Consultants still comprise one in four Test and Trace workers
Efforts to reduce reliance on external providers have had an impact
Working from home: guidance ends in England but remains in Scotland
Government called time on policy yesterday, but advice is set to remain in place north of the...
Consumer regulator seeks £100k leader for algorithm work
CMA created team last year to better understand and oversee the use of automated technologies in...
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Army’s ‘unconventional warfare’ division signs £8m deal to improve data sources
Unit claims commercially available data offers a better option than open-source intelligence
Defra seeks leaders for legacy app modernisation programme
Roles come with potential annual pay packet of £70,000
Boris Johnson and Bill Gates put £200m each into green technology investment partnership
UK government forges agreement with Microsoft founder to support development of energy technologies
DHSC signs £3.75m one-year deal to bring Test and Trace data platform in house
Information will be moved from BAE-developed platform to be managed by new public health agency
High Court Queen’s Bench division adopts online filing to ‘modernise access to justice’
Use of electronic system becomes mandatory for legal professionals in some parts of the country
Cabinet ministers lend weight to calls to end online anonymity
Dominic Raab and Priti Patel have suggested it may be time to stop users being allowed to post anonymously
CCS picks 14 suppliers for £850m print framework
Manufacturers, large resellers and specialist consultancies win a spot on four-year procurement vehicle
DWP offers £105k for leader to ‘build world-class data function’
Position as head of data as a service represents a ‘once-in-a-career opportunity’, according to department
UK waits on admission to EU Digital Covid Certificate scheme
European official claims NHS pass could ‘soon’ be recognised Europe-wide
Civil service chief: ‘Technology is both an enabler and a taskmaster’
Cabinet secretary says that tech presents challenges as well as opportunities
‘This is sector is being revolutionised by emerging technologies’ – DfT seeks to boost leadership with second perm sec
Postholder will assume responsibility for science and analysis
GDS to build GOV.UK app to access hundreds of services
Smartphone platform will form part of wider One Login programme
‘Fundamental flaws’ – opponents urge Scottish Government to revamp and delay vaccine status programme
Call from Conservative party comes after app has been dogged by technical problems
Government guidance encourages use of instant messaging rather than email for ‘routine communications’
Documents released to High Court reveal civil servants are told to switch message history off where possible
Courts service to expand support for digitally excluded in £10m scheme
Users to be given additional help using online services
‘A country with world-class data analysis expertise should not have faced this crisis with virtually no data’
Parliamentary report on the lessons learned from the response to the coronavirus pandemic finds ‘major deficiencies in the machinery of government’
Coronavirus response: DHSC signs £1.8m deal with O2 for population-movement data
Network operator can provide information on the location of about one in three of the UK population
‘Drivel’ – Duncan Smith’s anti-homeworking tirade gets short shrift
In newspaper column invoking the Blitz, ex-Tory leader becomes latest senior politician to rail against officials working remotely
NCSC warns organisations: ‘You cannot perform all functions securely with just BYOD’
National cyber body updates guidance on use of employee-owned technology – a practice which proliferated during the pandemic
HMRC signs £5m cloud-migration deal with Microsoft
Deal covers cloud platforms, consultancy, and cyber tools
Regulator urges government to ‘cement statistical successes of the pandemic’
The coronavirus crisis prompted ‘unprecedented public engagement’ with data, but also highlighted the challenges facing authorities