Ministry of Justice works on digital probate delays
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Report reveals massive spike in Home Office data breach reporting following GDPR
New legislation saw the department recording and reporting many more incidents
Home Office begins testing settled status app on Apple devices
Tech giant announced that next version of iOS will permit third-party access to near-field communications
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PublicTechnology talks to the departmental CDIO about her work to transform the working practices and service delivery of the UK tax authority, and why improving diversity starts with leaders who are self-aware
DWP acting CDIO McKinnon to stay in role until May 2020
Seven months after launching recruitment campaign, department reveals interim digital chief will continue in role
5G will have ‘no negative effects on public health’, says digital minister
Margot James claims research has found no danger in new network
DWP makes improvements to bereavement service
Department creates digital system for call centre workers to take information
Home Office relaunches £105k bid for leader to oversee police tech
Remit of position first advertised in October will include oversight of ANPR programme
Scottish patients to get tech to monitor blood pressure at home
Patients will be able to report test results via an app
Damning MPs’ report warns EU settlement scheme could become ‘another Windrush’
Parliamentary committee voices ‘serious concerns’, including use of a digital-only system and numerous technical problems
Government seeks provider for £380m employee benefits platform
CCS issues contract notice for online system
Government launches £200m rural fibre broadband project
Beginning rollout in most difficult areas represents a ‘significant shift in government policy’, culture secretary claims
Development of settled status application system cost £63m
Minister reveals cost of building online service
GDS seeks £1m partner to support ‘urgent EU exit projects’
Central digital agency looks for support with development, research, and management
Fifty NHS trusts bid for e-prescription funding
All 13 trusts awarded funding last year have begun work
HMRC to spend £1.5m on ‘cheque-processing solution’
Supplier sought for hardware and software platform
Which government department suffers the most data breaches?
Since 2008 departments have been required to report data breaches every year. In this exclusive research – kicking off two weeks of dedicated cybersecurity content on PublicTechnology – SA Mathieson digs through the numbers to uncover government's biggest security challenges
GOV.UK starts accepting Apple and Google Pay
Citizens can now use biometrics to confirm payments
HMRC deletes five million voiceprints after ICO complaint
Department gets rid of data where it did not have ‘explicit consent’ of users
Whitehall FOI rejection rates keep rising
Two in five resolvable FOIs were rejected in 2018, with six departments knocking back more than half of public enquiries
GDS chief on why digital agency should be ‘cajoling’ departments towards new tech
Kevin Cunnington believes the central agency should be leading on the ideas that will be of interest to departments in two years’ time
Citizens to get digital channels for HMRC complaints
Department is to roll out ‘email or another form of secure digital channel’ to allow to the public to contact independent review entity