Legislation coming into force this week formalises the transfer of the digital unit to DSIT, which has prepared the ground by signing a major tech deal for its new addition […]...
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GDS signs £10m One Login cyber deal and plans recertification after losing government digital ID trustmark
The Whitehall digital unit, based in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, has awarded technical support contracts worth £17.5m as it starts process to reobtain recently lost formal trustmark […]...
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MoJ retains Microsoft licensing partner in new £300m-plus deal
The ministry has awarded a new and expanded agreement for the provision of core COTS products from the major software vendor, with long-term provider Trustmarque signed for four further years […]...
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DWP-led £2.5bn shared services scheme sees ‘early delays’ and reduced benefits
Early work on achieving the milestones set out in the contracts with enterprise resource planning vendor Oracle and systems integrator IBM has been set back by eight months, assessment reveals […]...
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GDS and digital ID watchdog meet with vendors to explore ‘how GOV.UK Wallet can work with private sector solutions’
The Office for Digital Identities and Attributes this week joined DSIT colleagues in meeting developers of commercial wallet systems, with further collaboration planned in the coming months, including ‘technical engagement’ The […]...
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Crown Prosecution Service signs £25m software licensing partner
The department responsible for prosecuting criminal cases has picked a specialist provider for a three-year agreement covering a comprehensive range of fulfilment and operational services for the agency’s software needs […]...
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DWP signs £4m deal to support final year of cloud transformation scheme
Department retains core supplier to provide overall project support to the closing months of the HHT programme intended to enable the closure of onsite hosting and adoption of cloud services […]...
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Post Office floats £500m engagement for post-Fujitsu suppliers to ‘stabilise’ and replace Horizon
Organisation publishes details of commercial plans for provider to ‘take over from the incumbent rapidly, virtualise and transition to cloud, and transform operation’ before the implementation of a new system […]...
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Software vendors encouraged to adhere to new government-issued security principles
Customers buying products are advised that they can require tech providers to undergo independent testing to demonstrate they have complied with a set of 14 principles set out by NCSC […]...
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DWP body adds £18m to core digital deal for Pensions Dashboard programme
Since first being implemented in 2021, the contract’s value has expanded by two thirds and now represents about 30% of the overall delivery costs, as per the most recent estimate […]...
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