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NHS app: Local bodies required to offer patients choice of treatment providers
Citizens will be presented with details of five or more hospitals or other options
ICO urges Capita customers to ‘check their position’ after 90 organisations report data breaches
Technology services firm has revealed two data-compromising incidents in recent week
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MoD begins work on IT system to register and track evacuees from crisis zones
Ministry reveals it has begun work on concept phase of potential software tool to manage...
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UKCloud collapse caused ‘no unexpected service disruptions or cost to public purse’
Minister says that all public-sector customers have now moved to alternative provider
Consultation reveals widespread opposition to proposed data-sharing laws for government login system
Overwhelming majority of respondents voice disapproval but government will press on with plans to bring forward legislation
Scottish Government-backed 5G network underpins global coronation broadcasts
Technology was used by BBC and 20 other international broadcasters
UK aid watchdog reveals difficulties caused by FCDO’s ‘dysfunctional’ IT systems
ICAI annual report says it has been stymied in its ability to recruit people or pay contractors following departmental merger
Small boats: Home Office spends £1.5m on tech ‘to track migrants and their property’
Department signs two-year deal with firm specialised in barcodes and tracking
MoJ reprimanded by ICO after ‘bags of confidential documents’ exposed for over two weeks
Sensitive data was left unsecured in prison holding area, according to data watchdog
ONS seeks new data source on UK firms’ overseas owners
Statistics agency looks to establish a single unified partnership
‘Extremely concerned and disappointed’ – more councils caught up in Capita breach
Authorities have complained about the lack of time taken to be notified by IT firm and wrongly being told personal data was not put at risk
IPO announces two-year timeline for online patent service and digital hearings
Government agency publishes update on transformation plan
MoD seeks senior exec to boost ‘cyber awareness, behaviours and culture’ across defence sector
Role comes with a remit to work with current and former military personnel, as well as officials and commercial suppliers
Courts service unveils £24m plan to expand video hearings system nationwide
HMCTS reveals remote processes have become an ‘integral part’ of the justice system following the coronavirus crisis
Whitehall chief: ‘It’s difficult to overestimate the number of digital and data people we need to recruit’
Alex Chisholm reveals more than 2,000 DDaT professionals joined the civil service during a six-month period last year
Home Office starts search for £1bn ESN partner and system to measure ‘coverage and quality’ of supplier networks
Department opens bidding for firm to replace Motorola in delivering core user services
Lancashire Police faces no ICO action over Nicola Bulley case – but forces reminded of data-protection responsibilities
Regulator issues advice for law enforcement after concluding investigation into high-profile disappearance
Self-driving buses begin operation in Edinburgh
Vehicles will travel on the roads of the Scottish capital at speeds of up to 50mph
Scottish Government retains suppliers on £200m framework for IT temps
Four firms feature on four-year deal
Full deployment of Common Platform pushed back another year to 2025
Courts service leader tells MPs that ‘core functionality’ will be in place in the next year
Rochford District Council pins data breach on Capita’s ‘unsafe storage’
Authority claims it is taking ‘swift and decisive action’ in response to incident it claims affected several councils
HMRC finds strong support for online Child Benefit claims – but ‘digital by default’ would cause problems for one in five users
Department publishes findings of study conducted ahead of planned digitisation initiative
Motorola removed from government strategic suppliers list following ESN exit
Company claims excision from roster of Whitehall's most significant commercial partners is a ‘routine update’
Cabinet Office has striven to become anti-fraud leader, leader says
Permanent secretary Alex Chisholm tells MPs that his department has adopted new measures and worked to increase skills