Russia: sanctions tightened on exports of monitoring and military tech
New measures prohibit supply of any tech used for ‘internal repression’
DWP signs potential £1m deal to measure and analyse employee experience
Department awards contract to specialist supplier – which will also lead a pilot of a more...
Scottish minister criticises UK government broadband rollout for leaving hardest-to-connect places to last
Finance secretary Kate Forbes claims that implementation in Scotland has begun with remote and...
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Report calls for ‘expired’ government reform plan to be replaced
IfG’s annual Whitehall Monitor publication finds pockets of progress but other areas where momentum is lacking
NCSC warns UK organisations to bolster defences against Russian cyberthreat
Cyber unit instructs organisations that the time has come to ‘take action’ after attacks in Ukraine
NHS Covid Pass: 12- to 15-year-olds offered digital document from Thursday – in time for half-term hols
Minister confirms documentation will be available via the app and NHS.UK website
Department for Education offers £100k in bid to appoint CISO
Security head will develop strategy and implement cyber services
‘Wreaking havoc’ – local government bodies call for law change to support remote participation
Sector bodies issue open letter calling on government to enact legislation allowing meetings to adopt a hybrid model in the long term
HMRC picks IBM for £11m project to exit Fujitsu datacentres by June 2022 deadline
Vendor will provide project and delivery managers across 15-month engagement with tax department
Covid vaccine programme: NHS signs £9m O2 deal for mobile services
Contract covers a range of services
Government pledges all public sector bodies will be resilient against common cyberthreats by 2030
Strategy outlines short- and long-term objectives
DHSC taps data firm to monitor threats to vaccine supply chain
Subsidiary of media heavyweight Thomson Reuters awarded £400k deal
Defra to create UK-wide digital system to collect rubbish information
Department seeks feedback on platform for use by refuse-handlers
Edinburgh rolls out iPads to all secondary pupils
About 40,000 devices will be deployed by the end of 2022 in partnership between local authority and tech firm
Home Office signs £70m Capgemini deal to support infrastructure transformation
Contract covers the provision of support and migration services
Minister urges officials to end ‘reliance on video meetings’ – but unions hit back at return-to-office demand
Departments told to fill up buildings once again, but representatives claim any insinuations about productivity are ‘nonsense
Public sector transformation minister quits over government’s ‘unacceptable’ fraud bill
Lord Agnew told parliament that ‘arrogance, indolence and ignorance’ has hampered any attempts to reduce fraud
Government testing identifies accessibility issues on 99% of public sector websites
CDDO monitoring found that vast majority of sites did not wholly comply with regulations
Sturgeon reported to statistics authority over ‘twisted’ use of ONS Covid data
Objection follows similar complaint about deputy John Swinney
End-to-end encryption: ICO says delaying use of technology ‘leaves everyone at risk – including children’
As government launches comms campaign claiming security function will enable child abusers, data-protection watchdog claims debate is ‘unbalanced’
Government proposes tougher cyber laws for IT outsourcers
Consultation launched on possible expansion of NIS regulations
Turing Institute to lead development of AI standards
Government-backed project will also incorporate input from BSI and NPL
‘Shambles’ – ageing IT systems cited as MPs scold DWP for £1bn pension underpayment
PAC finds that department failed to understand importance of keeping tech up to date
Home Office signs £17m deal with IBM to support core Border Force platform
Contract covers ongoing maintenance as well as upgrades