‘Use public cloud unless it is not possible’ – government updates guidance
Flagship cloud first policy has been revamped with extra focus on evaluating a variety of
Government Equality Hub offers £100k for digital chief
Tech leader will oversee platforms including tools for gender pay gap reporting and new ‘State
More than half of social care records now digitised
Proportion has increased by more than ten percentage points – but is still some way
Suppliers picked for £27m deal to run ‘nationally critical’ web domain
Firms will provide fully outsourced service for management of unnamed online platform Credit: Mark Hultgren/Pixabay Two
Government CTO: ‘There’s room for all the cloud industry players to have a meaningful role’
Recently appointed tech chief David Knott tells PublicTechnology that government’s cloud adoption so far compares favourably to
NHS data tests show potential of AI breast cancer screening
Scottish academic help develop new technology that could play a key role in finding interval
Work starts on new nationwide app to ‘end rough sleeping’
Supplier retained for £1m project to build system that government hopes will be more widely
MoJ convenes top judges and experts to develop rules for online court proceedings
New committee created to help advise participants in court cases Credit: PublicDomainPictures/Pixabay The Ministry of Justice
Mental-health services to be added to NHS App as part of digital expansion
Minister claims government hopes to ensure ‘support from day one’ Credit: Pexels/Pixabay The NHS App will
MPs ask HMRC for answers over summer helpline closure
Chair of Treasury committee expresses concern about impact on citizens and lack of notice Credit: andreas160578/Pixabay
ICO examines use of personal data in government anti-disinformation work
Data watchdog says it will be asking questions of departments following ‘information that has now
Major ‘productivity review’ to look for public sector tech opportunities
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt launches scrutiny exercise Credit: Arek Socha/Pixabay Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has ordered a cross-government
Home Office signs £23m software support deal for key immigration system database
Contract covers the delivery of increased internal capability for department Credit: Crown Copyright/Open Government Licence
Data ‘likely’ stolen in Manchester University cyberattack
Institution is ‘monitoring the dark web’ to see if copied data turns up Credit: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay
Report warns on £1.5bn extra customer costs for Making Tax Digital and millions of records on HMRC legacy systems
National Audit Office says that tax agency needs to prepare a new business case or
Sunak and Biden agree transatlantic data bridge
Leaders announce agreed-in-principle initiative as part of trade partnership Credit: Crown Copyright/Open Government Licence v3.0 Prime
AI laws must ‘support businesses while protecting citizens’, Scottish minister says
Richard Lochhead – who has requested an urgent pan-UK meeting – believes government should avoid
Data watchdog urges against further FoI exemptions
Information commissioner warns MPs of risks of absolving agencies of transparency requirements Credit: Arek Socha/Pixabay Information commissioner