DfE laptops for home-schooling found to contain malware
Government says a ‘small number’ of machines are affected by what users say is a worm that contacts Russian servers
No digital postal vote application service before May elections
Government considering launching online tool – but not in time for upcoming polls
Remote juries rolled out to more courts
Venues in Scotland will be able to conduct trials with juries based in cinemas or other offsite...
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Scotland supports SMEs’ use of tech in economic stimulus plan
Scottish Government will also provide funding for retraining
Widespread Whitehall homeworking to continue
Phased return begins but numbers of civil servants returning to the office will be limited
Government defends Test and Trace as councils look to own measures
Authority in Blackburn implements localised initiative to ‘complement’ national scheme
Home Office halts use of visa algorithm after legal challenge to ‘racist’ system
JCWI and Foxglove claim victory in legal fight
DWP Digital launches apprentice scheme
As many as 20 roles available in Newcastle and Manchester
Home Office seeks leader for Policy and Innovation Lab
Department recruits for individual to apply design principles to solve government challenges
Privacy Shield: government working with ICO to ‘update guidance as soon as possible’
The invalidation of the EU-US data-protection agreement could have major ramifications for UK organisations’ legal responsibilities
Government mulls online sales tax to counteract high-street hit
Chancellor considers levy on internet sales
Official Secrets Act set for digital revamp
Law set to be revised to better reflect changes in tech and data
Minister defies value-for-money concerns to push ahead with £400m OneWeb buyout
Business secretary Sharma issues ministerial direction after perm sec flags up ‘significant downside risks’ of acquisition of bankrupt firm
Responsibility for government data use returns to GDS
Group of policymakers to move from DCMS to form basis of new team
Civil servants asked to share government gripes
Ahead of technology- and data-led reforms, officials have been invited to vent their frustrations with how Whitehall works
Government invests £500m in military comms satellite
Deal for Airbus technology follows £400m spent on acquiring OneWeb
MPs call for new sanctions for social media firms that ‘monetise misinformation’
A parliamentary committee has demanded the creation of a dedicated regulator with the power to levy ‘significant’ financial penalties
Salaries of government technologists in same pay band differ by as much as £40,000
Report from NAO finds big disparities in Whitehall pay packets
CCS claims £1bn savings for public sector in FY20
Annual accounts show uplift in framework usage across both central government and the wider public sector
DWP to trial formal remote-working programme
Most department staff have remained onsite during pandemic, although some ‘ad hoc’ arrangements have been made
Downing St assembles data science A-team
Dominic Cummings’ ambitions realised as prime minister’s office seeks to recruit crack squad of data scientists for No. 10 skunkworks
DWP told to ‘prioritise improvements to Universal Credit digital system’
Report from NAO finds that programme may end up costing more than the systems it replaced
HMRC border IT systems given £100m boost
Government unveils package of £700m to support post-Brexit border arrangements as it launches major comms campaign
NHS to press on with digital pathology work
Technology entities to continue exploration of standards