Home Office to spearhead anti-encryption public comms campaign
Report claims efforts led by advertising firm will aim to stoke concern among parents and could feature public stunts designed to alarm passers-by
Military police upgrades open-source intelligence platform for digital investigations
Deal signed with specialist software firm reflects huge growth in digital offences
No.10 parties: ICO warns officials deleting messages is a criminal offence
Data watchdog issues warning in light of reports that a digital clean-up had been encouraged
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Test and Trace spends £6.7m on Microsoft licences
Programme signs contract for cloud products
Birthday messages helped cops bring down digital drug dealer
User of encrypted messaging service sentenced to 10 years in prison
Osborne’s grandstanding on Google tax deal showed need for greater HMRC autonomy, report finds
MPs want greater transparency and scrutiny – and less interference from the Treasury – on bespoke taxation deals with large firms
‘The vast majority have been thwarted’ – minister salutes DWP fraud response
Will Quince claims Universal Credit system has ‘coped remarkably well’ with challenges
Coronavirus: government commits £25m to provide all state schools with CO2 monitors
Rollout of 300,000 devices aims to help reduce spread of Covid-19 by encouraging better ventilation
Cabinet Office training revamp aims to equip civil service leaders for ‘technology-driven world’
Updated programmes will address areas including ‘digital and analytical fluency’
NHS Covid app: venue check-ins fall off a cliff as contact alerts continue to decline
Usage of app to participate in contact-tracing feature declines sharply
Homeworking cited in delays to DBS checks
Home Office publishes details of annual performance
Newcastle University expands digital exam system
Institution signs £645k deal with specialist firm Inspera
DHSC explores ‘digital solutions for weight-management services’
Department to undertake discovery exercise
Funding scheme aims to address military vulnerability to cyberattack
Government-run competition seeks to combat possible exposure caused by legacy systems
Northern Ireland Civil Service puts finishing touches to first two flexible-working hubs
Facilities in Downpatrick and Ballykelly ready to open in spring
DWP seeks £5m digital partner to help meet urgent Universal Credit migration challenges
Supplier sought for two-year contract as department admits it is ‘unable to scale at sufficient speed’
Government explores drones and 3D printing to fix potholes
Input encouraged from innovative SMEs from outside the transport sector
Emergency Services Network seeks £130k commercial bigwig to manage supplier contracts
Postholder will be asked to ‘create a culture and behaviour change’
Gloucestershire seeks ‘data partner’ to support analytics ambitions
County council seeks to ‘enable cultural change’
Calls for pay cut for remote-working civil servants were ‘unhelpful’, says Gove
But minister adds that return to office may deliver ‘productivity advantages’
‘A unique opportunity’ – Scottish Government consults public on keeping Covid innovations
Authorities seek citizen views on legal and operational developments
Scotland begins programme to deliver a laptop or tablet to all schoolchildren
Government intends to deliver 700,000 devices, as well as upgrading digital infrastructure
Tech chief sought to oversee transformation of vetting services
Newly created post will support the creation of a technology strategy for UKSV
Test and Trace boosts user design with £1.25m contract
Bristol-based firm Nomensa will work alongside internal staff and other suppliers