GDS seeks head of Brexit digital strategy
Role comes with remit to assess readiness across government
ICO alerted to breach of EU citizens’ data
For the second time inside a week, the Home Office has had to report itself to the UK data...
Renewed calls for Home Office to rethink digital-only settled status documentation
Parliamentary committee ‘remains very concerned’ about plan to eschew physical documents
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'Admin error' sees Home Office wrongly share data of Windrush victims
Department informs ICO and launches internal investigation
Foreign Office seeks digital strategy head to spearhead use of emerging tech
Postholder will head up department’s FCO Labs unit
Online VAT collection system at heart of government’s no-deal Brexit planning for Irish border
Plan would waive Northern Ireland border checks and slash tariffs if the UK leaves the EU without a deal
EU settlement scheme: West Midlands, North East and London get document-scanning boost
Four new locations opened where EU citizens can verify their identity
‘Clear parallels with Windrush’ – concerns raised on EU settlement scheme reliance on digital
Lords urge Home Office to widen promotion and ensure EU citizens have physical documentation of status
Government criticised for spending £100k on export podcast flop
Just 8,400 people have listened to the ‘Local to Global’ podcast, equating to £12.74 per listener
Temps account for 98% of staff building £250m immigration platform
Minister reveals just eight out of 360 workers on Home Office project are civil servants
Home Office rolls out assisted digital support for EU settled status scheme
Department ramps up number of locations offering support with applications to about 150 – although Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are comparatively poorly served
Fujitsu proposes tech solution for ‘free-flowing’ Irish border
IT company reveals it is ‘looking to validate as a viable solution’ a proposal based on GPS and geofencing
Government spends £7m on Brexit IT consultancy
Departments award a range of deals to services and outsourcing firms
Government ‘expects resolution’ to settled status app iPhone compatibility issues
The Home Office claims it is ‘working constructively with Apple’
Interview: CIO for overseas military operations on the rising nation-state cyberthreat facing the MoD
Nicholas Lloyd, who oversees technology across 52 global locations, discusses the changing threat landscape
The biggest stories of 2018 – part two
We revisit the big news and major events from the second half of 2018
The biggest stories of 2018 – part one
We take a look back at the major developments that shaped the first half of the year
What next for the government’s anti-fake news unit?
Earlier this year, the government loudly heralded the creation of the Rapid Response Unit to tackle misinformation. But two months after its initial funding ran out, it has gone quiet on its future.
Right to work checks go fully digital
Service allowing firms to check potential employees’ immigration status can be transacted entirely online
Department for International Trade offers £118k for CTO to ‘raise digital literacy’
Chosen candidate will be tasked with setting departmental IT vision
Home Office seeks £20m partner for border threat assessments
Supplier sought to support rollout of advance border control service
Home Office seeks leader for £200m transformation of immigration technology
Role as delivery director comes with remit to help ‘redesign approach to delivering technology’
HMRC releases £5m fund for firms to prep for post-Brexit customs system
Government cash will be used to help businesses buy software and train staff
PM revisits proposal for ‘Max Fac’ technology at Irish border
Possibility of using tech to facilitate an open border is back under discussion