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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PM pledges to publish more data on vaccine rollout
Johnson claims government will provide more localised breakdowns
NHS trusts to implement £7.5m digital shift-planning tech
Government funds rollout across 38 trusts
Dowden: ‘The idea that free speech can be switched off by a button in California is unsettling’
Digital secretary says there is a ‘burning need’ for governments to take a greater role in regulating the online world
HMRC vows to improve tax-gap data
Department supports call from MPs for more information
Training aims to boost ‘technical and analytical skills’ of civil servants
Programme looks to reduce reliance on consultants
Police seek to ‘mitigate impact’ as work continues to restore huge volume of arrest data
Ministers stress mass deletion was result of ‘human error’
Review of departmental delivery signals Whitehall reform drive still in effect
Exercise led by Michael Barber suggests civil service shape-up remains a target for the PM
Inspectors to assess schools’ remote-learning set-ups
Education Scotland will examine how institutions across the country are responding to need for online learning
Scotland curbs click-and-collect services
Option can only be used for essential goods
Arrest info on 150,000 people accidentally deleted from police database
Minister says data was wiped during ‘standard housekeeping process’
Microsoft ‘a few weeks away’ from fixing issue affecting Scottish digital learning platform
Education Scotland stresses there is a ‘manual workaround’
DWP to launch online channel for Personal Independence Payment claims
Small-scale testing began in October
NHS Digital spends £8m on four deals to support ‘Covid-19 rapid response’
Quartet of contracts awarded last month
Government consults with broadband firms on Huawei alternatives
Ministers seek to understand current use of vendor’s kit
Seven in ten civil servants want to work from home at least three days a week
Survey conducted by FDA union finds 97% of officials want option of working remotely
Government shakes up digital leadership
Home Office tech chief Davinson appointed leader of newly created Central Digital and Data Office while Read arrives from MoJ to head up GDS
Government spends £87m on extra 460,000 laptops to support remote learning
Procurement documents show DfE awarded another deal to Computacenter in November
Cummings legacy little more than ‘rearranging some furniture’
Former head of NCSC Ciaran Martin believes that ‘war on Whitehall’ has ended – to minimal discernible effect
Government’s ‘litany of failures’ leaves citizens facing many years of slow broadband
Public Accounts Committee points to need for more funding and legislative changes
Innovative ideas invited for £25,000 Whitehall prize
Foundation set up in memory of late Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood seeks ideas for how to solve challenges created by coronavirus
Birmingham University signs 10-year £15m deal for online learning
Institution retains incumbent supplier on long-term contract