GDS launches passport-checking verification scheme for commercial services
Year-long pilot will include up to 11 firms
‘The civil service needs to modernise’ – departing Whitehall chief urges officials to engage with ‘substance’ of Cummings reform plans
Mark Sedwill says equipping government with ‘more expertise… is a good thing’
Government seeks support with multimillion-pound online immigration services programme
Home Office floats £10m deal
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More than 70 MPs protest plan to end virtual parliament
Cross-party group voices opposition to plans to ask members to return to Westminster
Four in five DWP staff not working remotely, figures suggest
Vast majority of staff in most departments are performing their duties from home
Investigation launched into ‘truth twisters’ tweet
Post from official civil service account appeared to criticise Johnson and Cummings
Home Office tells staff working from home may be required for another year
Department will shortly issue guidance on support with buying tech
MoD goes straight to Microsoft for first-of-its-kind £20m Azure deal
Department says it was necessary to skip competitive process and award contract – which includes early access to Microsoft products – directly to vendor
Rees-Mogg presses on with plan to end virtual parliament on 1 June
Commons leader reiterates his intention that MPs should return within two weeks, despite cross-party criticism
Cambridge University suspends all face-to-face lectures until summer 2021
Institution declares that lectures will be provided in online-only form
‘We need your data’ – how the ONS is mobilising the power of information in the fight against coronavirus
As the UK enters its ninth week of lockdown, interim deputy national statistician Frankie Kay calls for organisations to bring their data together to address the nation’s challenges
Government website to recruit fruit pickers crashes on launch
Web platform to support Pick for Britain campaign goes down
Scotland begins trials of contact-tracing platform
NHS Scotland is testing its contact-tracing program ahead of a nationwide rollout due later this month
Civil service chief says Covid response shows government’s ability to be ‘more flexible, more digital, more data-based’
Alex Chisholm has claimed he does not want the civil service to ‘carry on as we are’
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The identity-assurance tool is being used more than ever just as its future grows more uncertain. PublicTechnology examines what might happen to the service in the longer term
Government social campaign reminds public that civil servants are #hereforyou
Cabinet Office spearheads efforts to highlight work of officials in responding to coronavirus
MoD agency floats £10m deal for ‘digitisation of sailing directions’
UK Hydrographic Office seeks partner to help it get the most out of its maritime data
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The authority’s IT manager Richard Kingston explains why local government needs to collaborate for the benefit of citizens
More than 10,000 a day signing up for Verify
GDS reveals measures taken to increase capacity include splitting traffic and investments made by the two commercial partners