Government to track smartphone location data to study impact of lockdowns
Cabinet Office awards £300k short-term deal to tech specialist
Police to offer citizens ability to provide live stream of incidents
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DWP to trial digital system for issuing National Insurance numbers
Service will be made available to small number of applicants
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Mobile firms accused of ‘marking their own homework’ on coverage stats
LGA urges government to ensure Ofcom can independently verify network coverage
Tory MPs adopt extra-secure messaging tool – despite government’s anti-encryption stance
Reports reveal members have switched from WhatsApp to Signal
CCS plans £300k tune-up of Whitehall travel-booking site
Supplier sought to expand online platform to new agreements
Transparency concerns raised over NHS deal with Amazon Alexa
Privacy International criticises decision to redact details of the health service’s agreement with the smart assistant
Could AR/VR augment the public sector?
Government has only dabbled with augmented and virtual reality so far, but the technology has a range of potential use cases, according to Jeremy Dalton of Immerse UK and PwC
How digital triage is cutting queues for urgent care
Digital self-check-in at an NHS centre in London enables patients to be attended to within a few minutes. Gill Hitchcock reports.
Government delays Huawei 5G decision until after election
Digital secretary confirms that the UK’s next government will be the one to make the call on whether to allow the Chinese vendor to help build the country’s telecoms infrastructure
Government supports £1bn deal to make poor mobile signal ‘a thing of the past’
Network operators propose sharing equipment to improve coverage in rural areas
Scottish and UK governments must work together better on broadband, report finds
Study from The Federation of Small Businesses urges Holyrood and Westminster to ‘bury the hatchet’
Minister admits deportation risk for EU citizens who miss Settlement Scheme deadline
Brandon Lewis says ‘immigration rules will apply’ for those who fail to complete digital application
London NHS trusts launch major framework for health and social care apps
Collective of trusts and CCGs seeks programs across five core health areas
Home Office to text one million passport holders with no-deal travel warning
Department to inform citizens that they may need to renew their passports earlier than expected
Apps, automation and allotments
Durham County Council's head of digital Alan Patrickson lifts the lid on the authority’s citizen-focused five-year transformation journey
Scotland unveils plan to become ‘5G leader’
Technology could boost economy by £35bn, according to Scottish Government
Leeds seeks £20m partner for full-fibre network
Local authority looks to award seven-year contract with right of use guaranteed for a quarter of a century
Slow start for £400m fibre fund but Treasury vows investments will ‘scale up’
Just £66m has been released so far as five-year scheme approaches halfway point
Scottish Government creates IoT marketplace for public sector
Dynamic purchasing system seeks suppliers of products and services
DWP offers £100k for head of user-centred design
Individual sought to support delivery of ‘once-in-a-generation programme of welfare reform’
Inspection drones and sound-bending walls secure slice of £7.8m rail innovation fund
Department for Transport announces winners of competition
Home Office begins testing settled status app on Apple devices
Tech giant announced that next version of iOS will permit third-party access to near-field communications
5G will have ‘no negative effects on public health’, says digital minister
Margot James claims research has found no danger in new network