Consultancy signed to £6.5m deal to advise on eight-department shared-services plan
The Matrix programme – which includes Treasury, Cabinet Office and DHSC – begins engaging with potential suppliers
DWP seeks duo of commercial bigwigs to oversee major digital programmes
Department advertises roles for savvy senior managers to oversee supplier engagements
NHS picks suppliers for £200m voice recognition and digital dictation framework
A total of 12 firms feature across four lots on deal that runs for an initial term of two years...
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G7 leaders to get £400k internet connection
Vodafone selected to deliver connectivity for major events
DWP to move Universal Credit data-analytics platform to AWS cloud in £2.5m deal
Department to move system for analysing Universal Credit information to public cloud
Unwrapping government’s £300m Amazon package
Since a public sector-wide agreement with AWS was introduced six months ago, departments have signed contracts worth hundreds of millions with the cloud firm. PublicTechnology takes a closer look.
Leader sought to ‘manage government’s relationship with world’s most powerful technology companies’
Salary of almost £70k on offer for head of Big Tech Strategic Engagement Unit
Defra buys £1m ‘safe workplace’ software to support return to office
Technology offers functions including managing PPE inventories and keeping tabs on staff vaccinations
Full-fibre networks could provide £60bn boost by 2025, report finds
Study from Openreach quantifies economic impact
Vaccine passports ‘raise a number of human rights concerns’, watchdog warns
Scottish Human Rights Commission voices fears over potential certification scheme
Ex-government commercial chief quizzed on failure to declare role with tech accelerator
Acoba claims Bill Crothers did not make an application to take up role with venture capital outfit
Ministerial code needs update for WhatsApp age, former civil service bosses say
Johnson and Dyson’s text exchange shows need for new rules, believe ex-cabinet secretaries
Whitehall union plans 'resistance' to shared services plans
PCS blasts plan new plan after criticising series of ‘failed ideas’
NHS Covid app tapped Accenture for £6.5m consultancy deals
Details revealed of two short-term support contracts
Downing St insists £2.6m high-tech media room will still be ‘very useful’ despite cancellation of briefings
Plan for White House-style press conferences axed – but not before expensive refurb
Student Loans Company adds Capgemini to ‘strategic partner’ base in £150m deal
Public body awards seven-year contract to consultancy
Huawei denies spying on Dutch PM
Leaked report suggests Chinese tech firm had access to calls made by large swathes of the population of the Netherlands
Hancock a shareholder in family document digitisation firm that won NHS deals
DHSC says health secretary ‘acted entirely properly’
HMRC spends £3m on ‘trace and investigate’ software to provide UK citizen data
Connexus technology will provide officials with access to a wide range of personal and business information
Atomic energy body invests in £3m haptic robots
Technology must be suitable for use in nuclear environments
Test and Trace hired £40,000-a-day digital team after failure ‘to source civil servants with these skills’
Procurement data reveals consultancy brought in to cover six-month drive to recruit specialists
Cabinet Office to ask million-strong online panel of citizens for views on government policies
Market research contracts worth £15m awarded