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Hancock asks citizens to ‘do your duty’ by downloading app
Health secretary calls on public to embrace technology
Scotland to adopt ‘fully virtual parliament’
System will be implemented over the next few weeks
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MPs and ministers take part in first virtual Commons session
Foreign secretary Dominic Raab was given a remote grilling yesterday
Parliament unveils ‘hybrid’ plan including Zoom and video screens
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle encourages MPs to stay at home
Major telecoms firms agree free calls, data and broadband upgrades for NHS staff
Fourteen companies agree to provide gratis services and updates
Parliament set to use tech tools to reopen after recess
MPs will be able to return following Easter break
Scottish Parliament plans virtual questions for first minister
First weekly grilling of Nicola Sturgeon due to take place this week
Government evaluating ‘every technological solution’ for virtual parliament
Support for a digital House of Commons is growing
Hancock issues six-month order for NHS to share confidential patient data
Usual limitations relaxed as organisations across the NHS are told to share data in fight against coronavirus
Call for ‘digital parliament’ gains backing of one in five MPs
Campaign launched by Labour MP Chi Onwurah is supported by 124 other members
No intention of ‘watering down’ Cloud First policy, minister claims
GDS review concluded that moving to US-style nomenclature would be ‘confusing’
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
Downing Street website for special adviser jobs slammed by civil service union chief
FDA general secretary Dave Penman says online recruitment of digital and comms specialists ‘looks like a ruse to get around open and fair selection’
Lord Agnew to take on GDS ministerial responsibility
Post is split between Treasury and Cabinet Office
DWP and HMRC staff rack up 16 years of service on average, data reveals
Departments are among government’s leaders, with some organisation posting averages of just nine months
Government uses natural-language processing to support post-Brexit trade consultation
ONS data scientists are supporting the DIT in applying AI techniques to public responses
Blue Brexit passports to be ‘most technologically advanced ever’
New colour will not be the only difference on Britons’ travel documents
MPs’ call for DCMS to be appointed Whitehall data-sharing auditor rejected by government
Government responds to PAC report to insist that each department needs its own rules
DCMS beefs up ministers’ digital and data portfolios
New-look ministerial team has strong tech focus
Government commits £1.2bn for supercomputer to predict extreme weather
High-tech system will be managed by the Met Office