Huawei denies spying on Dutch PM
Leaked report suggests Chinese tech firm had access to calls made by large swathes of the population of the Netherlands
Defra revamps recruitment to reduce reliance on consultants
Digital chief Harriet Green tells PublicTechnology Live event that department has...
Trials to monitor smart meter data in elderly care
Scottish institutions to work with consenting older citizens to track energy usage
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Data-protection watchdog offers toolkit for analytics projects
ICO offers resources to assess legality and work with data subjects
HMRC signs £43m deals with AWS
Contracts cover provision of ‘hyperscale’ environment and related professional services
SMEs offered funds to boost data skills
Smaller firms in Scotland offered access to new sources of support
Ten remote-working hubs to be opened for Northern Irish officials
Northern Ireland Civil Service to implement ‘blended approach to remote working’
GOV.UK service performance platform to close
Centralised tool to be retired next month with onus shifted to departments to publish their own data
Stroud council plans £400k digital drive
Gloucestershire town to implement digital platform
‘Plagued by cronyism’ – shadow minister calls for end to emergency procurement measures
Relaxation of usual processes was first announced almost a year ago
Extra 800,000 people to be prioritised for vaccine after use of ‘predictive risk’ technology
Government identifies additional cohort of at-risk people
Videoconferencing installed in 500 courtrooms since start of pandemic
Courts service has also equipped its workforce with 11,000 laptops
MPs urge government to clarify future of proposed £800m R&D unit
Dominic Cummings-supported plans for a high-risk science and tech research agency appear to have stalled
Schools offered £14m to set up on Google or Microsoft learning platforms
Government fund will help with ‘technical set up’ of free platforms
Scotland assembles advisory group to promote 5G adoption
Unit put together by government-backed Scotland 5G Centre
HMRC seeks ops head for anti-fraud unit
Service aims to improve use of tech as part of transformation programme
Investigations may lack data during three-month process to restore 200,000 police records
Minister reveals former Met commissioner will lead review into incident
IoT firms offered government-backed support
Scottish companies given chance to access programme of guidance on a range of issues
Cabinet Office denies FOI blacklist
Campaigners call for parliamentary investigation into handling of requests
Digital use of vehicle tax and driving test services spiked in April
Use of digital channels has fallen back since the first lockdown, Department for Transport data shows
Councils organise local computers for remote schooling schemes
Norfolk, Essex, Greater Manchester and West Midlands among authorities setting up local projects
DWP buys 11,000 iPhones and IBM software support services
Department uses CCS framework agreements for two deals worth up to £8.43m
Digital identity plans to promote 'vouching' by professionals
Government will set legal requirements for digital identity providers rather than consider national identity cards
NAO finds government struggled with data needed to build shielding list
Report finds 126,000 people were told to shield unnecessarily, as well as 30,000 who had already died