Government ‘mentor service’ to match up civil servants
Data-processing notice alludes to new platform for pairing up potential mentors and mentees
Renewed calls for Home Office to rethink digital-only settled status documentation
Parliamentary committee ‘remains very concerned’ about plan to eschew physical documents
Geospatial data projects picked for government funding
Ten programmes chosen as recipients of £1.5m cash pot
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'Admin error' sees Home Office wrongly share data of Windrush victims
Department informs ICO and launches internal investigation
Government unveils plans for social media regulator
Digital secretary Jeremy Wright tells web giants that ‘the era of self-regulation is over’
Police Scotland told to pause rollout of cyber kiosks while legal concerns are addressed
Process of assessing use of technology has been 'sub-standard' committee finds
Why Essex council has broken with digital convention
Jason Kitcat has got rid of digital strategies and teams and introduced in a single function devoted to service change. Gill Hitchcock finds out more.
London borough fined £145k for sharing data on 200 suspected gang members
Newham Council worker sent email with info including names and address
Is the settled status scheme a tech triumph or digital disaster?
After a tricky development process, the digital system allowing EU citizens to apply for the right to remain in the UK is now live. PublicTechnology examines the past, present, and future of a project that represents one of the most important technology programmes the government has ever undertaken.
Rudd sets four-year timeline for ‘industry-led’ pensions dashboards
Work and pensions secretary outlines detailed plans for online service
Justice minister defends court helplines’ 55p-a-minute charges
Lucy Frazer says there is ‘no evidence’ costs are deterring people from using services
Leicester City Council seeks market engagement ahead of transformation programme
Authority looks to overhaul a range of tech platforms
Government Race Disparity Unit to join data ethics centre in algorithmic bias probe
Investigation will explore possibility of human biases being reinforced by AI systems
Our response to online harms should focus as much on cure as prevention
PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall believes that the government’s online harms strategy must address their impact, as well as their cause
Universal Credit applications will not pull through existing claimant data
DWP minister Justin Tomlinson claims department wants to ‘avoid transferring errors from legacy benefits’
Government criticised for settled status hotline call charges
Campaign group and politicians urge Home Office to scrap charge of up to 40p per minute
MPs call for social media addiction to be classified as a disease
All-party group encourages the implementation of a tax on online firms’ profits to fund initiatives to improve young people’s mental health
Government £1.3bn National Cyber Security Programme undermined by ‘serious weaknesses’ – NAO
Initial set-up meant investment required was unknown and objectives may not be achieved
Government should establish new digital authority to end ‘fragmented oversight’ of big tech, says Lords committee
Self-regulation by online platforms ‘clearing failing’ and regulatory framework ‘out-of-date’
Businesses have to show they can improve society to win government contracts
Tackling modern slavery, cyber security and climate change will help enterprises to secure a Whitehall contract
DWP legacy migration ‘will take many years’
Departmental CDIO says shift away from old technology ‘needs to be done very, very carefully’
NAO report finds Verify exemplifies ‘failings we often see in major programmes’
Auditors flag up a range of targets missed and benefits not delivered
‘Innovation is problematic when it is behind the scenes’
Jeni Tennison, CEO of the Open Data Institute, talks to PublicTechnology about the organisation’s work with government and how to balance risk and reward in the use of open data
‘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