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Military research unit to develop ‘submarine-avoidance’ app
MoD agency issues contract notice seeking supplier to help construct technology
Government launches digital tools to help importers and exporters navigate post-Brexit trade
Online services will help traders keep abreast of taxes and other regulations
Home Office still working on fix for software issue that caused failure to notify EU countries of 75,000 convictions
Tens of thousands of overseas offenders could have travelled home without their country of citizenship being alerted to a serious offence
Blackpool claims £1m savings after using AI to fix potholes
Local authority deploys satellite imagery and automation software
Government SME spend tops 25% after £2bn boost in FY19
Proportion of money spent with small firms continues to rebound
‘Embrace failure’ – plans for government blue-skies research unit gather momentum
Minister responds to think tank report by claiming government could establish UK ARPA unit this year
Oxford NHS trust digital chief sentenced for fraud over false degree claims
Senior manager given suspended prison sentence
DCMS posts largest gender pay gap in government
Other tech-focused entities, including Cabinet Office and HMRC’s in-house IT firm, post single-digit differences
Home Office misses targets for release of scrutiny reports
Consistent failure to meet eight-week guidelines is latest in a number of instances in which department has published data late or not at all
Government tech consultants need to be more like Mary Poppins
Too many public sector entities have become dependent on consultants who have outstayed their welcome, according to Romy Hughes of Brightman
Multimillion-pound campaign resulted in 3% of adult population doing online Brexit-readiness check
NAO report finds that government drive had limited impact on public preparedness
NHS moves major systems to AWS cloud
Two national services have been migrated to cloud environment
Huawei given green light for role in 5G network
Chinese vendor will remain excluded from so-called core areas of the network
Stockport council introduces AI-powered chatbot
Local authority implements Ami program
‘No individual data’ compromised during massive DfE breach, minister claims
Access to information in the Learning Records Service – which contains data on 28 million children – was provided via a third-party firm
Regulators issue warning over police use of facial recognition
Biometrics and information commissioners remind Met Police that questions remain over both legal footing and public sentiment
London police to roll out live facial recognition technology
Critics ramp up opposition as force announces controversial kit will go into live operational use
Civil service top dog Manzoni to leave government
As Cabinet Office perm sec, departing CEO oversaw digital transformation agenda
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’ progress on digital transformation
HMRC seeks tech to unearth cryptocurrency cybercriminals
Tax agency looks to invest in cryptoanalysis tool