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DHSC explores ‘digital solutions for weight-management services’
Department to undertake discovery exercise
Funding scheme aims to address military vulnerability to cyberattack
Government-run competition seeks to combat possible exposure caused by legacy systems
Northern Ireland Civil Service puts finishing touches to first two flexible-working hubs
Facilities in Downpatrick and Ballykelly ready to open in spring
DWP seeks £5m digital partner to help meet urgent Universal Credit migration challenges
Supplier sought for two-year contract as department admits it is ‘unable to scale at sufficient speed’
Government explores drones and 3D printing to fix potholes
Input encouraged from innovative SMEs from outside the transport sector
Emergency Services Network seeks £130k commercial bigwig to manage supplier contracts
Postholder will be asked to ‘create a culture and behaviour change’
Gloucestershire seeks ‘data partner’ to support analytics ambitions
County council seeks to ‘enable cultural change’
Calls for pay cut for remote-working civil servants were ‘unhelpful’, says Gove
But minister adds that return to office may deliver ‘productivity advantages’
‘A unique opportunity’ – Scottish Government consults public on keeping Covid innovations
Authorities seek citizen views on legal and operational developments
Scotland begins programme to deliver a laptop or tablet to all schoolchildren
Government intends to deliver 700,000 devices, as well as upgrading digital infrastructure
Tech chief sought to oversee transformation of vetting services
Newly created post will support the creation of a technology strategy for UKSV
Test and Trace boosts user design with £1.25m contract
Bristol-based firm Nomensa will work alongside internal staff and other suppliers
DWP buys £16m of laptops to support homeworking
Department signs two-year deal with reseller CDW
GoldmanEye: former spy chief to advise investment bank on cyber issues
Ex-MI6 head Alex Younger approved for new role
Messaging app users offered counterfeit NHS Covid Passes
Investigation by PoliticsHome finds Telegram anti-vaccine groups purporting to purvey fake digital and hard-copy certification
Departments launch £4m competition to explore running broadband through water pipes
Aim of funding mechanism is to speed up the rollout of fibre cables
Government signs £6m deal for storage and analytics of Grenfell inquiry data
Epiq to fulfil two-year engagement
Police chief sees ‘lots of potential’ in jet-suit technology
Senior officers and government officials attend demonstration of flying humans
Cognizant wins twin deals worth £150m as HMRC begins tech supplier revamp
Tax agency’s programme to ‘deliver a step change’ in its use of tech begins in earnest
Union fury over suggestion pay could be cut for remote-working civil servants
Anonymous ministerial comments prompt warnings of potential strike action
German authorities arrest UK embassy worker for allegedly leaking documents to Russian intelligence
Individual known as David S detained in Berlin