DWP opens recruitment for £200k digital chief
Incumbent Simon McKinnon will step down in March 2023
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DBS trims customer service centre hours as strike begins
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GP data collection: ‘Only required information will be accessed’, minister pledges
Nadine Dorries claims that mass information-gathering has been ‘proactively promoted’
GDS ramps up researcher recruitment
Digital agency looks to boost teams dedicated to GOV.UK, government as a platform, and digital identity
‘Disinformation has been weaponised at levels nobody imagined’ – Glasgow MP
SNP member Stewart McDonald publishes report mapping growing threat posed to Scotland
Information commissioner speaks out against current uses of facial recognition
Data watchdog says all investigations conducted by her office of live systems have found illegality
Commons committee scolds government for failure to address transparency concerns
PACAC claims its recommendations have not been sufficiently engaged with
GDS begins online user monitoring to improve GOV.UK performance
Anonymised information on devices and connections could help find ‘problematic pages’
Vaccine passports pose discrimination and data protection risks, MPs find
PACAC claims that government has not made a convincing case for introducing a certification scheme domestically
NHS app: Government considers vaccine-status options for clinical-trial participants
Thousands of citizens vaccinated as part of research schemes currently need to request a letter to demonstrate that they have been vaccinated
Government facing legal challenge as DCMS admits use of automatically deleting messages
Campaign groups Foxglove and The Citizens to launch court case in two weeks if practice is not stopped
Home Office second perm sec to focus on ‘transformation of capabilities’
Tricia Hayes takes on number-two role
Website aims to reimagine citizens’ relationship with land
Scottish Land Commission opens new digital platform
NHS Digital postpones plans to gather GP patient data after criticisms over transparency
Commencement of GPDPR pushed back by two months
DWP signs £27m Crown Hosting contract extension due to ‘security requirements’
Department claims that dedicated datacentre space remains essential
NHS staff in England want to keep remote working
Healthcare workers tell survey that remote consultations benefit some but not all patients
DWP used data to help 540,000 unpaid carers get early vaccinations
Department made first bulk data transfer to NHS England in February
Government broadband scheme seeks input from residents of UK’s most remote areas
DCMS consultation especially keen to hear from tourism businesses
Home Office talks up digital visa plan
Priti Patel claims tech-based system will provide ‘a far clearer picture of who is here and whether they should be’
Scottish statistics body ordered to publish coronavirus care home death data
Regulator rules that information has been unlawfully withheld
New IT system makes little impact on delays to Windrush compensation
Since tech infrastructure was updated a year ago, only a tenth of 1,000-plus applications have reached payment-approval stage
Online safety: How police, public sector and tech firms have reached a data-sharing stalemate
With the Online Safety Bill now published, former police superintendent Iain Donnelly writes for PublicTechnology on the challenges that need to be overcome in order to ensure the law’s efficacy
'Being accessible isn't a badge of honour; it's the minimum we should be doing'
To mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day, PublicTechnology caught up with Craig Abbott from the DWP to discuss how the department incorporates inclusion into its services, and why inaccessibility equates to discrimination