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HMRC signs £500m deals with IBM and CGI to support integration platform

Newly published information reveals that the operation of the tax department’s Enterprise Integration Server will,

Digital ID for 13-year-olds could ‘streamline processes and support children’s safety’

Ahead of a key public consultation process, a minister has provided insight on government’s perceived

Scottish Government unveils new cyber plan including threat early-warning system

Ministers north of the border have published a strategy setting out measures intended to help

GDS ‘holding departments to account’ on service costs

Following the partial success of a programme to deliver great services, government’s digital hub better

Microsoft Azure outage caused ‘disruption to online government services across several departments’

Following a similar shutdown affecting services delivered by rival Amazon Web Services, issues that impacted

Scotland can ‘move back ahead’ with integrated health and care app

A cabinet minister has admitted that technology tools in the Scottish NHS have fallen behind

Home Office trials live facial recognition to catch returning deportees 

Immigration Enforcement officers will next week work with two police forces at Holyhead port to test technology designed
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Local authority mistakenly publishes hundreds of consultation respondents’ details 

South Gloucestershire Council reports itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office after 625 people who gave their views on a

Scotland undertakes digital diabetes-prevention drive

The Scottish Government will offer thousands of citizens at risk of developing diabetes access to

West Midlands seeks £5m partner for ‘significant digital transformation’

The combined authority for the region including the cities of Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton and more

Scottish Government backs app for accessing BSL interpreters

The devolved administration’s programme for supporting the development of tech to help meet public service

Government ‘considering physical alternatives’ for those unable access digital ID

Ministers reveal that the digitally excluded may be able to use familiar locations on the

GOV.UK App taps into A/B testing

An update to privacy documentation reveals that, as the app plans and delivers a wide

Only one in 10 believes the civil service is innovative, survey finds

A study has found that many UK citizens regard Whitehall as bureaucratic, while many others

HMRC brings in £27m through ‘digital nudges’ to address expense errors

The government department has, in tax return forms and software, included messages reminding users of

Defra legacy mitigation framework aims to ‘prioritise the highest-impact activities’

One of the department’s top leaders has shed light on the organisation’s efforts to upgrade

Scottish MSPs sent home after Microsoft outage

Issues experienced last week by the major software vendor impacted a number of users around

DWP deploys algorithm for UC journals to detect ‘risk of harm’ in two million monthly messages

Operational document indicates that the department has made good on a pledge made by its
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