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EXCL: HMRC ‘monitoring exposure’ to Windows 7 as end-of-support looms
Department reveals it has almost 1,800 PCs still running on ageing operating system
UK Statistics Authority issues warning on ‘unclear’ schools spending election claims
Watchdog claims figures quotes by two main parties could offer inaccurate picture
Facebook upholds BBC complaint over Tory election ad
Video that incorporated footage of high-profile journalists is taken down
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How has the online voter registration service coped with 100,000 users a day?
Since MPs voted in favour of a December election, upwards of 3.5 million registrations have been processed digitally
HMRC awards £13k deal for YouTube voiceover artist
Tax agency recruits professional provider of dulcet tones for online videos
NHS staff unhappy at idea of big tech firms handling patient data
YouGov poll shows little trust that large multinational companies will treat information with adequate confidentiality
Labour manifesto: five tech takeaways
The free broadband plan has attracted attention, but the party has a number of other proposals for the use and regulation of technology. PublicTechnology rounds up the major manifesto policies
ICO appoints ethics lead
Regulator recruits former BP exec Ellis Parry in newly created role
Home Office recruits for £75k head of data science
Department seeks leader for ‘largest data science team in government’
Government issues alert over tax fraudsters
Public told to keep an eye out for scam emails and texts
Can Hull become the world’s smartest city?
The city has ambitious plans, and benefits from ubiquitous access to full-fibre broadband. PublicTechnology talks to the council’s digital and IT chief to find out more
Elections regulator issues campaign transparency warning after Tory Twitter rebrand
Conservative press office styling itself as 'factcheckUK' draws heavy criticism from Twitter and onlookers
US government gives Huawei 90-day trade licence extension
American firms cleared to do business with Chinese tech titan until the new year
House of Commons seeks cybersecurity chief
Tech leader will be responsible for advocating best practice to both lords and MPs
Survey shows public support for Labour free broadband plan
Poll from YouGov finds close to two thirds endorse plan to offer free broadband to citizens and businesses
DCMS perm sec on why the National Data Strategy is ‘not about building systems – it’s about how we work’
After returning to lead an organisation with an expanded roster of responsibilities, Sarah Healey discusses how DCMS can best lead the drive to improve data use and sharing
World wide web creator: ‘Describing data as the new oil is really wrong’
Sir Tim Berners-Lee tells event why data is a completely different type of commodity
Royal Navy seeks digital services partner
Transformation programme looks to appoint supplier to two-year contract worth up to £10m
National Archives to roll out digital mentoring scheme
Organisation seeks to cultivate ‘skills transfer’ across sector
Tech helps Whitehall cuts three-fifths of greenhouse gas emissions
Use of mobile devices, cloud, and conferencing has played a major role in helping the public administration sector to slash its carbon footprint in the past 30 years
NHSX to appoint citizens to act as ‘patient voice’
Tech organisation seeks to bring in two part-time advisors to help make services as useful and accessible as possible
Defra looks to get a grip on pig performance data
Department seeks supplier to help it bring together information
Government promises ‘regular and robust dialogue’ with social networks on election disinformation
Representative points to steps taken so far but says ‘there is clearly much more to be done’
Life hacks – a year at the National Cyber Security Centre
The NCSC’s annual report reveals that a public sector entity or business is hit with a major cyberattack about twice each day. PublicTechnology looks at the biggest risks facing government and how they can be mitigated