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
Cabinet Office to ‘fill gaps’ in vulnerability scanning of technology
New deal covers 13,500 end-user and on-site devices, AWS accounts and public-facing domains The Cabinet
Police seeks tech to investigate crypto crime
City of London force plans to spend £1.8m on forensics investigation service available to all
CDDO launches Data Maturity Assessment for Government
Departments have committed to carry out assessments based on 97 areas All government departments are
Open transport data to help public plan and pay
Department for Transport publishes catalogue of datasets, following support for open bus and roadwork data
Government high-tech hub in Birmingham garlanded as one of world’s leading workplaces
Government Property Agency facility is the most highly rated public-sector office in the world A
HMRC chief signs off on £200m plan to address areas of ‘greatest risk’ to data protection
Major programme seeks to ensure compliance with UK GDPR and other legislation The chief executive
EXCL: Work starts on £6m cross-government digital system for civil servants to move between departments
Fujitsu awarded contract to build platform that intends to enable transfers ‘at pace and without
Digital reporting and more local data to tackle anti-social behaviour
Action plan includes digital one-stop shop, expanded crime survey and improved data collection and sharing
Public bodies tighten restrictions on TikTok
App is now formally banned from Scottish Government devices and can no longer be accessed
Tech consulting giant’s three-year public procurement ban lifted after eight months
The UK arm of Bain & Company can once again bid for Whitehall contracts after
DWP data analysis scheme repaying more than £20m a month in pension arrears
Statistics show acceleration in repayments – but £750m of underpayments are still to be addressed
NHS long-term cyber strategy sets out plan to ramp up workforce and ‘defend as one’
Government sets out vision for improving resilience of health and social care sector by the
Courts workers agree to end dispute over IT system troubles
Union’s agreement with HMCTS includes concessions over how cases are inputted and admission of faults
