FCDO signs consultancy to £6.5m deal to boost cyber-resilience
Department retains firm on two-year deal
Newham picks former Microsoft and HSBC exec for new digital leadership post
London borough creates tech-centric assistant CEO role to drive service transformation
Appointments watchdog warns former digital secretary Dorries over TV gig
Ex-cabinet minister failed to wait for official advice before announcing role with TalkTV,...
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Bank of England signs deal with £45m IT partner
Tech company will provide central bank with a range of hardware, software and services
Home secretary Braverman leaves post after sending official document via personal email
Use of personal accounts – which came under scrutiny during the pandemic – is a contravention of government guidelines
Users report Home Office online system providing wrong person’s immigration details
Minister admits department is ‘aware of technical issues’ in which users are presented with someone else’s status
HMRC property-valuation unit invests in web-mapping tool for ‘historical aerial photographs’
Agency that helps set council tax signs 18-month deal with specialist data firm
Annual public sector financial report faces delays after problems with Treasury IT system
Department’s new OSCAR II platform encountered ‘capacity issues’ over the summer
Police given new guidelines on gathering evidence from rape victims’ phones
Minister claims that new Code of practice outlines that investigations must ‘focus on the suspect, not the victim’
Royal Navy looks to algorithms and analytics to detect anomalies in helicopters
Ministry signs contract with specialist firm to provide an application for engineers to probe data
Chris Philp takes ministerial reins of GDS and CDDO
Digital agencies have yet another new politician in charge after Croydon South MP is moved on from the Treasury
HMRC told to step up Covid fraud recovery work
National Audit Office finds that tax agency is ‘falling short’ in efforts to claw back £4.5bn lost to fraud and error in pandemic support programmes
Government seeks new IT provider for property database after scrapping initial deal
Cabinet Office-led project has been delayed after work with original tech partner was cut short
MI6 recruiting tech team to help provide ‘mission advantage’
Secret Intelligence Service advertises five roles for IT professionals seeking 'technical challenges – the likes of which you will never have seen before’
Civil service plans for high-tech hubs downsized as data shows drop in office occupancy
Government Property Agency chief tells MPs that previous assumptions about buildings being two-thirds full have been reset
Humanoid robot gives evidence to parliamentary committee
AI-powered artist takes questions from peers
GDS signs £5m support deal for new Emergency Alerts Service
New government initiative to send SMS warnings picks core supplier
New law aims to enable ‘paperless trade’ for UK firms
Proposed legislation will mean businesses selling overseas will no longer need to use a range of hard-copy documents
Departments equipped with standards for handling service-user complaints
New guidelines set out procedures that should be adopted
HMRC issues fraud warning after taking down 10,000 websites in a year
Scammers will aim to take advantage during a time of year when many are completing tax returns, department warns
Foreign Office signs £7.5m two-year deal to support cyber transformation
Department signs deal with defence contractor
DHSC waves goodbye to commercial chief
Department’s first-ever CCO is to leave Whitehall after leading engagement with healthtech sector and overseeing Covid supply activities
Leeds looks to robotics to help transform services despite ‘significant financial challenges’
City council to undertake year-long six-figure programme of work
Courts workers confirm nine-day strike over IT issues
PCS Union announces rescheduled industrial action in protest at problems caused by Common Platform system