New tech platform to ‘transform’ vetting process for government roles
System will launch next summer and will replace troubled NSVS system
Funding boost for Scottish geospatial sector
UK and Scottish governments back project
NHS trusts plan £18m IT refresh
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NHS to press on with digital pathology work
Technology entities to continue exploration of standards
NHS Digital on how its Secure Boundary is protecting trusts from cyberthreats
The perimeter security programme is already protecting thousands of NHS services and wants to work with more trusts, according to Rosie Underwood
HMRC appoints second perm sec to lead transformation
Customer service head Angela MacDonald is promoted
Gove believes Whitehall reform plans will not suffer because of close association with Cummings
Cabinet Office minister said that, despite the controversy that often surrounds the PM’s top adviser, ‘people are interested in Dominic and his ideas’
Bradford Council looks to chatbots
Authority considers deployment of technology to reduce use of phone and face to face support
Gove urges structural change of ‘government machine’ in call for reform
Minister discusses need for new training campus and greater use of data in evaluation of projects
Treasury and Bank of England ‘consider next steps’ on possible cryptocurrency reserve
Minister claims government wants UK financial institutions to lead on the use of digital currencies
Child support and benefit tribunals to introduce video hearings
Judges to be given option of conducting video hearing
DHSC to develop robotic process automation to sort correspondence
Department awards contract for nine-month contract for project to build RPA tool
Home-schooling technology demands hits poorer families hardest, study finds
Research shows children learning or mobile phones and parents stretching budgets to buy new equipment
Lawfulness of government visa algorithm challenged
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants files judicial review
Defra hunts £135k operations chief to push on with transformation
Department advertises for vacant senior managerial position
Government scraps £12m contact-tracing app after finding it does not work on iPhones
UK will switch to Google and Apple system after discovering that less than one in 20 contacts were detected on the latter’s devices by the NHS’s own system
Digital pros among 100 furloughed citizens pitching in at government departments
Civil service HR top dog thanks volunteers
Full customs checks for EU goods to be deferred, report claims
New HMRC system given more breathing room as Border Delivery Group moved from tax agency to Cabinet Office
Human rights watchdog raises concerns over impact of courts reform on disabled people
EHRC also flags up need for more data on impact of remote hearings
Army looks to reach online community through Twitch, eSports and ‘urban music influencers’
Military to conduct 12-month pilot that aims to engage with people via online events
HMRC claims Making Tax Digital has generated £200m-plus in extra revenue
Number of personal tax accounts goes past 20 million
DHSC finds that Serco ‘processes have been strengthened’ after contact-tracing data breach
Department says investigation into leaking of email address has been satisfactorily closed
Scottish Parliament set to continue virtual meetings through the summer
Hybrid arrangements will remain in place as MSPs set to carry on through recess
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