Home Office seeks software developers to meet ‘daring targets’ for use of automation
Department looks for trio of experts to join specialist team
DWP brings in digital support for Universal Credit programme in £5m deal
Contract covers improvements to existing services and supporting migration for millions still...
Scottish Prison Service doubles digital team
Organisation has also made significant use of contractors
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Scottish Borders Council accredited as Apple learning centre
Local authority is approved to deliver education on vendor’s technology
‘HMRC is on track to break up our largest IT contracts – and create the organisation we need for the future’
In this exclusive Q&A – and ahead of a keynote presentation at PublicTechnology Live this month – the tax agency’s CDIO Daljit Rehal discusses his transformation priorities, including reforming the supply chain, tackling legacy IT, and a major push towards low code
New government agency to oversee digital identity laws
Legislation to be passed to put digital IDs on same legal footing as physical documents
'We want to set the digital agenda with and for Wales'
The Welsh Government has created an agency to drive technology innovation throughout the country’s public services. Its recently appointed co-leaders, Harriet Green and Myra Hunt, tell PublicTechnology about their digital plans for the nation
Government works on digital tool for assessments of reception pupils
Supplier sought to help build platform to support standardised ‘baseline assessment’ of four-year-old children introduced this academic year
Scotland aims to back ‘digital revolution’ in long-term economic plan
Decade-long agenda looks to help meet the challenges and opportunities of net zero and promote a ‘culture of delivery’ in government
Government-wide login system due to start public testing this month
Update from minister reveals that ‘feature-complete software’ should be ready within four weeks
New HMCTS chief pledges to continue to ‘modernise’ justice system
Courts service appoints Nick Goodwin as CEO
Digital and data must be embedded into plans for the future of healthcare
The challenges and achievements of the pandemic have shown that tech innovation is the only way forward for the health and social care system, according to Leontina Postelnicu of techUK
Courts service seeks £2m partner to help assess 250 IT systems and safely decommission legacy tech
Two-year contract will see chosen supplier assist HMCTS in managing risk of migrating to new platforms
‘Excellent and innovative’ – award celebrates government statisticians
RSS programme recognises achievements of stats professionals
Windrush: Home Office to build central platform to improve data quality and management
Department aims to make good on recommendations of 2020 lessons-learned report
HMRC makes first seizure of non-fungible tokens in VAT fraud investigation
Tax agency becomes first public authority to seize digital tokens
Government chief digital officer post on offer for £190k
Current head of CDDO Joanna Davinson is to depart role imminently
Government tech and transformation schemes hampered by officials’ ‘evasion of responsibility’ – think tank chief
Reform programmes exemplify ongoing problems with churn and lack of concern about bad decisions
DDaT profession: Government maps out digital accessibility career
Home Office works with CDDO to put together proposal
MPs raise digital concerns over post-Brexit borders
Ambitions to have world-leading systems within three years are ‘optimistic’, according to PAC
Scottish Government puts £6m into tech accelerator
CivTech programme seeks to connect public service providers with tech firms that can help meet their challenges
UKHSA signs £16m deal with IBM for Test and Trace cloud
Vendor will support delivery of new system to house pandemic data as well as other information sources
HMRC chief praises ‘remarkable’ work on post-Brexit customs system
Deputy CEO MacDonald commends adaptation of both outgoing CHIEF and incoming CDS platforms
ICO examining ‘serious cybersecurity incident’ at FCDO
Department discloses that it was the target of an attack