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NHS Digital cites transformation ‘turning point’ after £750m investment in FY22
Annual report of tech agency – which will shortly be wholly merged into NHS England – details progress in many areas
Scottish guidelines on police use of biometrics take effect
Move to introduce code of practice for the likes of facial recognition and fingerprints is believed to be a world first
Rail innovation fund supports self-charging trains and suicide-prevention systems
DfT announces recipients of £5m backing
GOV.UK to examine Google and Microsoft tools in bid to ‘significantly improve’ search
GDS prepares for £900,000 project to replace existing ElasticSearch platform with ‘fully managed’ option
Former digital secretary Dorries slams successor over Online Safety Bill amendments
Former DCMS minister says her replacement Michelle Donelan ‘does not understand’ pending legislation
Home Office criticised for tepid response to online fraud
NAO report concludes that department has undertaken ‘limited’ action in the past five years and has ‘lacked clarity of purpose’
Home Office signs long-term renewal for ‘disaster victim identification’ software
Department invests £80,000 in continued use of specialist technology platform
Government grad scheme officials consider strike action
Talks over pay for the Fast Stream programme – which contains a strong DDaT contingent – have stalled
HMRC readies new system to deliver ‘significant improvements’ in complaint-handling
Tax agency claims new case-management tool will be up and running early next year
More than half of government ICT waste now reused – but landfill creeps up
Annual report identifies opportunity for ‘ethical and more lucrative approach’ to technology disposals
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’