ICO set to issue fewer public sector fines to avoid ‘data breach victims being punished twice’
Penalties for public bodies often impact services – rather than shareholders – according to commissioner John Edwards
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...
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...
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Government to offer online support for victims of conversion therapy
Cabinet Office seeks supplier to support creation of website and helpline
GDS picks Deloitte to develop GOV.UK identity-checking app in £5m deal
Professional services firm chosen to support delivery of software to enable government-wide login system
Treasury urged to provide ‘full, fair and final compensation’ for victims of Horizon IT disaster
Failures of tech system led to more than 700 wrongful convictions
HMRC makes first seizure of non-fungible tokens in VAT fraud investigation
Tax agency becomes first public authority to seize digital tokens
DCMS unveils Mancunian hub for 400 staff
Digital department to set up shop in the city centre
NHS picks suppliers for £15m framework to support use of AI in stroke diagnosis
Buying vehicle put in place 16 months after tender process began
Government chief digital officer post on offer for £190k
Current head of CDDO Joanna Davinson is to depart role imminently
NHS signs £1.6m in deals for vaccine centre connectivity
BT wins contracts for WiFi and HSCN connections
Government tech and transformation schemes hampered by officials’ ‘evasion of responsibility’ – think tank chief
Reform programmes exemplify ongoing problems with churn and lack of concern about bad decisions
HMRC signs £4m deal to support online trade tariff calculator
Department awards two-year contract
Government fund backs local connectivity projects
Eight programmes receive a share of £8m
Scottish Government urged to ditch contact-tracing programme
Opponents call for more ‘targeted’ approach to virus
DDaT profession: Government maps out digital accessibility career
Home Office works with CDDO to put together proposal
MPs raise digital concerns over post-Brexit borders
Ambitions to have world-leading systems within three years are ‘optimistic’, according to PAC
Scottish Government puts £6m into tech accelerator
CivTech programme seeks to connect public service providers with tech firms that can help meet their challenges
UKHSA signs £16m deal with IBM for Test and Trace cloud
Vendor will support delivery of new system to house pandemic data as well as other information sources
HMRC chief praises ‘remarkable’ work on post-Brexit customs system
Deputy CEO MacDonald commends adaptation of both outgoing CHIEF and incoming CDS platforms
Universities to run major research examining impact of digitised services on ethnic minorities
Researchers from five institutions will participate in £3.3m project examining whether channel shift has reinforced existing inequalities as well as creating new ones
ICO examining ‘serious cybersecurity incident’ at FCDO
Department discloses that it was the target of an attack
Reshuffle: A new minister for digital government?
Shifting responsibilities at the Cabinet Office could see GDS and CDDO working with another new minister, while Jacob Rees-Mogg is set to take on the remit of public sector transformation
All Scottish schools to be given pocket-sized computers
Devices are intended to help pupils get to grips with the basics of computer science