Test and Trace ‘scaling down’ use of consultants
Programme leader Dido Harding says use of outside help is being reduced although will continue to some extent
Government study reveals cyber sector kept growing through 2020
Revenue spiked 7% to £8.9bn, DCMS study reveals
Government considers role of technology in enforcing quarantine
Minister says mandating isolation is ‘right course of action’
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Work ongoing but no delivery date for digital ID cards for veterans, minister says
Process was originally slated to conclude by the end of 2019
Police seeks public views on body-worn cameras
Force in Scotland says process will help ‘address any ethical and community-related concerns’
HMRC confirms leader for £300m cloud migration programme
Denise Dourado formally appointed as SRO
Ministers face calls for urgent action after Covid reveals ‘dangerous gaps in public data’
Poor use and presentation of information means government has ‘missed chances to save lives’, according to report from Full Fact
Parliamentary committee to investigate civil service churn
MPs request years of data to support probe
Government consults on land laws relating to installation of telecoms infrastructure
Changes to legislation in 2017 have not had desired effect
Online harms: Government retains option of criminal sanctions against social media companies
Planned legislation would not rule out the potential for criminal sanctions to be brought against senior managers who fail to act on online harms, says chair of DCMS committee
Digital skills gaps remain despite civil service adding 10,000 people last year
Study from IfG shows heavy recruitment across first three quarters of 2020
NHSX chief: Clinicians were ‘too nervous’ to share data
Matthew Gould tells PublicTechnology event that complex language around data standards had meant most staff were afraid to share patient data even in cases where it would aid delivery of care
MHCLG spends £9m on Microsoft licensing deal
Department inks three-year contract with Phoenix Software
Tory MP: ‘What happened to electronic voting? It worked perfectly well’
Member of Procedure Committee James Gray encourages parliament to consider ‘innovations offered by the latest technologies’
Scotland urged to close healthcare ‘data gap’
Study from non-profit SCDI identifies narrow opportunity to invest in innovation
DfE programme evaluating long-term outlook for online learning
Minister says pandemic has provided ‘valuable intelligence’ on the role technology can play
Information commissioner’s term extended to allow successor recruitment
Elizbeth Denham will remain in post until November, at request of secretary of state
NCSC recognises cyber expert universities
Eight institutions across UK named centres of excellence
DHSC buys 16,000 iPhones for Test and Trace scheme
Department spends £4m on deal with Jigsaw24
EXCL: Digital minister says government will pass law to make smart devices safer ‘as soon as we can’
Matt Warman tells PublicTechnology event that government wants products and services to be secure ‘from the ground up’ – reducing burden on consumers and businesses
Report calls for ‘more power’ in Whitehall to be centralised
UK’s top two civil servants should be handed more responsibility as part of drive to make Cabinet Office more effective, says IfG
DfE laptops for home-schooling found to contain malware
Government says a ‘small number’ of machines are affected by what users say is a worm that contacts Russian servers
Regulator vows it ‘will not engage with criminals’ as ransomware response continues
Attack on Scottish environment watchdog happened on Christmas Eve
HMRC appoints new customer service chief
After a difficult year for key performance metrics, Myrtle Lloyd takes on DG-level post