Saint Helena, which forms part of a UK overseas territory about 4,000 miles from the British mainland, can lay claim to being home to the world’s most remote full-time population […]...
Departmental programme dedicated to delivering and supporting crucial tech platforms used in border and immigration settings has awarded a major contract to help ensure systems are based on consistent foundations […]...
Entry/Exit System will require UK nationals travelling Schengen area countries to complete a registration process including the provision of biometric info and may lead to travel delays, government has advised […]...
UK nationals living or travelling overseas and seeking information or support from the government can now be assisted by automated systems, as part of wider departmental use of new technologies […]...
The cost of new technology platforms has been pegged as one of the biggest costs associated with the previous administration’s plan to send asylum seekers to the east African country […]...
Ministers have revealed that, while there were various discrete connectivity issues encountered in 2023 by the IABS platform used to process facial and fingerprint data, no catastrophic failures were recorded […]...
After various delays and cost increases, major digital reform project is now approaching its 2026 deadline and, according to newly published formal assessment, successful ‘completion of the programme is essential’ […]...
Newly released transparency and approval documents reveal scope, costs and core objectives of three year programme with a remit of ‘transforming people capabilities, process and technology underpinning’ the asylum system […]...
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office first announced three years ago its intention to roll out a new support platform for departmental staff working at diplomatic facilities around the globe […]...
Director general of the Foreign Office – who will shortly take up leadership of the Electoral Commission – discusses how, even in a security conscious environment, there is room to […]...