‘Not in our DNA’ – DVLA chief reveals agency’s struggles to enable remote access during pandemic
Julie Lennard tells MPs ‘everything has been designed’ to operate onsite
Regulators crack down on social media influencers
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National Situation Centre taps mobile network data for ‘insights on behaviours of millions of people’
Cabinet Office-based facility signs £800k deal with mobile network operator
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UK waits on admission to EU Digital Covid Certificate scheme
European official claims NHS pass could ‘soon’ be recognised Europe-wide
GDS to build GOV.UK app to access hundreds of services
Smartphone platform will form part of wider One Login programme
‘Fundamental flaws’ – opponents urge Scottish Government to revamp and delay vaccine status programme
Call from Conservative party comes after app has been dogged by technical problems
Government guidance encourages use of instant messaging rather than email for ‘routine communications’
Documents released to High Court reveal civil servants are told to switch message history off where possible
Coronavirus response: DHSC signs £1.8m deal with O2 for population-movement data
Network operator can provide information on the location of about one in three of the UK population
DCMS seeks leader for smart device security policy team
Role comes with remit to support regulation and engage with industry
Scottish vaccine status app: Sturgeon cites ‘NHS system error’
First minister fends off continued criticism from political rivals
Scottish Government working on fix for Covid status app after industry bemoans ‘disastrous launch’
Football grounds among venues not to impose demand for status evidence as users report issues accessing their vaccination record
GDS chief on how new government login is avoiding the mistakes of Verify
Tom Read tells MPs that work to develop new platform is taking a much more iterative approach than its troubled predecessor
Government hit with legal request for records of WhatsApp messages concerning official business
Campaign group plan to ask for judicial review of practice it claims presents ‘threat to democratic accountability’
‘A loud, siren-like sound’ – UK mobiles to receive government emergency alert test
Procurement data reveals government has signed the UK’s four network operators to five-year deals worth a cumulative £16m
NHS Covid app: weekly contact alerts now level with number of positive cases as figure drops below 200,000
Manual contact-tracing is now bearing much of the burden of reaching those who may have been exposed to coronavirus
DHSC contract covers out-of-hours GOV.UK Covid updates
Urgent amendments will be supported by digital content specialist Scroll
Scotland to press on with plans for mandatory vaccine status for events and nightclubs
Citizens will be required to demonstrate status from start of next month
Aberdeenshire Council launches demand-responsive transport app
Council’s Ready2Go transport app to cut journey times and meet Covid-related changes in demand
NHS Covid Pass looks to ‘next phase’ and improvement of user experience
Cognizant awarded £1m-plus deal to boost development resources
NHS Covid app: venue check-ins fall off a cliff as contact alerts continue to decline
Usage of app to participate in contact-tracing feature declines sharply
Emergency Services Network seeks £130k commercial bigwig to manage supplier contracts
Postholder will be asked to ‘create a culture and behaviour change’
DWP buys £16m of laptops to support homeworking
Department signs two-year deal with reseller CDW
Departments launch £4m competition to explore running broadband through water pipes
Aim of funding mechanism is to speed up the rollout of fibre cables
Departments must ‘improve IT accessibility and interoperability’, says Whitehall disability champion
DCMS perm sec Sarah Healey says that difficulties encountered by disabled colleagues are ‘unacceptable’