FOI transparency hits new low and complaints soar as ICO tightens window on complying with decisions
Since FOI laws were introduced, the proportion of requests where data is provided in full
CCS names Home Office commercial head Ulyatt as new CEO
The Crown Commercial Service – the Cabinet Office agency which manages billions of pounds in
Ministry of Defence signs IBM to £30m deal to support civilian IT systems
Deal lasting two years will see technology giant provide a range of support and integration
Chief coroner cites ‘significant impact’ of digital on profession
Annual report from leader of 500 specialist judicial representatives across England and Wales reveals that
Government comms unit looks to tech and innovation
The Government Communication Service has published a new strategy to help 7,000 staff across the
EXCL: DWP explores data science to inform Jobcentre ‘interventions’ for benefit claimants
Department retains specialist firm to help explore how data science models and insights could inform
Social housing provider reprimanded after data breach of antisocial behaviour case files
Clyde Valley Housing Association, which owns and manages thousands of Lanarkshire properties, has been censured
Scottish parliamentarians offered cyber training
After a string of recent high profile attacks on Westminster MPs, sessions are being organised
HMRC opens volunteer testing of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
Almost two years before the digitisation programme expands to cover income tax payments, the department
National Cyber Security Centre hires PwC exec Horne as new CEO
The UK’s cyber intelligence agency has named former Barclays executive – who also spent a
Cabinet Office seeks to improve spend control compliance
After one of its own units recorded a breach of the guidelines, the department is
Eastern police forces explore ‘electronic interventions’ for low-level offenders
Police in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire wish to examine the possibility of self-guided online
Whitehall digital pay framework is ‘being revalorised to meet market trends’
Dedicated salary structure for those in key tech roles – which has helped some departments
Ofcom report finds many young children using social media unsupervised
The UK’s new online safety regulator publishes its annual assessment on children’s media use, including
Levelling Up department signs £20m deal for ‘urgent digital requirements’
DLUHC has awarded a contract for specialist external partners to provide the department with ‘multidisciplinary
GDS founder part of crack team brought in to advise Labour on HMRC modernisation
The Labour party has assembled a team of big names – including a former permanent
Home Office begins asking residence permit holders to register for eVisas
Department presses on with implementation of wider plan to eliminate all physical immigration documents with
Campaigners claim new DWP bank-monitoring powers are ‘likely unlawful’
After scores of civil society groups oppose new measures, department claims any suggestions that the