Expert body calls for stats training for ministers
The Royal Statistical Society calls for additional education and claims that pandemic highlighted instances where
Home Office to seek £250m data and analytics partner
Department’s data unit has various major deals in place, which it plans to replace with
West Oxfordshire District Council maintains reduced helpline hours after ‘clear shift to online services’
Local authority, which serves population of 115,000 residents, conducted a trial in which more staff
Connectivity improvements among scarce levelling-up ‘bright spots’, report finds
A new assessment from think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found that, in
Defra extends £2m deal for homeworker broadband
The department has expanded by 18 months and £630k an incumbent arrangement with BT through
NHS data breach: Over 3,000 appointments and operations cancelled amid reports of potential counteraction against attackers
Fallout from ransomware incident continues to have ‘significant impact on NHS services’ as data shows
Students across Scotland quizzed on use of AI
A new academic survey aims to build a nationwide picture to help understand current uses
Criminals claim release of sensitive data after London hospitals cyberattack
More than two weeks after a ransomware assault, pathology provider Synnovis reveals that ‘capacity to
‘Seamless journey for customers’ – DWP signs £1.4m deal to progress data-categorisation platform
The Department for Work and Pensions has signed a contract lasting two years and covering
All 150,000 residents of Dumfries and Galloway warned to assume data loss in NHS cyberattack
Following a ransomware assault in February, patient data from NHS Dumfries and Galloway has been
HMRC and Cabinet Office spend £100m on Microsoft licensing deals
Two major Whitehall departments have awarded major contracts for the provision of technology from the
Facebook agrees to pause training of AI models on user data after ICO concerns
The Information Commissioner’s Office has been one of several European regulators to have engaged with
NHS Scotland targets waiting lists with SMS ‘validation’
The health service north of the border is to send text messages to those waiting
Buying group plans £3bn ‘Alpha G-Cloud’ framework as alternative to CCS deal
YPO, working with fellow procurement organisation NEPO, is to establish a buyer vehicle to support
DWP explores management options for thousands of mobile devices
Department brings in external consultants to test and examine the capabilities of a range of
Scottish Horizon victims exonerated en masse by new law
Following similar measures implemented across England and Wales in March, legislators north of the border
GOV.UK rolls out Google AI-powered semantic search
For the last few months, visitors using the search functionality of government’s website have been
Election: Green Party pledges ‘Digital Bill of Rights’
The party’s manifesto outlines policy proposals for greater regulation of social media firms and artificial