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Auditors’ report flags up data issues and changes to working patterns as major challenges for property agenda

Eight roles on offer to boost technical ranks

Department’s annual accounts claim move to cloud will help reduce costs

Contract awarded to Edinburgh-based specialist 

ICO reveals findings of year-long investigation

Duo seem set to replace tech-focused ministers that resigned last week

But tech firms also see continued challenges, including overlapping frameworks and lack of clarity on social-value requirements

Service to be decommissioned by the end of 2023 while a review of future options will be undertaken

Parliamentary committee had called for more transparency and data of mysterious team

National body signs deal for system that allows local health-service entities to manage rollout

Department recently received spending review settlement to invest in automation

Former civil servant picked as Whitehall’s top techie

Regulator and cyber intelligence agency write joint letter seeking engagement with trade body for solicitors

Money spent on external advice increased fourfold overnight

CCS starts work on proposed digital service that would allow public bodies and citizens to assess spend by comparable organisations

Specialist firm has previously provided similar services for outgoing Verify service

Asda, Tesco, Morrisons all experimented with cameras and AI software that estimates a patron’s age, while a pop-up bar in Manchester trialled ‘biometric finger-vein technology’

Government representatives including a serving minister have openly criticised the decision to pause recruitment for the Fast Stream programme

Brace of positions in DCMS addressing national digital policy, infrastructure and online harms must now be refilled after resignations of Julia Lopez and Chris Philp

Updated legislation will apply to social networks and search engines

Public encouraged to submit their preference for location state-owned transport agency