
Nominet takes over management of gov.uk domain registry
The public benefit company that has managed the .uk top level domain for almost 30

Government seeks leader to spearhead ‘digital and data workforce transformation’
A senior role in the Cabinet Office’s Central Digital and Data Office comes with responsibility

ICO reviews approach to public sector
After announcing two years ago that it would trial a model focused on raising standards

MoJ retains CGI for IT service desk in £40m deal
The contract will see the IT company provide initial triage and assistance for civil servants

HMRC explores data options for worldwide company intelligence
Tax department launches request for information process seeking input from suppliers that could potential provide

NHS provider confirms publication of ‘patient-identifiable data’ following cyberattack
Synnovis reveals that, while it has not yet found evidence of leaked information from primary

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