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Developers on demand: Home Office signs £5m IBM deal for short-notice access to digital skills
Department signs bench agreement with tech giant
Whitehall’s top official admits need to improve civil service technical skills
Simon Case claims government has improved data handling and support for innovation but there is...
Information commissioner expresses transparency concerns and calls for FOI updates
Outgoing data-protection watchdog tells MPs that ‘ministers and government are not walking the...
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Government data-sharing blueprints to be introduced by end of FY22
New governance framework is currently being assessed across government
UK Space Agency backs quantum communications
Organisation awards grant to Glaswegian company
Home Office: Video asylum interviews blighted by tech issues and lack of training, report finds
Immigration watchdog cites IT issues as key contributor to growing delays in asylum decisions
BEIS develops regulatory database after post-Brexit loss of access to EU platform
Regulated Professions Register will provide information for authorities, professional users and policymakers
New cyber laws aim to ‘put a firewall around’ citizens’ smart devices
Firms that breach guidelines could face multimillion-pound fines
Report crowns Manchester top UK hotspot for tech start-ups
City is the best place outside London to start a technology business, study finds
NHS Digital and NHSX to be merged into NHS England
Leaders of technology units say that subsumption will accelerate transformation and enable consistent messaging
‘Work from home where possible’ – Northern Ireland updates Covid advice
Ministers issue statement aimed at ‘strengthening the message’ on mitigations for virus transmission as winter looms
Scotland will not extend vaccine passports to pubs, restaurants and theatres
Government also announces that negative tests will be accepted at large events and nightclubs
NHS Covid app: local features and boosting uptake among ‘under-represented communities’ cited as key to autumn plan
Test and Trace strategy and delivery document sheds light on plan to use technology to help citizens ‘navigate their way through life with Covid-19’
Suppliers chosen for £250m NHS patient communications framework
Procurement vehicle selects 29 firms across nine lots
HMRC expects to recover 40% of £5.8bn lost to fraud and error in pandemic support
Tax agency’s head says department believes it will recoup just 40p in the pound of money lost in delivery of furlough and other support schemes
GOV.UK login system received £100m funding in Spending Review
Head of Central Digital and Data Office says that her team worked closely with Treasury colleagues to ensure tech initiatives were supported by funding round
DfE appoints partner to support delivery of up to 500,000 homeschooling laptops this winter
Major supplier Computacenter awarded multimillion-pound contract
Booster jabs included on NHS Covid Pass
Digital documents now offer users ability to demonstrate third dose of coronavirus vaccination
UK digital minister joins counterparts in agreement for ‘sustainable and inclusive innovation’
Joint statement from 10 governments pledges cooperation in delivering transformation objectives
Government says tech will help reach aviation net zero as data shows Sunak flew London to Birmingham and back in a day
Junior minister says that private flights can sometimes ‘provide better value for money’
‘Simply unacceptable’ – MPs slam DWP over £8bn in benefit fraud during pandemic
But government maintains that fraud and error remain rare
Cabinet Office taps LinkedIn to help fill ‘specialist’ digital and leadership roles in £600k deal
GDS will be the main beneficiary of the central department’s purchase of software and support from professional social network
Scotland may extend vaccine passports to pubs, restaurants and theatres on 6 December
Industry groups express concern as Nicola Sturgeon indicates use of app may be required from the first week of December
Criminal justice and mental health: Report identifies ‘broken’ system of data-sharing between agencies
Study warned that the impact of mental illness is being ‘missed at every stage’ of the criminal justice system