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Home Office admits some immigration data ‘only held on paper’
Department is unable to share information on numbers of asylum applicants granted right to work as case files are only in hard-copy or other non-reportable formats
Report finds ‘warning signs of government becoming less open’
Annual study from Institute for Government flags up patchy approach to transparency and ‘mixed’...
HMRC seeks tech to unearth cryptocurrency cybercriminals
Tax agency looks to invest in cryptoanalysis tool
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NHS 111 shows strain from high demand
Stats show that increased numbers of callers to urgent advice line are enduring lengthy waiting times or giving up on their call
‘No change to digital approach’ – Home Office quashes suggestion of physical settled status documents
Government responds to comments made by European parliament’s Brexit chief
Scottish Government project explores use of blockchain and AI in fishing
Highlands and Islands Enterprise to run scheme looking at how new tech could be used in seafood sector
DCMS workforce now 70% ‘D’ and 30% ‘CMS’
Minister reveals that the majority of the 765 civil servants devoted to a project in one policy area are focused purely on digital
Cabinet Office to undergo independent review of data-handling after honours blunder
Department makes changes to IT systems and processes
Central London boroughs seek coaching on agile methods
Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea look for expert guidance in bid to embrace new ways of working
Microsoft and Home Office launch anti-grooming AI tool
Technology will be licensed to SMEs free of charge
Amazon’s NHS contract redacted over tech firm’s acceptance of ‘non-standard terms’
DHSC minister says that agreement ensures that UK citizens will receive relevant information
Data must be treated as a national asset
An information monopoly is a danger that must be taken seriously, argues Simon Hansford of UKCloud
Ex-MoJ worker jailed after stealing £1.7m via scam IT contract
Former commercial professional given 42-month custodial sentence
Home Office pledges to clear two-year backlog of spend control data
Department has missed seven consecutive quarters but tells PublicTechnology it will ‘work with the Cabinet Office’ to get back on track
How Companies House Data is helping fight economic crime
Louise Smyth, chief executive of Companies House, discusses the value of the organisation's information and its plans to reform the companies register
Cabinet Office works to manage fallout of honours data leak calamity
Security advice reportedly offered to those whose details were leaked – which included celebrities such as Ben Stokes and Nadiya Hussain
Bus Open Data Service to go live this month
Operators across England to follow Transport for London in publishing data on routes, fares and bus locations
Student Loans Company to upgrade online data for graduates
More frequent information from HMRC allows update to technology criticised by education officials last year
Fighting food crime and improving analytics - a year at the FSA
Emily Miles of the Food Standards Agency reflects on 2019 and looks forward to the year ahead
NAO head Davies on the organisation's new strategy and the joy of a Bond film on Christmas Day
Auditor general Gareth Davies offers his early reflections on the role and insights into the year ahead
The biggest government tech stories of 2019 – part one
We round up the events and trends that shaped the year
‘Government’s major policy problems require a cross-departmental approach’ – National Statistician
The government's new statistics guru Ian Diamond discusses how government can make best use of data
Why ‘changes in technology and society’ prompted a review of Scottish FOI laws
The Scottish Information Commissioner discusses the impact to date of freedom of information legislation and how he wants the law to operate in the future
Legal Aid Agency looks to end ‘reliance on USBs and CDs’
Organisation issues guidance on use of removable media