
Government seeks software to track radioactive waste as nuclear site decommissioned
Ten months after the Joint European Torus ceased operating, the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Lane Fox and Willmott to chair new panel to shape digital government’s ’10-year vision’
Following its recent establishment as the new ‘digital centre of government’, the Department for Science,

Government backs imaging and analysis tech to tackle ‘pothole plague’
Transport secretary visits Blackpool to see the local authority’s ongoing project to use new technology

DWP to spend up to £7m on ‘modernisation’ of anti-fraud big data platform
The department has signed a duo of deals to support its Data Service Platform and

Defra develops tool to digitise hundreds of paper forms
The environment department creates the Digital Express Toolkit, which is designed to work in concert

ISP employee arrested after ‘cyber vandalism’ targeted at station WiFi
A man has been apprehended by British Transport Police after an incident in which passengers

CDDO to issue formal ‘service definition’ based on outcomes
Government’s core unit dedicated to digital strategy and implementation is to create and publish new

‘Not functioning effectively’ – government to intervene in social care IT market
In a sector that is complex and expensive for both suppliers and buyers, the Department

DWP seeks duo of cyberthreat detectives to join 24/7 monitoring team
The Department for Work and Pensions opens recruitment for two positions based in a specialist

Oracle and IBM win £850m deal for DWP, Home Office, MoJ and Defra shared services
The Synergy cluster of four of government’s biggest departments, collectively employing almost half of all

Police Scotland to launch dedicated cybercrime unit
The Scottish policing service has unveiled a range of measures to help tackle online crime

Incubator for AI grows to 40-plus staff
Following its recent move to DSIT, government’s specialist unit for testing and analysing potential deployments

Duo of departments deploy chatbot to support HR queries
The Integrated Corporate Services unit, which provides joint centralised support to DSIT and DESNZ, has

Parliament offers £633 a day for non-exec to join Digital Board
The bicameral body which oversees the use of digital, data, and IT across both houses

Report recommends IT insourcing among measures to cut £400bn procurement bill
An IfG study has flagged up a number of potential measures that could help the

DWP signs £13m deal to support and transform Management Information platform
The department has awarded a contract to enable ongoing improvements to a core data platform,

One Login adoption passes 40 services with Companies House deployment
The new sign-in tool that will be implemented across departments will be used to support

Scotland legislates for all new homes to have speedy broadband
Scottish Government ministers have announced that laws will, from the start of next year, require