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DWP slammed for ‘obstruction’ after failure to release data on benefit sanctions
Head of parliamentary committee believes ‘a culture of secrecy is entrenched’ in department
UK’s asylum backlog has doubled since 2020 – and Home Office cannot say how many interviews it conducted last year
Information is not in a ‘reportable format’ according to immigration Kevin Foster, as other data shows more than 85,000 are now waiting for a decision – and department declines to provide an update on new casework system
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
Government-wide login system due to start public testing this month
Update from minister reveals that ‘feature-complete software’ should be ready within four weeks
‘Misleading impression’ – statistics watchdog scolds PM over unemployment claims
Letter from UKSA head is the second time in a month Boris Johnson has been rapped for promoting false claims
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
ICO raps Scottish vaccine passport app over unclear info on use of personal data
Data-protection watchdog instructs Scottish Government and NHS bodies to ‘act now’ or face further regulatory action
Lack of assessment and data on private Covid tests poses danger to public health, experts warn
As end of free mass testing looms, commercial products are still not subject to full laboratory examination and citizens cannot access comparative information
Scottish census: Court rules in favour of sex self-declaration
Mass statistical exercise will allow trans people to choose which box to tick
Digital and data must be embedded into plans for the future of healthcare
The challenges and achievements of the pandemic have shown that tech innovation is the only way forward for the health and social care system, according to Leontina Postelnicu of techUK
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
Scotland’s vaccine passport scheme to end on Monday
App will remain available to businesses that wish to use it voluntarily
‘Excellent and innovative’ – award celebrates government statisticians
RSS programme recognises achievements of stats professionals
EXCL: Government withholds information on anti-disinformation unit
PublicTechnology’s attempts to find out more about the Counter-Disinformation Unit were rebuffed after a minister was consulted
Windrush: Home Office to build central platform to improve data quality and management
Department aims to make good on recommendations of 2020 lessons-learned report
Labour still suffering fallout from November cyberattack, activists claim
Local campaigners report election preparations are being hampered
Treasury urged to provide ‘full, fair and final compensation’ for victims of Horizon IT disaster
Failures of tech system led to more than 700 wrongful convictions
HMRC signs £4m deal to support online trade tariff calculator
Department awards two-year contract
Scottish Government puts £6m into tech accelerator
CivTech programme seeks to connect public service providers with tech firms that can help meet their challenges
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