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Government Covid guidance body brings in Accenture for ‘data science support’
Consultancy awarded £500,000 deal
Watchdog promises ‘careful scrutiny’ of Apple in probe of alleged anti-competitive practices
Regulator investigates whether terms of app store break the law
‘Not appropriate’ to comment on volume of disinformation flagged by government unit, minister says
Digital minister Dinenage declines to detail the work of the Counter Disinformation Unit
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HMRC gets £280m Budget boost to improve tech and tackle fraud
Tax agency supported by chancellor
Digital secretary meets with Australian counterpart over Facebook face-off
Discussion covered regulation, free speech and media
Government more than doubles contactless limit in bid to boost retail sector
Citizens can now use technology to pay for £100 of goods and services
RAF and Navy to adopt £9.5m low-code recruitment platform
Three-year deal awarded to Pegasystems
All laptops issued for remote learning under warranty, minister says
Cover lasts until at least June
Recruitment launched for new £200k information commissioner
Appointee will replace Elizabeth Denham and will lead the data-protection watchdog through a ‘dynamic period of change’
EU introduces digital vaccine ‘green pass’
UK officials will talk to European counterparts about operation of system that allows individuals to demonstrate they have been vaccinated
DWP plans to hire hundreds of digital staff this year
Department seeks to enable ‘once-in-a-generation’ transformation
Public bodies join up to form CyberScotland
Newly created organisation aims to improve national resilience
‘No algorithms whatsoever’ – teachers to rule on pupils’ grades
Education secretary confirms that technology will not be used again
Transport body to harvest smartphone data to understand citizens’ road journeys
Engineering heavyweight Atkins wins £360,000 deal
Test and Trace ‘scaling down’ use of consultants
Programme leader Dido Harding says use of outside help is being reduced although will continue to some extent
Government study reveals cyber sector kept growing through 2020
Revenue spiked 7% to £8.9bn, DCMS study reveals
Government considers role of technology in enforcing quarantine
Minister says mandating isolation is ‘right course of action’
Only one in 15 staff needed to run new border system has begun using platform
Home Office chief reveals two thirds of users also need to be trained
Treasury found ‘lots of positives’ in virtual spending review process
Director general of public spending says remote work enabled people to be brought together more quickly
Government opens non-digital routes for home Covid tests
Video call service is also available for citizens with visual impairments
Personal data of 600 people exposed by Scottish Borders Council data breach
Email addresses and info about eligibility for payments accidentally revealed
Delayed publication of coronavirus contracts ruled unlawful
Court finds that Matt Hancock broke the law