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Jeremy Hunt criticises Google's lack of cooperation on international child-abuse crackdown
Foreign secretary hits out at internet titan
DfT to explore effects of systems integration on airport X-rays
Government to examine whether the current mixed set-up of screening and tray-management systems is having an impact on security levels
Inside the Canadian Digital Service – why immigration transformation represents its ‘first big opportunity’
In the second of our two-part feature, senior figures at the government transformation agency talk through the services it has built so far and how it intends to be ‘a bit more bold’ in its second year
Inside the Canadian Digital Service – how the transformation agency began life ‘on the corner of someone’s desk’
In the first of a two-part feature to mark the anniversary of its opening, PublicTechnology talks to a range of key figures from the Canadian Digital Service about how it came to be established, its role and remit, and what it learned from the experiences of GDS
Government opted not to encrypt Cold War Kremlin hotline as £20,000 cost was deemed too high
Newly published former top-secret documents reveal that a direct communications link between Downing Street and Mikhail Gorbachev was not encrypted – despite the wishes of the government’s ‘technical experts’
Canada appoints first ever minister for digital government
Scott Brison takes on digital government brief and will be supported by national CIO Alex Benay who has been promoted to a deputy minister-level post
UK slips from first to fourth in UN e-government league table
The UK has slipped from first to fourth place in the global digital government rankings published biennially by the United Nations.
MPs voice lingering concerns about Customs Declaration Service
Public Accounts Committee remain ‘worried’ about whether new system can be delivered successfully in time for Brexit
Government to implement £70m satellite tracking system for immigration offenders
Home Office seeks software and hardware platform for monitoring those being prosecuted for immigration offences
NCSC’s Dr Ian Levy on why the UK must ‘turn cybersecurity into a science’
The technical director of the National Cyber Security Centre tells PublicTechnology about the organisation’s achievements so far, and what it is doing to prepare for an inevitable cyber emergency
EU data-protection agreement need not compromise Brexit trade deals – techUK CEO
Trade body leader Julian David writes to international trade secretary Liam Fox to argue that the UK must adhere to data-protection rules to remain a tech-industry leader
DFID lays out three-year digital strategy to help create ‘transformed global aid system’
Department unveils plans to use digital in both its work delivering aid and its function as a part of government
GDS offers £118k in search for leader of newly created digital Brexit team
Organisation building centralised team to help Whitehall manage the digital implications of leaving the EU while maintaining longer-term transformation goals
Foreign Office launches £350m project to connect embassies in 170 countries
FCO teams up with DFID and British Council to tender for four-year framework to provide networking to 550 sites in the UK and throughout the world
Government extends online passport renewal service
Service now available for citizens aged 16 and over
Government pledges data-led digital process for EU citizens to apply for post-Brexit rights
Platform aims to be as streamlined as possible and call on existing data to verify users’ identity and details
Former Telefonica bigwig Mike Short to join Department for International Trade
Telecoms exec to take Whitehall chief scientist post
One-on-one – Digital Marketplace boss discusses plans to expand the platform internationally
Warren Smith also opens up on how the launch of the Crown Marketplace will reshape central government procurement
HMRC nabs Microsoft bigwig Jacky Wright as new CDIO
Department celebrates appointment of ‘exceptional’ former BP and GE executive as new digital leader
Foreign Office works with GDS to revamp digital services for UK citizens abroad
Government creates 229 dedicated pages for services in individual countries and streamlines embassy sites
UK Border Force to ditch landing cards as part of digital transformation programme
Home Office to bring in digital methods to replace £3.6m-a-year system