Government tech chief looks to bring more policy and delivery pros into digital roles
Joanna Davinson says digital function is working with HR colleagues to promote greater movement between disciplines
NHS app users top 16 million as uptake boosts organ donor registrations
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NAO cites ageing IT and lack of automation in £1bn pension underpayment
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Public appointments chief flags ‘unacceptable and unexplained delays’ in recruiting major posts
Michael Gove criticised after ‘avoidable’ setbacks to appointments including new information commissioner and Ofcom chair
Scotland to press on with plans for mandatory vaccine status for events and nightclubs
Citizens will be required to demonstrate status from start of next month
Home Office signs £5m deal for ‘cloud landing zones’
Department looks to migration
Jisc identifies digital divide among university students
Survey finds poor connectivity and costs of mobile data hamper online learning
NAO hits out at Home Office for law enforcement data service failures
Chief auditor: fragile technology limiting police service and jeopardising public safety
MPs find lack of assistive technology bars disabled people from jobs
Public Accounts Committee calls on DWP to use good-quality diversity data to improve its employment support
NHS trust AI pilot prompts 80% drop in admissions of vulnerable patients
South Warwickshire trust hails clinical AI ‘another set of eyes’
Study finds government using personal data to target messages
Academics say digital tactics raise legal and ethical questions
Courts service picks £5m partner for digital reform programme
Scheme aims to transform family and tribunal services
Estonian government invites tech innovators globally to join digital testbed
Estonia says Digital Testbed Framework is an opportunity to trial solutions with one of world’s most digitally-advanced nations
Birmingham City Council gets digital inclusion team
Cabinet go ahead for digital inclusion strategy paves ways for team to ensure online services are accessible to all
Home Office seeks deputy director for new emergency network
In-house role to manage suppliers to Emergency Services Network critical communications system
PM told that digital tools can prevent poor health
Policy leaders want to test health tech at scale to tackle health inequalities
Treasury eyes 50:50 split between office and remote working
Job advertisements specify “two-to-three days a week” in the office for London and Darlington roles
CCS announces £2bn big data and analytics market
Procurement framework to meet public sector’s growing need for big data and analytics
National Highways plans digital twin of England’s road network
Digital roads strategy gets £14.6m to revolutionise maintenance and cut emissions from roadworks by 50%
Lasers and robots receive funding in anti-graffiti drive
Five proposals will each receive up to £30,000 of government backing
Parliamentary Digital Service seeks new MD to drive digital “step change”
Westminster post an opportunity to reset digital services for MPs and Lords
South Essex councils get £2.5m broadband boost
Government funding will enable councils to complete 200km full fibre broadband infrastructure
Aberdeenshire Council launches demand-responsive transport app
Council’s Ready2Go transport app to cut journey times and meet Covid-related changes in demand
AI detects Covid 26% faster than lateral flow tests
Oxford University-led study shows the benefits of AI-led diagnostics in emergency medicine