Department says it did not conduct competitive process as long-term supplier ‘has knowledge of’ systems in question 

Eight suppliers picked for new procurement vehicle that aims to deliver cloud platforms that can accessed through any device

Public sector hosting provider has suspended itself from frameworks after being placed in compulsory liquidation

Research will consider potential impact of system failure on the country’s finances and way of life

Home Office is now scrutinising feedback garnered during consultation on planned changes

Communications regulator will examine whether the current market conditions stymie innovation and opportunities for smaller players

Contract with specialist firm covers programmes on ‘managing information’ and ‘running large meetings’

One-year G-Cloud-based contract with IBM requires disaster recovery in ‘hours not days’

Department’s annual accounts claim move to cloud will help reduce costs

Service to be decommissioned by the end of 2023 while a review of future options will be undertaken

Online notice reveals controversial trials are to be expanded into a national service – about which government, law enforcement, watchdogs and all the UK’s major ISPs declined to answer questions from PublicTechnology

New forms of infrastructure can help improve public services, according to Sophie James of techUK

Minister reveals department does not currently use Google Cloud Platform

Cloud-based system allows users to access and analyse large amounts of unstructured data held by tax department

Vendor will provide project and delivery managers across 15-month engagement with tax department

Contract covers the provision of support and migration services

Digital and data once again had a starring role in supporting – and, occasionally, hampering – government’s work this year. PublicTechnology looks back at the most significant events.

Annual accounts for in-house IT company show number of ‘red days’ fell by a third, while coronavirus crisis saw costs rise more than £9m

Two-year contract provides access to a range of software tools

National Highways picks TRL to implement system to supersede platform that runs on Windows Server 2003

Deal covers cloud platforms, consultancy, and cyber tools