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Minister says pandemic has provided ‘valuable intelligence’ on the role technology can play

Eight institutions across UK named centres of excellence

Matt Warman tells PublicTechnology event that government wants products and services to be secure ‘from the ground up’ – reducing burden on consumers and businesses

UK’s top two civil servants should be handed more responsibility as part of drive to make Cabinet Office more effective, says IfG

Government says a ‘small number’ of machines are affected by what users say is a worm that contacts Russian servers

Programme looks to reduce reliance on consultants

Exercise led by Michael Barber suggests civil service shape-up remains a target for the PM

Education Scotland will examine how institutions across the country are responding to need for online learning

Having long suffered from a scarcity of funding, councils could be forgiven for deprioritising investments in new tech. But public and private and sector leaders tell PublicTechnology that digital has never been more important. 

Education Scotland stresses there is a ‘manual workaround’

Survey conducted by FDA union finds 97% of officials want option of working remotely

Procurement documents show DfE awarded another deal to Computacenter in November

Former head of NCSC Ciaran Martin believes that ‘war on Whitehall’ has ended – to minimal discernible effect

Institution retains incumbent supplier on long-term contract

Initiative to be delivered in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University

November stats show another spike in call-waiting times and new struggles with answering online and postal queries

Success rate of 7% compares with 3% for state-educated applicants

Education secretary also announces that schools must deliver at least three hours of online teaching a day

Guidance clarifies that those without access to devices will be considered ‘vulnerable’

Department seeks head to oversee possible expansion to cover corporation tax

Plan was due to be published in autumn