Consultation reveals widespread opposition to proposed data-sharing laws for government login system
Overwhelming majority of respondents voice disapproval but government will press on with plans to bring forward legislation
Small boats: Home Office spends £1.5m on tech ‘to track migrants and their property’
Department signs two-year with firm specialised in barcodes and tracking
Digital minister: ‘It’s important to the government that the British public has confidence in how we use their data’
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DWP to launch of improved online Access to Work service
New tool will allow users to apply for and claim payments
Military innovation unit seeks to improve diversity in STEM hiring spree
Dstl undertakes ‘positive action’ to attract candidates from under-represented backgrounds
Borders and benefits – which government tech initiatives got a Budget boost?
A rundown of the departments and programmes that received support for digital ambitions
Government app to offer citizens £3m in rewards for diet and exercise
Wearable device will provide access to discounts and tickets for those who reduce portion sizes and take more steps
Cabinet Office floats multimillion-pound contracts to develop online voter ID service
Government’s Electoral Integrity Programme seeks digital partners
Whistleblower warns MPs that ‘Facebook is closing the door’ on opportunity to regulate
Frances Haugen gives evidence to inform development of Online Harms legislation
Midlands hotel conference room gets tech refit to become latest Nightingale court
Site aims to expedite hearings as NAO report warns backlog of cases may last for years
Government to expedite Online Harms legislation
Opposition leader Keir Starmer warned that the interest offers ‘a safe space for terrorists’
Cabinet ministers lend weight to calls to end online anonymity
Dominic Raab and Priti Patel have suggested it may be time to stop users being allowed to post anonymously
DWP offers £105k for leader to ‘build world-class data function’
Position as head of data as a service represents a ‘once-in-a-career opportunity’, according to department
The digital age requires cultural sensitivity
Even when sat in their living room, government officials working with international partners need to be cognisant and respectful of other cultures, according to experts Matt Minshall and Mark Roberts
‘Fundamental flaws’ – opponents urge Scottish Government to revamp and delay vaccine status programme
Call from Conservative party comes after app has been dogged by technical problems
Courts service to expand support for digitally excluded in £10m scheme
Users to be given additional help using online services
The business case for IT upgrades and a surfeit of sign-ins – five things we learned about the future of digital government
At techUK’s recent annual public sector tech conference, government’s digital leaders discussed their plans for the months ahead and the challenges they currently face. PublicTechnology listened in.
‘A country with world-class data analysis expertise should not have faced this crisis with virtually no data’
Parliamentary report on the lessons learned from the response to the coronavirus pandemic finds ‘major deficiencies in the machinery of government’
Electoral Commission seeks CEO to help keep pace with ‘digital revolution’
Regulator recruits for leader to support ‘change and improvement’
NHS Digital takes over cancer patient database
Service gathering data on diseases and congenital anomalies has been moved over from the now-defunct Public Health England
Scottish Government working on fix for Covid status app after industry bemoans ‘disastrous launch’
Football grounds among venues not to impose demand for status evidence as users report issues accessing their vaccination record
Which government departments are the least transparent?
Report from think tank identifies which parts of Whitehall are worst at publishing data on spending, meetings and other information
No plans to change GP funding in light of rise of remote consultations – minister
Healthtech minister says doctors should continue to offer in-person appointments
Court strikes down businesses’ challenge to ‘disproportionate’ Scottish vaccine status scheme
Party leaders clash over regime that comes into effect today