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Authorities should publish information used to inform policy, stats watchdog urges

Technology trial run by Highways England shows signs of success

An update that intended to alert users spending only a few minutes in proximity to a highly infectious person never took effect

Penalty is 82% lower than was originally intended

Update will end ‘ghost notifications’, government claims 

System will launch next summer and will replace troubled NSVS system

UK and Scottish governments back project

Improperly redacted contract included names and mobile phone numbers – which remained publicly available four days after department had been notified of breach

Deal will see tech company given access to data from a range of government departments

Alex Chisholm flags up tech expertise and better data as key goals

NAO report finds department could have done more to combat fraud and error

Joint Biosecurity Centre to work with Turing Institute and Royal Statistical Society

Storage vendor Iron Mountain scoops five-year deal

Scottish health board rolls out technology system

Tech leader will oversee digitisation of platforms and infrastructure upgrades

Citizens can download free software to help plan trips via car, public transport or on foot

Cabinet Office to lead creation of the Digital National Asset Register, which will offer improved information to government property managers and the public

Government attributes 2018 campaign to Moscow and claims more assaults were planned for cancelled 2020 summer games

To mark World Statistics Day, Professor Sir Ian Diamond talks to PublicTechnology about how the work of statisticians has been crucial in supporting government’s pandemic response, as well as his thoughts on the media and politicians’ use of numbers, and how the ONS is preparing for the census

PAC tells department it is ‘not convinced’ by expected benefits

Airline slapped with record penalty by ICO – albeit one that is grossly reduced on the regulator’s original intention