Brexit-prepping council looks to stock up on IT basics
Worcestershire issues £20,000 tender in bid to head off potential impact
Union calls for private care homes to be subject to FOI laws
Unison Scotland urges change in legislation after ‘lethal failures over Covid’
MoJ seeks £2m polygraph partner ahead of major trial of lie detectors for offenders
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Government review calls for mandatory transparency in public sector use of algorithms
Laws must also be updated, according to Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
Scottish Government puts £12m funding into digital
Money will support use of tech by SMEs
Could 2021 be the UK’s last census?
New information sources could mean the decennial data-gathering exercise will not require mass surveys, according to the recently appointed deputy national statistician
AI scientists receive £20m research funding
Fifteen people have been named Turing fellows
Achieving EU data adequacy ‘increasingly challenging’, minister admits
With time running out to secure adequacy decision before end of transition period, organisations are advised other mechanisms will be available
HMRC and Home Office the big winners as spending review commits £600m to ‘fix outdated government IT’
Document also outlines projection of extra £700m revenue from digital taxation regime
Defence contractor BAE awarded £4.3m deal to support Test and Trace data processing
Company’s Applied Intelligence tech consulting unit wins six-month contract
Whitehall chief praises progress on border systems and data but admits disruption is ‘inevitable’
Alex Chisholm says he is ‘confident’ of meeting deadlines but that significant risks remain
CCS offers £150k for new tech chief to lead ‘large-scale programme of digital transformation’
Procurement agency recruiting for CDIO
Scottish Government investment bank puts £12.5m into Glaswegian laser firm
New national institution puts money into tech start-up
‘No later than 2025’ – Emergency Services Network faces further delays and cost rises
Minister admits new infrastructure could take another three years and £1bn-plus to reach fruition
HMRC picks boss for new transformation unit
Joanna Rowland to take on DG-level post
Scotland promotes free town-centre WiFi
New toolkit launched for towns across the country
Government taps consultants to consult on consultancy plans
Management experts and trade bodies are reportedly providing pro bono advice on plans to establish an in-house Crown Consultancy
GDS seeks new GOV.UK leadership
Roles as director and head of technology up for grabs
HMRC estimates ‘£20 a year’ cost for businesses of switch to Making Tax Digital
Minister says department has sought to minimise costs
‘This year has really made the case for what we’re trying to do’
At the end of a challenging year, local government chiefs discuss the impact on digital and data
Government to create ‘trust framework’ of standards for digital identities
Minister says input will be welcomed from all stakeholders
‘Get to Green’ – major projects chief looks to set programmes on the right course
Nick Smallwood looks to enable access to data on best practice
Government creates £1bn deal to buy direct from major software vendors
Long-term framework will cover a comprehensive range of back-office tools