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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Insolvency Service to digitise 300,000 creditor reports per year
Project will allow those owed money by fallen firms to send and receive documentation digitally
NHS hunts £150k leader to oversee cybersecurity across health and care sector
Role comes with remit to lead incident response and rollout of three-year strategy
GDS adds millions to supplier contracts as One Login project enters ‘critical time’
Value of trio of technical and support deals is raised
DWP seeks £130k director to oversee critical systems
New recruit will assume managerial responsibility for department’s central systems for delivering payments and updating online information
Robot submarine used to assess decommissioned oil fields
Project led by University of Southampton deploys autonomous vehicle
NHS offers bionic arms to all amputees
Technology has previously only been available to those injured in military service
HMRC calls on Capgemini in direct £50m deal to address legacy tech
Department says it did not conduct competitive process as long-term supplier ‘has knowledge of’ systems in question
Scottish Government tech accelerator turns attention to protecting nature
New £2.6m support programme seeks digital solutions to challenges facing the natural world
Leaders want public sector to become ‘digital to the core’ to cope with challenges
Reports identify importance of technology skills to help meet service demand in spite of financial pressures
GDS Academy to close
Initiative that provided digital skills training to several thousand officials each year is shutting down this month
Government agency looks to improve deepfake detection
Defence research unit plans project to help intelligence services use AI to ‘check and validate content at scale’
Recruitment opens for next national statistician
Candidates sought to replace Sir Ian Diamond
A third of public sector workers have committed expense fraud, report finds
Study identifies ageing systems and processes as a key challenge in preventing false claims
NHS launches £10m framework to support web-based GP IT systems
Eight suppliers picked for new procurement vehicle that aims to deliver cloud platforms that can accessed through any device
DfE scolded after breach enabled ‘prolonged misuse of 28 million children’s personal data’
Department spared £10m fine despite ‘serious breach of the law’
MoJ signs £20m partner for ‘product enhancement’ of controversial Common Platform system
IT firm will help transition system – labelled ‘unworkable’ by critics – into ‘business-as-usual’ operations
Public spending watchdog cites need for ‘radical action’ on data analytics
Audit body points to data challenges stemming from both leaders and the wider workforce
Regulators crack down on social media influencers
New rules require online celebrities to be more transparent about paid-for posts – or face tough action
Critics call for insider-trading probe into Braverman emails
Letter asks Whitehall chief Case to investigate
Regulator warns statisticians over risk of data misuse
Watchdog urges stats professionals to be ‘proactive’ in ensuring information they publish is not used inappropriately
Cabinet Office fine over honours data breach slashed by 90% as ICO considers ‘current economic pressure’
Regulator says that, while the original £500k penalty was proportionate, the reduced punishment signals changing approach to public sector