London police to roll out live facial recognition technology
Critics ramp up opposition as force announces controversial kit will go into live operational use
Nicola Sturgeon warns of risk of ‘communities left behind’ by new technology
Scotland’s first minister says AI and automation will bring both opportunities and dangers
Civil service top dog Manzoni to leave government
As Cabinet Office perm sec, departing CEO oversaw digital transformation agenda
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Computacenter grabs £27m TfL IT service desk deal
IT reseller wins four-year contract
Government issues alert over tax fraudsters
Public told to keep an eye out for scam emails and texts
HMRC creates £100k post to be ‘face of IT for senior leadership’
Role as head of IT business services comes with remit to ensure department’s transformation is ‘business-led’
Elections regulator issues campaign transparency warning after Tory Twitter rebrand
Conservative press office styling itself as 'factcheckUK' draws heavy criticism from Twitter and onlookers
NHS to build ‘online sharing and collaboration’ platform for health and social care sector
Two-year project to cost up to £1.8m
‘Policy mandarins don’t get that engaged in reform’ – Francis Maude
In an interview with the Civil Service World podcast, the former Cabinet Office minister discusses frustrations of attempts to push through digital and procurement transformation
US government gives Huawei 90-day trade licence extension
American firms cleared to do business with Chinese tech titan until the new year
Government fails to rule out anti-encryption law but says agreement with Facebook is ‘preferred solution’
Home Office factsheet claims that proposals made by the social network so far are ‘not satisfactory’
House of Commons seeks cybersecurity chief
Tech leader will be responsible for advocating best practice to both lords and MPs
Survey shows public support for Labour free broadband plan
Poll from YouGov finds close to two thirds endorse plan to offer free broadband to citizens and businesses
Paramedics offered live streaming from 999 callers’ phone cameras
London Ambulance Service deploys technology allowing medical professionals to assess injuries and decide on appropriate response
Industry gives Labour’s free broadband plan mixed reaction
Focus on importance of connectivity is welcomed but tech groups oppose renationalisation
World wide web creator: ‘Describing data as the new oil is really wrong’
Sir Tim Berners-Lee tells event why data is a completely different type of commodity
‘There is a strong suspicion that optimism is designed to get project approval’
NAO head claims many government programmes are dogged by unrealistic costings and creeping scope
Royal Navy seeks digital services partner
Transformation programme looks to appoint supplier to two-year contract worth up to £10m
Stevenage relaunches bid for digital transformation chief ahead of move to ‘public sector hub’
Hertfordshire town seeks senior manager to reshape service delivery
National Archives to roll out digital mentoring scheme
Organisation seeks to cultivate ‘skills transfer’ across sector
Labour Party hit with two DDoS attacks
Party reports double cyber incursion to NCSC
New MHCLG finance chief to oversee digital and data drive
Department advertises £140k position as CFO
Tech helps Whitehall cuts three-fifths of greenhouse gas emissions
Use of mobile devices, cloud, and conferencing has played a major role in helping the public administration sector to slash its carbon footprint in the past 30 years
NHSX to appoint citizens to act as ‘patient voice’
Tech organisation seeks to bring in two part-time advisors to help make services as useful and accessible as possible