Government sets up £20m compensation pot for victims who fought to expose Post Office IT scandal
Increased funding is set to more than double the money received by those who brought group legal action – with more support to follow
Civil service cuts: DfT brings in £100k consultancy to help identify ‘options for digitisation’
Two-week ‘headcount efficiency review’ engagement aims to find possible cutbacks that could be...
Government launches unified online portal for gender-recognition applications
Service was ‘developed and tested with trans people’ to help reduce administrative burden of...
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‘This lack of transparency could undermine trust’ – DWP scolded over failure to publish research data
Parliamentary committee writes to department urging greater openness
Climate change: Government app to ‘encourage small lifestyle changes’
Environment agency signs £500k deal with software developer
Dundee opens doors on £18m cybersecurity R&D facility
Government-backed hub aims to create jobs and improve resilience
Whitehall chief: ‘From AOs to perm secs – we all need to be data confident’
Government operations leader wants departments to make better use of the ‘huge amounts of data’ at their disposal
First five services to pilot new government-wide login from September
Minister says rollout of One Login will learn the lessons of previous projects and will not take a ‘big bang’ approach
Government to move 2,500 officials to ‘digitally enabled’ Manchester hub
The city centre facility will include hundreds of civil service posts relocated from London
DWP signs potential £50m Atos deal for IT system to support personal independence payment assessments
Platform will go live with assessment providers next summer
Highlands and Islands gets IoT funding boost
Scottish Government supports scheme to fund firms’ investment in connected technologies
Net zero: Government warned over data inconsistencies
Auditors cite need for better leadership as PAC chair reminds departments that ‘good data leads to good decisions’
Cybersecurity: MoJ signs £1m ‘incident response and investigation’ partner
Ministry becomes latest department to retain external help in responding to attacks
Government non-exec directors to undergo parliamentary probe
MPs will consider the duties and accountability of NEDs
Government considering use of unique IDs across justice system
Minister claims that efforts to replace legacy tech provide opportunity to adopt new system
HMRC offers £80k for head of service design
Tax agency seeks ‘experienced and inspiring leader’
National Crime Agency to revamp systems for banks to provide intel on organised crime
Law-enforcement entity seeks partner to help deliver programme to replace ageing platforms
NHS app to widen users’ access to health records
Strategy makes commitment to allow patients to view a greater range of information
Digital is ‘essential’ to civil service job cuts plan, departments told
Memo to finance and HR chiefs advises ministries to work with CDDO to assess potential tech projects
Watchdog warns of potential for ‘predatory’ firms to tap up mid-ranking officials
Eric Pickles suggests companies could exploit potential of recruiting digital regulation specialists and warns ‘departments are rubber-stamping things that are plainly wrong’
EXCL: Government hopes to announce new chief digital officer ‘very shortly’
Civil service chief tells PublicTechnology that process to recruit tech supremo is now in its ‘final stages’
‘Smaller and more efficient’ – Defra looks to transformation schemes to help offset hiring freeze
Environment department has implemented ‘strict recruitment controls’
HMRC signs £500k FT deal for news and analysis
Department says information provided by newspaper publisher will be used across more than 30 areas of operation
Immigration status: Home Office recruiting staff to expedite online checks for employers
Minister also claims that new services and tech will reduce demands on digital platform