 
		DWP embarks on six-year modernisation scheme to ‘transform customer experience for 20 million people’
Publication of documents reveals major project now has a designated leader and has awarded several
            		 
		Civil servants set for two-days-a-week homeworking cap
Letter distributed by ministers to senior officials outlines that staff will soon be expected to
            		 
		Scottish council rolls out meta-skills programme across secondary schools
Inverclyde Council becomes first authority in Scotland to work with charity to implement digital platform
            		 
		Maude report calls for GDS and CDDO to be reunited – but incumbent minister rules out ‘significant restructure’
In a major review of Whitehall structures and processes, the minister that oversaw the creation
            		 
		Proposed changes to surveillance law set to widen authorities’ access to internet records
Updated legislation will remove the current requirement for NCA and intelligence services to provide details
            		 
		Government metrology unit issues warning after fraudsters target scores of IT suppliers
The National Physical Laboratory has warned firms to examine customer communications closely after revealing that
            		 
		Scottish NHS looks to boost digital skills
Health service education body partners with national innovation funding council for initiative designed to grow
            		 
		Whitehall ops chief to stand down
Alex Chisholm, who also serves as Cabinet Office permanent secretary and has played a key
            		 
		Government Communication Service creates £100k-plus digital leadership role
Professional body for 7,000 comms professionals across government has created a position with a remit
            		 
		Government spends £2m with four suppliers to support simulated cyberattacks
Cabinet Office unit the Government Security Group has awarded six contracts to support its delivery
            		 
		Edinburgh University creates generative AI lab
Academic institution announces facility focused on artificial intelligence, which leaders say will ‘create a new
            		 
		New guidelines set out minimum standards for departments to show ‘continuous improvement’ in DDaT
Baseline requirements include running at least one central cloud platform, connecting digital strategies to wider
            		 
		Experts voice fears over loss of government data experts
MPs have taken evidence issuing a warning over the impact of an exodus from Whitehall
            		 
		Scottish health secretary agrees to pay £11k data roaming bill racked up on government device
After a switch in telecoms providers, ministers were told to replace SIM cards six months
            		 
		DWP ministers tweak benefits law to support cross-government digital bereavement service
Update made to social security legislation to ensure that Universal Credit and Maternity Allowance services
            		 
		Cyberattacks: Services taken down at British Library and Scottish council
A pair of public sector organisations have endured days of major disruption following cyberattacks and
            		 
		Scottish politicians urge Westminster to expedite 5G rollout
MPs and MSPs call for action on network infrastructure following publication of study which finds
            		 
		AI is ‘not a panacea’ to improve productivity, minister says
Chief secretary to the Treasury claims that, while technology can be a ‘massive transformer of
            		