Government launches £20m contest for agriculture technology
UK businesses can bid for backing for projects that use tech to improve how food gets from field to fork
Government backs high-tech industry with £930m investment in regional centres
Manufacturing and research facilities across eight regions given cash injection
Government proposes charging firms £10m a year for appraisals of healthcare technology
Rising demands and falling government funding prompt NICE to issue proposal for firms to pay for...
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Treasury Committee to examine digital-currency regulation
‘It is time Whitehall and Westminster understood cryptocurrency better’, committee member declares following period of extreme fluctuations
MPs tell government to invest in Defra IT systems to minimise Brexit disruption to imports and exports
Environment select committee also calls on department to publish ‘sector-by-sector analysis of the impact of Brexit’
Public-sector AI code of conduct published
Nesta creates 10-strong list of principles it believes should define how government uses artificial intelligence and algorithms
Ex-DWP perm sec Devereux says digitisation got in the way of Universal Credit policy revamp
Departing departmental chief claims that programme to reform welfare while driving services online should have ‘had a twin-track strategy from the start’
EU data-protection agreement need not compromise Brexit trade deals – techUK CEO
Trade body leader Julian David writes to international trade secretary Liam Fox to argue that the UK must adhere to data-protection rules to remain a tech-industry leader
HMRC IT staff working on Brexit preparations could face redundancy as part of civil-service office-closure plans
Department's regional centre in Stratford will be smaller than first anticipated
West Midlands seeks chief digital officer
Metro mayor Andy Street seeks leader to front 'digital revolution'
Recruitment reforms to make it easier for Whitehall departments to bring in ‘highly specialist skills’
Exceptions added to Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles could allow for digital professionals to be brought in without full hiring process
Embedding AI and biometrics into services picked as GDS priorities for 2018
Director general Kevin Cunnington runs through achievements of past 12 months and goals for the coming year, including supporting Brexit initiatives and increasing DDaT skills
Interview: government chief security officer Campbell McCafferty on his mission to make government ‘the hardest target it can be’
First-ever holder of GCSO post discusses how to remove barriers, break down siloes, and ‘deliver much more consistency’ in security strategy
Government launches review of online trolling laws
Law Commission asked to analyse whether and how statutes need to be changed to ensure they are fit for the internet age
The government’s Institute of Coding could help create a truly digital workforce
James Milligan of Hays Digital Technology welcomes PM Theresa May’s investments in closing the technology skills gap
Whitehall signs up to avoid all-male tech shortlists
All government departments will sign the Tech Talent Charter, including a pledge to submit anonymised diversity data
Government, the public, and tech firms must work together to beat the real problem of fake news
Rachel Neaman of Corsham Institute believes that facing down the challenge of online misinformation needs a long-term and wide-ranging strategy
DfT plans digital traffic accident reporting services for police and public
Department for Transport kicks off 12-week consultation process
Government recruits for ‘public face’ of AI
BEIS and DCMS seeking head for new jointly run Office for Artificial Intelligence
New cybersecurity regulators to be given power to fine critical services providers £17m
Organisations offering water, energy, health, or transport services must implement effective preventive measures or face serious consequences
Civil-service pay reforms could allow Whitehall chiefs to put a premium on tech skills
Cabinet Office publishes document outlining plans to allow higher pay scales for ‘market-facing’ professions
Government publishes Digital Charter to promote ‘same rights and behaviour online as offline’
Document lays out six guiding principles and seven programmes of work
Bursting the bubble – the ethics of political campaigning in an algorithmic age
The ICO’s investigation into the use of data and analytics in campaigning is likely to prompt the creation of a new code of conduct for political parties, according to information commissioner Elizabeth Denham
DFID lays out three-year digital strategy to help create ‘transformed global aid system’
Department unveils plans to use digital in both its work delivering aid and its function as a part of government