‘Sow distrust and decrease morale’ – government lifts lid on work of UK’s offensive cyber spy unit
National Cyber Force reveals its work includes covert influence operations as well as disruption of
Government to crunch the numbers on 6,000 major projects as part of work to ‘ensure realistic cost projections’ in future
New Data Benchmarking Service gets off the ground with information injection The government has invested
Service-complaints body urged to press on with ‘long-awaited’ reform
MPs warn dangers of ombudsman’s current approach, as body cites improvements of three-year tech and
Regulator imposes £1bn-plus price cut on Motorola’s Airwave network for emergency services
Tech firm criticises CMA’s ‘unprecedented overreach’ and pledges to appeal The UK’s competition regulator has
Minister opens Horizon talks as tech industry leans on government to ensure membership of EU scheme
Technology secretary of state visits Brussels to discuss possible associate membership The government is due
Government urged to act as annual fraud losses quadruple in four years to more than £10bn
Newly created specialist body should work to help departments improve data analytics The annual level
Union claims ongoing strike has caused GDS ‘coding freeze’
PCS says walkout has stopped updates to GOV.UK, but government claims digital staff ‘continue to
Courts service discloses £25m deal for ‘squads’ to improve Common Platform
CGI won three-year contract to support HM Courts and Tribunal Service in improving much-criticised system
TikTok hit with £12.7m fine for unlawful use of children’s data
ICO investigation finds that video platform failed to prevent more than one million underage users
Capita working on restoring client services after cyberattack
One of government’s biggest IT suppliers claims that there is ‘no evidence’ of data breach
Companies House to close early e-government service WebCHeck
Online sales of company documents will end in November after 23 years Companies House has
ICO reprimands NHS Highland for disclosing identities of HIV patients
Regulator applies new approach to the public sector by issuing recommendations rather than a £35,000 fine
NHS England agreed to pay £160,000 to prop up troubled GP software supplier
Contract notice cites ‘extreme urgency’ in funding Silicon Practice for two weeks to avoid its
Scottish Parliament bans smartphones from public gallery after protests
New measures brought in as disruptions ‘tended to be filmed and posted on social media’
Diamond retained for second term as UK’s national statistician
Incumbent chief was reappointed following an open competition The government has reappointed Sir Ian Diamond
Artificial intelligence to empower public services, says minister
Michelle Donelan highlights uses of AI in policing and healthcare along with potential to cut
Government seeks national technology adviser
Director general-level role requiring ‘fantastic network’ of contacts in science, technology and digital will pay
ICO to fast-track public interest Freedom of Information complaints
Regulator expects to give up to a fifth of complaints faster treatment Freedom of Information
