Public bodies tighten restrictions on TikTok
App is now formally banned from Scottish Government devices and can no longer be accessed on Westminster network
Government to create departmental savings tracker as Budget signals spending squeeze
Treasury will help track efficiencies delivered through technology and cost reductions
NCSC probes TikTok amid reports of imminent ban of government devices
Security minister confirms intelligence agency is investigating the video app
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Academics say digital tactics raise legal and ethical questions
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Parliamentary Digital Service seeks new MD to drive digital “step change”
Westminster post an opportunity to reset digital services for MPs and Lords
Conwy Council switches business and finance systems to SaaS
Welsh authority says SaaS platform will save staff time and improve decision-making
‘A unique opportunity’ – Scottish Government consults public on keeping Covid innovations
Authorities seek citizen views on legal and operational developments
Cognizant wins twin deals worth £150m as HMRC begins tech supplier revamp
Tax agency’s programme to ‘deliver a step change’ in its use of tech begins in earnest
Union fury over suggestion pay could be cut for remote-working civil servants
Anonymous ministerial comments prompt warnings of potential strike action
Whitehall remote workers ‘don’t deserve’ same terms as office-based colleagues, minister claims
Backlash from unions after anonymous Cabinet minister vents spleen to Daily Mail
Home Office seeks tech and data leaders as transformation programme rolls on
Department has brought in £300k headhunters to support recruitment
Civil service skills map and synthetic data for policymakers among proposals to improve government data use
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Minister under fire for replacing phone before it was searched in procurement proceedings
Transparency campaigners question why Lord Bethell’s documents cannot be retrieved
GDS floats two £2m contracts to progress single sign-on plans
Digital agency seeks support with authentication and architecture of new government-wide system
Government digital function needs more enforcement powers – Maude report
Former Cabinet Office minister concludes that centralised functions should have a greater mandate to impose standards and spend controls
MPs urge government to rethink tech policies after deletion of data from locked Treasury phones
Recently published data revealed that more than 100 devices were wiped after staff forgot their passcode
NAO report finds ‘consistent underperformance’ of government digital programmes over 25 years
Auditors identify pattern of decisions being rushed and ill-informed, while digital leaders lack support
Scottish Government minister slammed for sharing ‘misleading’ stats on face masks
Tory counterpart says she has ‘duty to call out fake news’
Devices seized in data-protection probe of Hancock CCTV leak
ICO takes PCs and other electronic equipment from two homes
Cyber Week: what now for the UK’s data-protection regime?
The EU may have granted its former member state adequacy, but there will be many more issues to resolve in the coming years