Digitising the Natural History Museum and boosting HMRC IT – fourteen tech takeaways from the Budget
Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a range of funding and new programmes dedicated to digital, data and technology
Government defeats Tory rebellion in Commons Huawei vote
An amendment that would have guaranteed the removal of the Chinese vendor’s kit by 2023 was not...
Department for International Trade offers £125k for digital and tech chief
Role comes with responsibility for managing 200 staff
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Bidding opens on £2bn G-Cloud 12
Suppliers invited to apply for latest iteration of flagship procurement vehicle – which may the last before it is restructured into more specialised deals
HMRC chief gives thumbs up to five-year cloud migration programme
Assessment of long-term tech overhaul concludes that scheme is on track and represents good value
Government Gateway to close for older browsers and operating systems
Service will be unavailable on pre-Windows 7 platforms
Nicola Sturgeon warns of risk of ‘communities left behind’ by new technology
Scotland’s first minister says AI and automation will bring both opportunities and dangers
Bank of England looks to public cloud future
Institution seeks partner to assist with construction of new infrastructure
HMRC seeks tech to unearth cryptocurrency cybercriminals
Tax agency looks to invest in cryptoanalysis tool
Student Loans Company to upgrade online data for graduates
More frequent information from HMRC allows update to technology criticised by education officials last year
HMRC chief salutes digital progress but targets reform of pay and processes
Jim Harra sheds light on the department's priorities for 2020 – and why he once hid his sister's Christmas presents
New finance IT system caused spike in Home Office’s late payments
In the 12 months to the end of September, the department incurred potential interest of £2.66m – an increase of more than £2m than the preceding 12-month period
Ex-GDS and DIT digital leader Holly Ellis joins AWS
Formerly head of DDaT skills across government, Ellis has taken on public sector-focused post at cloud heavyweight
Durham shops for £10m fibre network
County council publishes three-lot framework tender
‘There is a strong suspicion that optimism is designed to get project approval’
NAO head claims many government programmes are dogged by unrealistic costings and creeping scope
New MHCLG finance chief to oversee digital and data drive
Department advertises £140k position as CFO
Life hacks – a year at the National Cyber Security Centre
The NCSC’s annual report reveals that a public sector entity or business is hit with a major cyberattack about twice each day. PublicTechnology looks at the biggest risks facing government and how they can be mitigated
Stats watchdog to probe HMRC’s £7bn tax data gaffe
Office for Statistics Regulation will – at HMRC’s behest – examine error that saw tax contributions double-counted
Government opens consultation on cybersecurity of UK Plc
DCMS seeks input on barriers to improving security and effectiveness of existing laws
GDS: ‘Cloud first is here to stay’
Digital agency pledges to ‘keep the policy as it stands’
HMRC nabs former Barclays CIO Mark Denney as digital chief
Tax agency appoints banking bigwig as replacement for Jacky Wright
Government delays Huawei 5G decision until after election
Digital secretary confirms that the UK’s next government will be the one to make the call on whether to allow the Chinese vendor to help build the country’s telecoms infrastructure
Regulator creates nudge-theory team to protect consumers online
CMA to establish behavioural insights unit that will examine issues such as fake reviews and paid-for endorsements
HMRC turns to real-time data in tax-avoidance clampdown
Tax authority is piloting programmes to use data to identify people that may have been taken in by firms selling tax-avoidance initiatives