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
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