Defra revamps recruitment to reduce reliance on consultants
Digital chief Harriet Green tells PublicTechnology Live event that department has focused on specialisms, rather than the generalist skills the civil service recruitment process is designed to find
Huawei denies spying on Dutch PM
Leaked report suggests Chinese tech firm had access to calls made by large swathes of the population of the Netherlands
Trials to monitor smart meter data in elderly care
Scottish institutions to work with consenting older citizens to track energy usage
Two thirds of workers did not work from home at all in 2020, ONS data finds
Last year saw a big rise, but comfortable majority still work on-site
Ministers encourages citizens concerned over Facebook leak to visit Have I Been Pwned? website
Up to 11 million UK accounts recently saw personal information published online
Hancock a shareholder in family document digitisation firm that won NHS deals
DHSC says health secretary ‘acted entirely properly’
HMRC spends £3m on ‘trace and investigate’ software to provide UK citizen data
Connexus technology will provide officials with access to a wide range of personal and business information
Scottish parliamentary candidates urged to back data ethics and diversity campaign
Prospective MSPs encouraged to sign pledge to 'democratise data’
EU citizens can still access digital status on expired passports, says immigration minister
Updates are encouraged but not mandatory
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
Q&A: HMRC tech chief on how the department is ‘leading the way on government cloud adoption’
Daljit Rehal tells PublicTechnology about his priorities for the tax agency’s digital services and its programme to reform billions of pounds of tech procurement
IWD 2021: Female tech heroes and why inclusion matters
A range of experts from across the public sector digital and data scene tell us about their inspirations and the changes they would like to see before IWD 2022
Interview: deputy national statistician on legacy tech, lockdowns and a ‘leap forward’ for government’s use of data
Alison Pritchard talks to PublicTechnology about plans for the 2021 census, ensuring public trust in statistics – and her next epic boat journey
Does data science have a dangerous gender gap?
A new report from the Alan Turing Institute identifies a worrying gender imbalance in a fast-growing and significant sector. PublicTechnology talks to the report’s authors about the scale of the problem and how it might be addressed.
Making contact: inside the project to build the NHS Covid-19 app
More than 20 million UK citizens have downloaded the NHS Covid-19 app. One of the leaders of the development process tells PublicTechnology about its impact and future plans.
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.
The National Data Strategy needs a shot in the arm
The national plan for the UK’s data needs could learn from the successful vaccine rollout by prioritising experts and practitioners, according to Dan Klein of Zühlke UK
IWD 2021: time to accelerate ambitions for meaningful change
Nimmi Patel of techUK on how its members are beginning to have important conversations about equality, and what the industry body can do to help
Government’s high-risk R&D unit must be free to set its own mandate
The soon-to-launch Aria should be equipped with the right model and resources to be pioneering, but accountable, according to Public founder Daniel Korski