Home Office anti-terror comms-interception unit hires £6m project managers to address ‘lack of skill set’
NCDS is currently engaged in ‘moving towards new ways of working’ to reflect legislative changes
Scottish minister warns on Westminster’s ‘hands-off’ approach to AI and requests urgent UK summit
Richard Lochhead compares technology to previous industrial revolutions and says government’s...
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology made up of 800 DCMS staffers and 935 from BEIS
Minister reveals that newly created department is still working on employee transfers
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MoD seeks senior exec to boost ‘cyber awareness, behaviours and culture’ across defence sector
Role comes with a remit to work with current and former military personnel, as well as officials and commercial suppliers
Courts service unveils £24m plan to expand video hearings system nationwide
HMCTS reveals remote processes have become an ‘integral part’ of the justice system following the coronavirus crisis
Whitehall chief: ‘It’s difficult to overestimate the number of digital and data people we need to recruit’
Alex Chisholm reveals more than 2,000 DDaT professionals joined the civil service during a six-month period last year
Home Office starts search for £1bn ESN partner and system to measure ‘coverage and quality’ of supplier networks
Department opens bidding for firm to replace Motorola in delivering core user services
Lancashire Police faces no ICO action over Nicola Bulley case – but forces reminded of data-protection responsibilities
Regulator issues advice for law enforcement after concluding investigation into high-profile disappearance
Self-driving buses begin operation in Edinburgh
Vehicles will travel on the roads of the Scottish capital at speeds of up to 50mph
Scottish Government retains suppliers on £200m framework for IT temps
Four firms feature on four-year deal
Full deployment of Common Platform pushed back another year to 2025
Courts service leader tells MPs that ‘core functionality’ will be in place in the next year
Rochford District Council pins data breach on Capita’s ‘unsafe storage’
Authority claims it is taking ‘swift and decisive action’ in response to incident it claims affected several councils
HMRC finds strong support for online Child Benefit claims – but ‘digital by default’ would cause problems for one in five users
Department publishes findings of study conducted ahead of planned digitisation initiative
Motorola removed from government strategic suppliers list following ESN exit
Company claims excision from roster of Whitehall's most significant commercial partners is a ‘routine update’
Cabinet Office has striven to become anti-fraud leader, leader says
Permanent secretary Alex Chisholm tells MPs that his department has adopted new measures and worked to increase skills
‘Cabinet Office is blocking all UKSV’s valiant attempts at reform’ – PAC chair
MPs publish scathing report finding vetting service is not being properly resourced
NHS urges practices to adopt online GP registration
Six in seven practices have yet to join digital service launched nine months ago
NHS spends £8m on one-month extensions for major Microsoft deals
Health service puts in place short-term arrangements with incumbent reseller suppliers
Home Office biometrics scheme delays delivery date and faces cost ‘pressures’
Updated assessment reveals £27m in additional spending and possibility that department ‘will consider reduced programme scope’
Government urged to update product safety standards for internet age
Parliamentary committee laments pace of progress so far in changing rules
HMRC offers £120k for shared services tech chief
Department seeks senior leader with SAP expertise
Public-health agency to continue using mobile-network data to track population movement
UKHSA signs deals with BT and O2 to provide insights into ‘behavioural changes post-pandemic’
Glasgow college looks to recruit students via TikTok
Institution creates video-based ‘ProspectToks’ – just weeks after social app was banned from all Scottish Government devices
One Login: Government will ‘review options’ for alternative means of proving identity, minister says
Alex Burghart reiterates commitment to offer options beyond passports and driving licences – potentially including the likes of disabled bus passes