Brexit: Home Office proceeds with work on platform to share policing alerts
Multimillion-pound system is intended to mitigate the loss of access to pan-European SIS security database
Contact tracing: ‘Not possible’ to know how many have enabled NHS Covid-19 app
Senior officials say they cannot ‘make a reliable and consistent calculation’
Could wearable tech for soldiers ‘predict injuries before they occur’?
Funding scheme offers £200,000 to support testing of proposals
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Lancashire village picked as site for government’s £5bn ‘offensive cyber’ spy unit
The newly created National Cyber Force will be based in Samlesbury
Scottish Government working on fix for Covid status app after industry bemoans ‘disastrous launch’
Football grounds among venues not to impose demand for status evidence as users report issues accessing their vaccination record
Which government departments are the least transparent?
Report from think tank identifies which parts of Whitehall are worst at publishing data on spending, meetings and other information
No plans to change GP funding in light of rise of remote consultations – minister
Healthtech minister says doctors should continue to offer in-person appointments
Product safety watchdog lacking tech skills and data
New challenges faced by regulator include overseeing smart technology
Court strikes down businesses’ challenge to ‘disproportionate’ Scottish vaccine status scheme
Party leaders clash over regime that comes into effect today
GDS chief on how new government login is avoiding the mistakes of Verify
Tom Read tells MPs that work to develop new platform is taking a much more iterative approach than its troubled predecessor
Home Office picks Capgemini for £4m deal to deliver ‘final stages’ of digital border crossing
Supplier will provide development specialists to support conclusion of delayed rollout
Government hit with legal request for records of WhatsApp messages concerning official business
Campaign group plan to ask for judicial review of practice it claims presents ‘threat to democratic accountability’
‘A loud, siren-like sound’ – UK mobiles to receive government emergency alert test
Procurement data reveals government has signed the UK’s four network operators to five-year deals worth a cumulative £16m
Shadow chancellor: ‘Labour government would carry out wave of insourcing’
Rachel Reeves uses party conference to pledge review of £2bn of contracts awarded during pandemic to ‘claw back’ money from underperforming suppliers
Scotland delays vaccine status enforcement to allow firms time to prepare
After obligation comes into force on Friday, businesses will have a grace period of more than two weeks to ensure compliance
Government making ‘technical assessment to ensure high standards of data protection’ in UK-US transfers
Minister says countries are ‘engaging positively’ on planned adequacy arrangement
‘Not in line with spending policies’ – ICO apologises for buying £6,000 of chocolate
Data protection watchdog says that money was spent on gifts to recognise employees’ hard work – but should not have been drawn from public funds
Hybrid working takes root across civil service
Unions welcome continuation of flexible models but caution against pressurising workers to return to offices
Whitehall chief pegs annual government digital spending at £20bn
Civil service chief operating officer tells MPs that ‘every single government programme has a strong digital element’
Queues at airports after Border Force endures ‘systems failure’ of e-passport gates
Home Office claims problem was quickly fixed
Public health agency offers £110k for analytics and data science leader
Recently formed UK Health Security Agency seeks senior manager to lead use of ‘cutting-edge’ technology and methods
Newcastle showcases smart-city innovation
New platform showcases projects and research
HMRC delays digitisation of income tax by one year to April 2024
Minister says that, in light of the pandemic, department wishes to given businesses extra time to prepare
What makes government ‘a very tough environment for digital projects’?
Senior officials tell MPs about the challenges they face in delivering major programmes