licensing documents

Sam Trendall August 25, 2023 49 Comments

Local authority and police issue joint tender inviting bids from firms that could fulfil requirement to convert paper files to electronic formats and, ultimately, deliver digital methods of processing information […]...

3 Minutes

Cyber Security Week News Society and welfare

DWP amends personal data guidance to reflect use of ‘automated processing in some decision making’

Sam Trendall August 25, 2023 69 Comments

The department updates policies to include explicit reference to use of automated tools in decision making – but indicates that humans always have final say if benefit applications are denied […]...

2 Minutes

Cyber Security Week Defence and Security News

Government expects anti-fraud data unit to deliver ‘significant’ financial results

Adam Payne August 25, 2023 55 Comments

Established 12 months ago, the Public Sector Fraud Authority was tasked with using information and analytics to deliver savings of £180m in its first year – with results due out […]...

3 Minutes

Economics and finance News

One Login: GDS spends £20m on duo of deals for software and security support

Sam Trendall August 24, 2023 1 Comment

With rollout of new system to be accelerated over the coming months, the Government Digital Service has signed commercial engagements cumulatively worth £35m in recent days to support project delivery […]...

2 Minutes

Environment News

UK Space Agency puts £500k into using AI to gain climate insights

Sandhya Menon August 24, 2023 53 Comments

Government agency dedicates package of funding to ten individual projects using satellites, Earth observation and data analytics intended to help support green financing initiatives and enable businesses to embrace sustainability […]...

4 Minutes

International Relations News

HMRC delays closure of CHIEF customs IT system after ‘listening to industry feedback’

Sam Trendall August 23, 2023 3 Comments

Department announces that it will now take a ‘phased approach’ to moving exporters to the new Customs Declaration service, with total replacement of outgoing system pushed back by four months […]...

PublicTechnology

August 2023

ICO clamps down on ‘text pests’ using business data to proposition customers

DVLA retains credit reference agency for online identity checks in £2.4m deal

DWP pays compensation over letters and PDFs sent to blind benefit claimants

Manchester seeks tech partner to digitise thousands of firearms licensing documents

DWP amends personal data guidance to reflect use of ‘automated processing in some decision making’

Government expects anti-fraud data unit to deliver ‘significant’ financial results

One Login: GDS spends £20m on duo of deals for software and security support

UK Space Agency puts £500k into using AI to gain climate insights

HMRC delays closure of CHIEF customs IT system after ‘listening to industry feedback’

The importance of data security for today’s healthcare organisations

The UK public sector harbours hidden digital transformation ‘deficit’

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