Ofcom to probe dominance of big three public-cloud players
Communications regulator will examine whether the current market conditions stymie innovation and opportunities for smaller players
MoD appoints £2m cyber specialist to test Army IT vulnerabilities
Firm will be asked to assess existing and new tech platforms
NHS unveils £30m framework for repairs and refurbished devices
Five suppliers appointed to potential four-year arrangement
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NHS taps McKinsey for £1m consulting gig on Covid vaccination data
Short-term deal was intended to help programme’s senior managers make targeted interventions and present information to other parties in a way that was ‘appropriate and impactful’
EXCL: Levelling Up department exposes personal data in breach
Names and contact details of officials and supplier staff were clearly visible after contract was inadequately redacted
Central database aims to give government buyers insight into suppliers’ past performance
New digital platform will allow public bodies to ‘see how the parts of the jigsaw connect together’, according to CCS boss
‘Challenging and expensive’ – report casts doubt on Scotland’s plans for ubiquitous superfast broadband
Auditor’s report finds difficulties are likely to persist in the Highlands and Islands
Home Office renews £200k subscription for out-of-support software for internal forms
Department has been ‘made aware of the risks associated’ of continuing to use technology to process sensitive information
Cabinet Office signs £4m deal to build unified portal for managing government grants
Tech consultancy picked to support project to create centralised system
Departments retain defence and security firms for ‘cyber incident response’
Commercial documents show Cabinet Office and Home Office have signed deals for firms to provide on-demand support
NHS Test and Trace signs £2.5m deal to support Covid-19 app until end of 2022
Deal with Danish firm Netcompany covers ongoing development and support of technology, but future role of contact-tracing system remains unclear
HS2 signs £280k software deals for social media and political monitoring
Project to deliver new rail infrastructure invests in tools to monitor and manage media coverage
British Museum to offer visitors augmented-reality games
London attraction will provide schools tours with tablets and interactive digital content
Cabinet Office anti-misinformation unit buys £75k ‘social listening tool’
Deal with software firm provides officials with access to ‘unlimited searches’
BEIS seeks £4m digital partner to plug ‘capability gaps’ on demand
Chosen provider will support ‘a range of projects’ over the next two years
HMRC signs £1.7m partner to expand and improve ‘bulk data exploitation’ platform
Cloud-based system allows users to access and analyse large amounts of unstructured data held by tax department
Courts service seeks £2m partner to help assess 250 IT systems and safely decommission legacy tech
Two-year contract will see chosen supplier assist HMCTS in managing risk of migrating to new platforms
UKHSA signs £4m deals for short-term cyber suppliers
Two specialist firms brought in for architecture and risk assurance contracts
GDS picks Deloitte to develop GOV.UK identity-checking app in £5m deal
Professional services firm chosen to support delivery of software to enable government-wide login system
HMRC makes first seizure of non-fungible tokens in VAT fraud investigation
Tax agency becomes first public authority to seize digital tokens
NHS picks suppliers for £15m framework to support use of AI in stroke diagnosis
Buying vehicle put in place 16 months after tender process began
NHS signs £1.6m in deals for vaccine centre connectivity
BT wins contracts for WiFi and HSCN connections
HMRC signs £4m deal to support online trade tariff calculator
Department awards two-year contract
UKHSA signs £16m deal with IBM for Test and Trace cloud
Vendor will support delivery of new system to house pandemic data as well as other information sources