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Defra spends £150m on digital deals for app development
Environment department picks IT services giants for contracts
Research firm brought in to improve assessment of major tech projects
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Government warned over need to protect the metaverse in Online Safety laws
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Government to create departmental savings tracker as Budget signals spending squeeze
Treasury will help track efficiencies delivered through technology and cost reductions
NCSC probes TikTok amid reports of imminent ban of government devices
Security minister confirms intelligence agency is investigating the video app
DWP to boost digital services and data-sharing to improve benefits system for disabled people
Range of reforms announced in new policy document published alongside budget
Expanded NHS England taps McKinsey to design data and analytics model in £1m deal
Management consultancy brought in to help shape national body’s use of data
Government guidance on use of private email and WhatsApp to be updated for first time in a decade
Cabinet Office minister says that department will release new guidelines ‘as soon as possible’
PCS signals breakthrough on Common Platform talks – but campaign to scrap IT system will continue
Members of union encouraged to accept latest offer from HMCTS
Sunak promises to protect tech supply chains as part of £5bn defence boost
PM announces increase in funding to tackle threats posed by China and Russia
Government anti-Isis comms unit signs data-analytics deal for ‘audience insights’
Foreign Office-based unit taps Emirati firm to help increase ‘understanding of behavioural and attitudinal characteristics’
HMPPS begins £4m project to replace ‘outdated’ prisoner data system
Newly built bespoke platform will process information including daily unlocking lists and activities to reduce recidivism
Scottish data chief: ‘Collective intelligence fosters the wisdom of crowds – instead of the madness of mobs’
Newly appointed senior leader discusses the importance of information standards and governance, as well as ‘informed public discussion’
Worsening skills shortages threaten government digital transformation, NAO finds
Auditors praise the ‘fresh approach’ of CDDO but warn that unit’s work across government could be compromised by access to expertise
TfL collars fare-dodgers posting clips online
Transport authority reveals it has apprehended offenders after and uptick of evaders recording themselves
Government predicts £1.8bn savings over next 15 years from shared services drive
Cabinet Office issues projections of impact on implementing software ‘clusters’
Home Office paid Motorola £45m for early end to Emergency Services Network contract
NAO report finds that ultimate costs, delivery date and likelihood of success of £12bn-plus programme all remain uncertain
Cabinet Office invests in £300k software tool to get a handle on tech estate
Platform is intended to enable technologists and business leaders to better understand risks, gaps and tools that can be retired
New laws to protect smart doorbells and other gadgets are world-first, minister claims
Paul Scully pledges that provisions are being made for imminent implementation of act
Army seeks tech training proposals for recreating combat
Military research unit announces £2.8m competition for ‘disruptive ideas and concepts’
Phone-bots and social-media alerts – Cabinet Office unveils £1bn plan for tech-powered efficiency savings
Specialist unit for assessing spending decisions awards £500k to support central department in use of automation and digital
Defra expands AWS engagement with £20m-plus deal
Environment department replaces incumbent contract a year before expiry
‘This will define the future of warfare’ – parliamentary committee probes AI weapons
Peers to examine possible uses of autonomous weapons, as well as their legal and ethical ramifications
Pay not the biggest problem in recruiting digital staff, say experts
Senior managers in recruitment and digital profession point to other issues including job descriptions and speed of offers