Scotland proposes more virtual courts
Increased use of technology is among ‘basket of measures’ considered to clear case backlog
East Suffolk looks to smart towns
Felixstowe, Beccles and Saxmundham are to benefit from increased connectivity and data-gathering...
Contact-tracing app downloads top 10 million
Government claims almost half a million businesses have printed QR-code posters
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Hancock urges citizens not to ‘game the system’ as people find local coronavirus tests by claiming to live 500 miles away
Twickenham MP claims her constituents have been able to book local tests only by entering an Aberdeen postcode
Central London boroughs seek IT chief to develop joint strategy
Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea launch recruitment for CIO
Derbyshire police seeks £15m long-term IT product partner
Force floats procurement opportunity
Personal data of all Welsh coronavirus cases compromised in breach
Public Health Wales says leak that affected more than 18,000 people to have tested positive was attributable to ‘human error’
Scottish Government urges uptake of digital inclusion fund
Funding increased for programme that offers devices and connectivity
HMRC to connect 27 offices with £2m wide-area network
Tax agency invests in connectivity
‘Our adversaries are investing in AI’, warns military intelligence chief
Russia and China are increasingly operating in a ‘grey zone between war and peacetime’, according to the government
Hancock hails ‘defining moment’ in virus response as NHS contact-tracing app to launch nationwide this month
Businesses urged to prepare for 24 September
National Data Strategy promises to ‘tackle government culture of risk-aversion’
Document sets out ‘transforming government’s use of data’ as one of five missions
Government gives £44m boost to development of electric aeroplanes
Money will also be invested in robots for nuclear power stations
Home Office tightens measures to prevent ‘political’ social media posts
Department installs ‘extra checks’ on civil servants’ tweets after reference to ‘activist lawyers’
Nuclear power control desk heads for second life as movie star
Government agency sells unit to film studio for £10,200
Government floats £1.4m social-media analytics deal to identify ‘key influencers’ to support Covid messaging
Comms service looks for analytics to identify target audiences
New civil service chief issues call for government to ‘unlock the potential of data’
Incoming cabinet secretary Simon Case praises ‘innovative’ response to coronavirus
HMRC counts £3.5bn cost of furlough fraud and error
Chief executive Jim Harra claims department will target fraudsters
Digital sector accounts for one in five workers in Scotland’s major cities
Stats show healthy tech industry blossoming in Edinburgh and Glasgow
DfE awards £27m deal in expansion of laptops scheme
Schools and children affected by local lockdowns will be given extra devices
Whitehall workforce stats: Which departments are expanding and which are shrinking?
Some ministries shed almost 5,000 people in FY20 while others grew headcount substantially, data shows
Order for NHS to share confidential patient data extended to March 2021
All parts of the NHS instructed to share information as required to support coronavirus response
Scottish Government kickstarts plan to foster 300 tech start-ups
Five hubs for new technology businesses are to be created with £4m in public funding
UK’s ‘next cyber crisis’ likely to come from mistake or misfortune – outgoing NCSC head
Ciaran Martin believes major security incident is still more likely to come from ‘unintentional consequence’, rather than attackers’ expertise