UK pins 'cynical and reckless' Olympic cyberattacks on Russia
Government attributes 2018 campaign to Moscow and claims more assaults were planned for cancelled 2020 summer games
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Digital system for Scottish food banks
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DWP faces ‘significant increase’ in fraud and error, watchdog warns
NAO report reveals that, following heavy coronavirus-related recruitment, departmental staffing levels may return to 2013 levels
Health data watchdog finds public acceptance of increased information-sharing during coronavirus – but not beyond
National Data Guardian report finds that as many as a third of population lack trust in government use of data
Government to track smartphone location data to study impact of lockdowns
Cabinet Office awards £300k short-term deal to tech specialist
Hackney Council hit by ‘serious cyberattack’
London borough warns that services may be impacted
How can councils create a digital workplace?
At the recent Local Government ICT Summit, PublicTechnology talked to Gloucestershire County Council and SAP Concur about how authorities can support new ways of working
‘I’ve wasted my life on science’ – government online careers quiz causes derision
Tool launched following chancellor’s speech in which he warned that people may need to retrain
NHS creates £15m framework for use of AI in treating strokes
Health service’s NHS SBS joint venture seeks suppliers for procurement vehicle
Lost data on 16,000 coronavirus cases pinned on Excel
The limitations of the popular Microsoft software likely caused the delays in processing data
Government buys another 100,000 laptops to support self-isolating children
Additional reserves take total made available to 470,000
NHS spends £2m to equip homeworking staff with IT kit
Deal signed with furniture specialist
‘Hybrid working’ will become the norm, predicts civil service chief
Operations leader Alex Chisholm says that a model where civil servants work from home for part of the week is likely to become more common long beyond the coronavirus pandemic
Post Office and Fujitsu to ‘fully cooperate’ with government probe of Horizon IT scandal
Government claims it has met demands for full judge-led inquiry but critics remain unconvinced
Should students be refunded for online-only courses – and who should pay?
Some students paying more than £9,000 per year for tuition believe they are being short-changed, but neither government nor universities seems eager to take responsibility for reimbursing them
Scotland proposes more virtual courts
Increased use of technology is among ‘basket of measures’ considered to clear case backlog
Contact-tracing app downloads top 10 million
Government claims almost half a million businesses have printed QR-code posters
DCMS keeping tabs on child-safety implications of Apple updates
New versions of the vendor’s operating systems include support for DNS over HTTPS
Government follows tech firms’ lead in launching autism internship scheme
Programme will recruit 18-25 year olds
New GDS minister unveils vision for single sign-on
Julia Lopez wants to improve system for citizens to identify themselves
Scottish start-ups get funding boost
Public funding dedicated to help smaller firms survive pandemic
London NHS bodies team up to plan £2m digital mental-health platform for young people
Ten CCGs and trusts look to improve access to remote services
MPs tell Home Office to improve data or ‘the next scandal is around the corner’
Damning report from PAC finds that department has ‘no idea’ about outcomes of its enforcement activities