HMRC lifts lid on £200m programme to achieve data-protection compliance
Recently released information provides details of three-year project to minimise risk and improve use of data
Royal Navy seeks digital and IT chief to lead transformation
Role comes with remit to oversee team of 350 military and civilian personnel
Data-led reforms unveiled to help Companies House clamp down on ‘criminals and kleptocrats’
New law will give greater powers for authorities to access information and seize digital...
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Test and Trace signs £9m one-year AWS deal
Contract – which is not signed under the terms of the public sector-wide OGVA – covers provision of cloud services
Government broadband scheme seeks input from residents of UK’s most remote areas
DCMS consultation especially keen to hear from tourism businesses
Ministers need training to support Whitehall transformation, report finds
Think tank flags up need for extra skills
Home Office talks up digital visa plan
Priti Patel claims tech-based system will provide ‘a far clearer picture of who is here and whether they should be’
Vaccine status prompts millions to download NHS app
Figures show program is adding about 100,000 new users per day
Minister pledges Central Digital and Data Office will target ‘elephant in the room’ legacy IT
Newly created entity will also focus on data infrastructure
Ageing NHS IT slowed flow of data on vulnerable citizens, NAO finds
Report identifies delays in accessing information to alert those that needed to shield as chief auditor points to ‘challenges posed by legacy data and IT systems’
'Being accessible isn't a badge of honour; it's the minimum we should be doing'
To mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day, PublicTechnology caught up with Craig Abbott from the DWP to discuss how the department incorporates inclusion into its services, and why inaccessibility equates to discrimination
Home Office to set up ‘innovation centre’ in Stoke
Hub for 500 asylum workers forms part of drive to move thousands of civil service posts out of the capital
Could the Lords be the testing ground for the future of virtual parliament?
Crossbench peer Lord Anderson argues that the upper chamber should experiment further with virtual proceedings
Cost of continued homeworking cited as government’s Covid bill rises by £100bn
Departments are now expected to spend a total of £372bn on delivering the UK’s pandemic response
GOV.UK Verify to continue until 2023 with £11m-a-year funding
Cabinet Office to offer further backing to identity-assurance tool while work takes place to develop government-wide login system
How Covid has revealed public sector transformation’s greatest strengths – and weaknesses
Discussing the findings of a Dods and SAP Concur report, experts from government and industry reflected on the achievements of the past year, and the areas that have been shown to need the most improvement. PublicTechnology learns more.
Scores of GDS staff moved to new Central Digital and Data Office
Responsibility for controls and standards has been taken on by new entity
SMEs’ share of government direct spend drops in FY20 – although overall percentage rises
Departments spent an additional £1.3bn with smaller firms overall
Unwrapping government’s £300m Amazon package
Since a public sector-wide agreement with AWS was introduced six months ago, departments have signed contracts worth hundreds of millions with the cloud firm. PublicTechnology takes a closer look.
Leader sought to ‘manage government’s relationship with world’s most powerful technology companies’
Salary of almost £70k on offer for head of Big Tech Strategic Engagement Unit
Innovate UK nabs tech exec Mukerjee as new chief
Former insurance and electronics bigwig becomes innovation agency's first permanent head in three years
Government revamps apprentices strategy to help plug skills gaps
New plan emphasises need to improve credentials in STEM fields
Better integration could save government £850k per service, minister claims
Work to ensure tasks are not replicated across different tools could deliver significant financial benefits
Defra buys £1m ‘safe workplace’ software to support return to office
Technology offers functions including managing PPE inventories and keeping tabs on staff vaccinations