SMEs win £1bn less government business in FY17 as proportion of spending drops for second year in succession
But Cabinet Office said government ‘remains committed to our aspiration’ of awarding £1 in every £3 to smaller firms by 2022
Cisco backs government’s Industrial Strategy with $100m investment pledge
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MPs raise ‘serious concerns’ about NHS Digital's use of patient data
Select committee repeats request to stop sharing with the Home Office the name and address of suspected immigration offenders, but NHS Digital insists arrangement is ‘in the public interest’
DCMS builds team to set government data strategy
Department recruits for leader of newly created unit dedicated to leading the data policy agenda
Met Police tenders for range of managed services to enable focus on ICT transformation
Force publishes details of four two-year services contracts as it plans transformation initiatives
CCS opens bids for £2.3bn Management Consultancy Framework Two
Creation of deal follows decision to scrap lot one of consultancy vehicle launched last year
Sandwell Council to equip environment officers with body-worn cameras
Metropolitan borough looks to acquire 12 devices to help environmental-protection unit capture incidents
Government targets dark web with £50m cybercrime funding boost
Local police will also receive funding for training and the establishment of dedicated online crime units
Hancock vows 'social media companies are not above the law' after Facebook meeting
Culture secretary talks to executives from embattled internet firm in London in 'robust but constructive' meeting
Government to foster 70 start-ups at £13m London cyber centre
Development in Stratford could create 2,000 jobs, government claims
Department for Transport develops AI tool for handling correspondence
Department's digital team creates machine-learning tool for dealing with public enquiries
NCSC picks IoT, cloud, and cryptojacking among UK plc’s biggest future threats
Cybersecurity agency issues report looking forward to coming dangers and back at year in which DDoS and ransomware hogged the headlines
Police Scotland invests in ‘cyber kiosks’ to extract data from mobile devices
Technology will allow officers to search smartphones under execution of warrant
ICO to make ‘clear policy recommendations’ in light of Facebook data probe
Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham issues update acknowledging changes made by social network but stressing ‘it is too early to say whether they are sufficient under the law’
Rural broadband often three times slower than neighbouring towns, study reveals
Research from County Councils Network show west country and northern England lagging behind
Government's top science and tech advisor starts work
New government chief scientific adviser Dr Patrick Vallance takes up post
West Yorkshire looks to build new online home
Combined authority seeks to unite all its disparate websites into newly designed site
DHSC takes to Twitter to canvas public opinion on organ donation
Department uses social-media conversation as part of consultation on potential move to opt-out model
London Grid for Learning looks to work with 1,000 new schools in UK expansion
CEO of capital-based not-for-profit trust that helps schools to get the most out of technology discusses plans to expand into the education space outside London and the wider public sector
Hackney to build prototype tool for ‘contextual’ approach to child safeguarding
London borough looks for supplier to help create platform for logging and analysing data on school, peer group, and neighbourhood
HMRC offers £96k for contract-management guru to oversee post-Aspire IT engagements
As mega-deal with Capgemini and Fujitsu nears conclusion, department advertises for professional to lead management of contracts with up to 200 technology suppliers
One in four people now use online GP services
The number of patients using an online account has grown 42% in the last year
Homes England agrees partnership in bid to ‘become digital pioneer’
Housing agency to work with Accenture and FutureGov