NHS app: Government considers vaccine-status options for clinical-trial participants
Thousands of citizens vaccinated as part of research schemes currently need to request a letter to demonstrate that they have been vaccinated
Government facing legal challenge as DCMS admits use of automatically deleting messages
Campaign groups Foxglove and The Citizens to launch court case in two weeks if practice is not stopped
DVLA takes advantage of government MoU to keep Microsoft in cloud mix
Deal signed under public sector-agreement put in place last year
Home Office second perm sec to focus on ‘transformation of capabilities’
Tricia Hayes takes on number-two role
HM Passport Office picks Atos for £20m five-year digital support deal
Home Office agency to work with French IT heavyweight
Scotland appoints leaders for AI strategy
Thirteen-strong team of tech experts brought together
‘We are forcing ourselves to differentiate on quality’ – government commercial chief on social-value buying rules
Gareth Rhys Williams says new guidance will mean that ‘we don’t give everyone eight out of ten’
NHS spends £2.7m on extension to system capturing patient data from vaccine centres
Platform covers the collection of both clinical and non-clinical information
Oil and mining exec Mackenzie picked to head UK Research and Innovation
Former BP and BHP senior manager chosen as new boss of research funding body
Website aims to reimagine citizens’ relationship with land
Scottish Land Commission opens new digital platform
'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
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.
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.
A closer look: what now for the government’s vaccine passport plans?
PublicTechnology examines the government’s strategy for offering a digital certification tool, and its key advantages and challenges
PublicTechnology research: five things we learned about the future of digital government
A recent study finds that the pandemic has boosted budgets – but legacy tech remains a big barrier to progress
Faster Indicators: Why the ONS is checking CCTV footage for hints about the health of the economy
PublicTechnology sits down with ONS statisticians to learn more about the organisation’s Faster Indicators programme
SMEs have limited trust in government procurement
An annual survey from techUK shows that significant barriers remain for smaller firms wishing to supply government, according to Henry Rex
Online safety: How police, public sector and tech firms have reached a data-sharing stalemate
With the Online Safety Bill now published, former police superintendent Iain Donnelly writes for PublicTechnology on the challenges that need to be overcome in order to ensure the law’s efficacy
Ex-NCSC chief Martin asks whether the new cyber strategy will make the UK safer
Ciaran Martin discusses six tests that can be applied to the incoming national plan for cyber
How DWP built an engineering community to support its digital ambitions
Head of engineering Stuart Taylor discusses how 1,000 staff across the department support each other’s work
Data governance is fundamental to our post-pandemic world
Coronavirus has shown the power of data and, according to Sue Daley of techUK, it is crucial that the UK implements the right laws to govern its use and protection
NHS workers must be at the centre of technology reform
The health service’s IT infrastructure badly needs an update. But modernisation efforts must not focus solely on the technology, believes Matt Fetzer of Reform.