No digital postal vote application service before May elections
Government considering launching online tool – but not in time for upcoming polls
Remote juries rolled out to more courts
Venues in Scotland will be able to conduct trials with juries based in cinemas or other offsite...
DWP spends £5m to manage applications
Department invests in contract to deliver ‘full-stack visibility’
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PM pledges to publish more data on vaccine rollout
Johnson claims government will provide more localised breakdowns
Dowden: ‘The idea that free speech can be switched off by a button in California is unsettling’
Digital secretary says there is a ‘burning need’ for governments to take a greater role in regulating the online world
Scotland curbs click-and-collect services
Option can only be used for essential goods
DWP to launch online channel for Personal Independence Payment claims
Small-scale testing began in October
Has the High Court outlawed mass computer surveillance?
Privacy campaigners have hailed a major victory as a judgement declares the use of general warrants unlawful. PublicTechnology takes a closer look.
Government’s ‘litany of failures’ leaves citizens facing many years of slow broadband
Public Accounts Committee points to need for more funding and legislative changes
HMRC sees 12% spike in complaints during FY21 as customer service issues continue
November stats show another spike in call-waiting times and new struggles with answering online and postal queries
Privately educated twice as likely to gain a spot on Whitehall graduate scheme, data suggests
Success rate of 7% compares with 3% for state-educated applicants
Williamsons vows to ‘trust teachers rather than algorithms’ for GCSEs and A-levels
Education secretary also announces that schools must deliver at least three hours of online teaching a day
Children without laptops to be allowed to go to school
Guidance clarifies that those without access to devices will be considered ‘vulnerable’
National statistician: ‘Digital census presents new opportunities and challenges’
Sir Ian Diamond discusses the use of data during the pandemic, and how the ONS will balance this ongoing work with the demands of the national census next year
The biggest stories of 2020 – part two
PublicTechnology completes our round-up of the most read and significant stories of 2020
The four (non-coronavirus) public sector tech trends that will define 2021
PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall picks out the big issues that might shape the year ahead. Apart from that one.
Algorithm debacle saw eightfold increase in GCSE grades changed on appeal
Ofqual data shows almost 28,000 challenges were made
Was 2020 a watershed for public sector use of algorithms?
This year saw public protests about the use of predictive analytics in decision-making. As the technology becomes more widely used in many public services, PublicTechnology asks experts about the implications for government, the law – and the citizens affected
Online harms law could see social networks fined billions of pounds
Ofcom will have power to penalise sites that fail to remove harmful content
Cumbrian schoolchildren given ex-nuclear power PCs
Sellafield Ltd donates 500 machines to schools after ‘a quick clean down’
Users will have more control over personal data under new regulatory regime, minister pledges
Recently created Digital Markets Unit has a remit to enforce code on Google and Facebook
Review finds exams cannot be moved online in the near future
Regulator picks out five major barriers to remote assessment
Union raises concerns over Cabinet Office bullying
Head of PCS union says that seeming drop in instances of bullying does ‘not reflect the sad reality’
Home Office supplier spending on immigration casework tool nears £30m
Accenture wins two more contracts totalling £5m-plus