US midterms to see first use of digital voting in a federal election
Critics slam ‘horrific idea’ with serious security implications as some citizens of West Virginia will have the chance to vote via a smartphone in November poll
Government launches £20m contest for agriculture technology
UK businesses can bid for backing for projects that use tech to improve how food gets from field...
ICO appoints first-ever technology director
Simon McDougall joins regulator in the role of executive director for technology policy and...
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GDS will remain within Cabinet Office, minister pledges
Oliver Dowden, whose ministerial brief contains responsibility for GDS, has claimed that the recent move of data policy to DCMS ‘should not be seen as a change of direction’
NHS Digital creates £1m adult social care fund
Local authorities given chance to bid for slice of funding
Report finds little progress in ensuring ethical standards among government outsourcers
Civil servants urged to find reserves of ‘moral courage’ to call out irregularities
Lincolnshire to create online directory of care services
Suppliers sought to build and support digital resource
Digital divorces rolled out nationwide
Successful pilot saw process expedited and number of errors greatly reduced
Government looks to tech firms to ‘tackle major social challenges of modern age’
Competition launched for IT and digital specialists to propose solutions to societal problems
NAO flags up ‘significant risks’ in £1bn courts digitisation programme
HM Courts and Tribunals Service remains confident it will deliver on reform plan, despite auditors warning of financial, technological, and legislative challenges
DWP offers £105k for leader to drive digital recruitment and development
Department advertises for vacant post as head of digital capability
Ordnance Survey seeks tech to ‘print any map, in any size, on any surface’
Mapping agency looks for external developer to help with project to replace printing platform
Defra preps ‘manual workarounds’ for major IT projects amid fears of no-deal Brexit
Department warns that, if the UK exits the EU without a trade deal, it may need to make some ‘clunky fixes’ to deliver necessary IT systems
Met Police picks Northgate to supply £44m IT system
Two-year process of picking supplier reaches fruition
‘Time and technology move on’ – GDS explains spend-control overhaul
Government Digital Service reveals new model was road-tested with four departments
Government explores UK-built satnav as Brexit threatens role in European project
Taskforce formed to ‘quickly develop’ alternative options after EC warns that the UK may be frozen out of secure elements of Galileo project
DWP seeks ‘innovative solutions’ for benefit-payment disruption
Department kicks off early-engagement exercise for new system of managing problems
NHS £150m Microsoft deal will banish Windows XP
Health secretary announces investments in cybersecurity, including pledge to install Windows 10 across the board by 2020
Plans unveiled for £20m national police cybersecurity centre
Centralised facility will allow forces to acquire security services while offering a nationwide view of the threat landscape
Zuckerberg warned to appear before MPs or face formal summons
Select committee claims that, despite appearance of company’s CTO, 39 questions remain unanswered
Defence secretary hopes to attract cyber experts to Armed Forces
Gavin Williamson wants technologists and journalists to sign up to help fight against the ‘age of disinformation’
Cabinet Office revamps technology spend controls
Newly updated policy implements a 15-month pipeline model which could make it easier for departments to self-approve 'business-as-usual' spending, but GDS pledges the new policy will bring the 'same rigour'
Ministry of Justice seeks duo of digital leaders
Senior managers sought for Whitehall department and arm's-length agencies
National Gallery to deploy data analytics
London attraction looks to tech to engage audience and generate revenue