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NAO publishes critical report as committee chair says five-week delay in payment remains a ‘fundamental flaw’ with benefits programme

Various other countries are using voluntary or mandatory tracking to follow spread of pandemic, as PM says tech will ‘help us see the disease as it is transmitted’

Programme sees big spike in number of unsuccessful applications

MoJ minister reveals program will gather info on use of rigid handcuffs and other tools

Technology can support remote working

The Government Digital Service was created to be a radical agent of reform. Director general Alison Pritchard tells PublicTechnology that, while it now prefers to work more collaboratively, it still has the stomach for a scrap.

PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall on the immense importance of government digital and data professionals, at a time when a lot of things suddenly seem less important than they did just a few days ago

The incoming coronavirus bill aims to allow for more measures to be taken remotely

NHS and government bodies will not be constrained, regulator and health secretary indicate

Since its launch in 2017, the ONS Data Science Campus has delivered many innovative projects to support the government’s work in areas ranging from Brexit negotiations to the early stages of the coronavirus response. We talk to managing director Tom Smith to find out more

Government to test out innovations in three ‘future transport zones’

Department to stop automatically sending out hard-copy forms to those who used them in the previous year

Data suggests that the removal of a hard shoulder brings a higher miles per hour rate, but concerns over safety remain

Government ramps up engagement with tech firms in bid to promote accurate advice and information 

Mean salary disparity drops to 5.5%

Cross-government team will support response to coronavirus falsehoods

Department seeks supplier to support potential six-month investigation

Tool enables the public to keep track of daily infection totals and locations of reported cases

Department to explore ‘merits of a mandatory approach’ across Whitehall

Research unit examines the front-line potential of additive manufacturing

Study from think tank Institute for Government finds that ‘the dire days are over’ for the technology system supporting benefits reform