DfE laptops for home-schooling found to contain malware
Government says a ‘small number’ of machines are affected by what users say is a worm that contacts Russian servers
Ageing tech has added £50m to HMRC costs during pandemic, report finds
Legacy IT has accounted for 80% of additional expense, according to PAC
Navy to deploy £25m autonomous minesweepers
Technology is designed to ‘detect and destroy’
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Brexit-prepping council looks to stock up on IT basics
Worcestershire issues £20,000 tender in bid to head off potential impact
MoJ seeks £2m polygraph partner ahead of major trial of lie detectors for offenders
Minister floats potential six-year deal as use of lie-detectors set to be greatly expanded
DWP inks £2m Capgemini partnership to deliver ‘unconstrained innovation’
Department signs contract that looks to improve use of emerging technology
AI scientists receive £20m research funding
Fifteen people have been named Turing fellows
DfE expands supplier base for laptops scheme
Department brings in two additional IT resellers to supply about 165,000 extra devices
HMRC and Home Office the big winners as spending review commits £600m to ‘fix outdated government IT’
Document also outlines projection of extra £700m revenue from digital taxation regime
Defence contractor BAE awarded £4.3m deal to support Test and Trace data processing
Company’s Applied Intelligence tech consulting unit wins six-month contract
Scottish Government investment bank puts £12.5m into Glaswegian laser firm
New national institution puts money into tech start-up
‘No later than 2025’ – Emergency Services Network faces further delays and cost rises
Minister admits new infrastructure could take another three years and £1bn-plus to reach fruition
Government taps consultants to consult on consultancy plans
Management experts and trade bodies are reportedly providing pro bono advice on plans to establish an in-house Crown Consultancy
Government creates £1bn deal to buy direct from major software vendors
Long-term framework will cover a comprehensive range of back-office tools
New £140k leader sought for emergency services network rollout
Troubled programme recruiting for senior responsible owner
Government explores creation of in-house ‘Crown Consultancy’
Cabinet Office minister Lord Agnew reportedly leading project
MoJ stuck with supplier that keeps ‘heritage applications’ running
Ministry to spend up to £90m with CGI to continue support of ageing software packages
Transport for London sticks to Oyster in new fare collection system
Prepayment cards will migrate to same back-office system as contactless payments
CCS publishes software design and implementation framework
Tender could be worth £1.5bn, up from £100m estimate in May notice
Government reliance on digital consultants has halved in the last decade, civil service chief claims
Alex Chisholm picks out DDaT as an area where Whitehall has grown its skills
Government ‘carefully examining’ acquisition of UK tech mainstay Arm
Chip company due to be sold to US firm Nvidia for $40bn
Government claims bringing nuclear warheads in house will enable investment in technology
AWE will become an arm’s-length body
New government tech services framework includes £600m lot for major transformation programmes
Technology Services 3 opens for bids
New vaccines body extends IBM consultancy deal to enable ‘handover of services’
Tech giant awarded £740,000 contract with VMIC