EXCL: Cabinet Office alerted to data breach – and fails to respond for 10 days
Personal details of civil servant and supplier exposed by inadequately redacted document, discovered by PublicTechnology
HMRC invests in £2m software tool to help manage cloud spend
Department pursues FinOps practice via commercial agreement
DWP’s £93m digital Pensions Dashboards on track to start connecting schemes in April, minister claims
Regulations were approved by parliament last week and work continues to implement technical requirements
National Crime Agency plans digital ‘front door’ for tech firms to report child abuse
New system will enable agency and online platforms to fulfil respective obligations outlined in Online Safety Bill
No crypto in government reserves, Treasury minister confirms
Bank of England will soon take the next steps in exploring the possible introduction of a central digital currency
Sunak plans to attract 100 AI whizz-kids to UK
Prime minster announces tells conference that the UK ‘cannot allow the world’s top talent to be drawn to America or China’
DWP seeks security supremo to set standards
Role comes with responsibility to create a framework of measures to protect people, data and infrastructure
Government looks to boost uptake of gov.uk sites among thousands of parish councils
CDDO to undertake six-month project which hopes to boost national security and democratic engagement
Courts workers to strike again over IT system problems
Industrial action to include one-day nationwide walkout and series of regional strikes
MoD announces plans to upskill defence personnel on cyber
Ministry announces initiative to deliver training to almost 2,000 officials and military personnel
EXCL: Government warned of ‘serious risk’ to services as UKCloud customers hit with sevenfold price increase
Customers that cannot pay fees seven times higher than contracted price face a race against time to migrate data from collapsed £40m public sector hosting firm. PublicTechnology investigates.
'A lack of transparency and accountability' – DWP urged to shed light on fraud algorithm
The DWP has revealed it is using artificial intelligence to help detect fraud. But, as PublicTechnology discovers, some are concerned that it needs to reveal a lot more about how it does so.
No one is an island: How Caribbean states are working together to tackle cybercrime
Members of the Caribbean Community are working through an action plan to harmonise laws, increase investigative skills and broaden international cooperation. PublicTechnology finds out more.
EXCL: Trader woes – inside customs firms’ months of HMRC struggle
As work continues on the imminent switch-off of the UK’s 30-year-old customs IT platform, many of its users believed that issues with government internal systems meant that they too were facing imminent closure. PublicTechnology investigates.
‘These are fundamental to empowering individuals’ – ICO takes action against departments and councils over data requests
Ministry of Defence and Home Office are among those reprimanded over major backlogs that caused ‘significant distress’ to individuals. PublicTechnology finds out more.
Departments vary in civil servants’ enthusiasm to return to Whitehall HQs
Department for Education’s Sanctuary Buildings saw occupancy double after Jacob Rees-Mogg’s letter in mid-April
For the US government, good design is a civic duty
In light of plans to overhaul USA.gov, YuJune Park of Parsons School of Design explains the revamp must put citizens first
Local authorities and their suppliers must connect the digitally excluded
Various vulnerable groups are among those at risk of lacking the connectivity or skills to engage with public services, according to Graham Cutting of Cantium
Government can help make the UK a world-leader in quantum technology
A pipeline of both technical and commercial skills, and proper consideration of the ethical implications is needed to ensure organisations are not left behind, according to Laura Foster of techUK
How early engagement can give a glimpse of students’ academic future
Data analytics is key to ensuring that students continue to progress throughout their studies, according to Helen Higson of Aston Business School
Is the UK ready for the future of compute?
The government’s upcoming review should consider ways to increase the country’s computing capacity, believes Laura Foster of techUK
Social value: public sector must demand more – and tech suppliers need to deliver
SMEs and other providers should embrace the new mandates for IT firms to demonstrate social value, according to Alex Jackson of dxw