
Auditors urge government to take long-term view on success of major projects
The National Audit Office has published a report calling on government to take a more

HMCTS aims to digitise ‘large percentage of adoption application’ despite suspending reform project
The courts service last year decided to pause work on adoption transformation to focus on

Public bodies take six months or more to recover from cyberattacks, research finds
Study from PublicTechnology sister publication Holyrood finds that about half of Scottish public bodies have

Ministers engage with big tech to tackle threat to democracy
The home secretary is currently visiting Silicon Valley to talk to Apple, Google and Meta,

Government to announce plan for mandatory transparency for departments’ algorithms
Minister reveals that plans are scheduled to be finalised and released publicly in the next

Tech policymakers to work with academia in new scheme
Manchester University has announced the first five fellows selected for a programme to enable policy

NHS Scotland upgrades data analytics
As part of a wider data strategy, the health service north of the border is

New tech spend guidelines demand ‘no automatic contract extensions’ but offer ‘earned autonomy’
New version of approval process will be a tied to a wide range of additional

DLUHC launches Future Councils playbook
Toolkit created as part of £6m pilot programme to help understand barriers to transformation in

Treasury leader Cat Little named next civil service COO
The role – which comes with the post of Cabinet Office permanent secretary and a

MPs warn that online safety laws may take years to have an impact
The Public Accounts Committee has noted the progress made by Ofcom in preparing for its

Government on hunt for new chief commercial officer with Rhys Williams to move on
Incumbent procurement leader has been in post for eight years and is moving to take

HMRC to offer exporters three-month ‘extended migration’ window to make switch to new customs system
With scheduled deadline for moving all activity to CDS just weeks away, traders will have

EXCL: Cabinet Office works on plan to ‘centralise and standardise’ provision of laptops and phones for all civil servants
Currently about 600 individual agencies spend billions of pounds across hundreds of separate computing deals,

NHS nears launch of £17m digital health check service for over-40s
Trials began in 2022 of remote version of check-up for over 40s, with full version

NCA takes down ‘world’s most harmful cybercrime group’
UK law-enforcement body joins forces with counterparts across Europe and the US to take aim

Anti-terror finance watchdog taps ‘advanced data analysis’
Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation – whose remit is to clamp down on funding for

Government starts work on digital registration regime for holiday lets
Those using sites like Airbnb to list properties for short stays will be required to