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DSIT launches hunt for next government chief technology officer 

Department offers salary of up to £162k as David Knott announces that he will step down from the role

DWP warned of legacy IT risk to anti-fraud efforts

Auditors assessing the challenges facing the benefits department in delivering strategic goals have raised concerns

One Login ‘working closely with supplier’ to regain lost government trustmark

The new system for online government services lost the certification administered by its own parent

CPS signs £20m Microsoft licensing and Copilot deal

Government agency responsible for criminal prosecutions has retained existing reseller to fulfil an engagement until

‘Once digital ID infrastructure exists, it very rarely stays confined to its original purpose’

SNP MP voices party’s opposition to identity plans, claiming that the idea of ‘prime minister

UK territories and dependencies to be offered digital ID but will set own laws

Residents in the likes of the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and Bermuda will

Bids open for bumper £17bn four-year G-Cloud 15 offering direct award in all lots

The latest iteration of government’s flagship technology buying vehicle has been extended to include the

MoJ first to take advantage of OpenAI UK sovereign data offer

Whitehall’s justice department has announced a partnership with the large language model specialist, which will

DWP signs potential £30m deal to ‘discover solutions’ to legacy tech

As part of broader efforts to address ageing IT, stretching back over many years, the

ONS makes loan signing of new HR chief to propel ‘cultural change’

The statistics agency, which has recently come in for significant criticism, has announced the temporary

Cabinet Office takes the reins on government ‘top priority’ digital identity plans

Working with DSIT and others, the civils service’s central department is to assume ultimate control

HMRC targets ‘improved data flows and investment in digital’ to better understand billionaires

The department will deploy new technology while making use of a range of information sources,

Companies House working on ‘alternative options’ ahead of mandatory One Login checks for directors

There are less than four weeks to go until directors and other individuals involved in

MoD lifts lid on almost 50 data breaches affecting Afghan resettlement schemes

The ministry’s leader informs parliament of numerous incidents in which personal information was wrongly disclosed

Digital ID rollout could deliver ‘wider benefits for people who are currently digitally excluded’, minister claims

As government works to promote inclusion in order to support the implementation of mandatory electronic

NHS estimates Palantir data platform will deliver returns of five times its costs

The implementation of the controversial tech system for connecting trusts to a wide range of

AI analysis tool could save 300 years’ worth of work annually, government claims

The new Consult application for reviewing responses to public feedback exercises could deliver efficiencies adding

DHSC signs £10m deal to support new IT landscape for NHS England abolition

As the department prepares for a potential fivefold increase in size via the merger with
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