MoD appoints £2m cyber specialist to test Army IT vulnerabilities
Firm will be asked to assess existing and new tech platforms
Home Office review of labour shortages delayed over data problems
Issues arise in assessment of areas that may benefit from allowing employers to sponsor visas...
Courts service pauses implementation of IT system after clashes with union
Rollout of Common Platform is temporarily suspended after PCS members voted to strike
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Controversial Whitehall FOI ‘clearing house’ set for revamp
Cabinet Office accepts recommendations of review calling for greater transparency and more protections for those requesting information
Home Office to re-run procurement of mobile fingerprinting devices
Department plans new procurement for biometric equipment following market engagement
Ministry of Justice advertises £120,000 director of digital role
HM Revenue and Customs and Cabinet Office also looking to fill senior technology posts
Government flags up ‘Swimfo’ water-checking tool as sewage protests rumble on
Environment Agency’s online checker currently shows more than 30 swimming spots with active warnings against bathing
‘Proactive security’ – GDS invests in threat intelligence tech
Digital agency signs deal for data-led cyber protection system
Ex-NHSX head Gould tipped as next top dog for London Zoo
Reports have claimed the long-time civil servant will shortly be unveiled as the director general of ZSL
HMRC and GDS working on trials for government’s new identity-checking app
New browser login system is also being tested with support of Disclosure and Barring Service
Cabinet Office seeks £118k CTO to oversee department’s tech until at least 2026
Senior managerial post comes with ‘minimum assignment duration’ of three years
UK signs digital trade deal to support Ukraine’s IT industry
Agreement intended to cut red tape was signed in response to a request from government in Kyiv
Supreme Court creates IT and digital leadership role
Postholder will play a key role in delivering new digital and data transformation programmes
Law proposes ‘explicit duty’ for online firms to design services to prevent illegal content
Government continues to tweak and reinforce the provisions of the Online Safety Bill
Officials’ personal info published online by government lawyers in ‘regrettable’ data leak
Government Legal Department is investigating after names of civil servants were not removed from transparency documents
Cabinet Office to lose one in four staff – but no detail yet on impact for digital agencies
Jacob Rees Mogg trailed 25% job cuts in a Telegraph article, which unions label as the minister’s latest in a series of ‘increasingly bizarre’ pronouncements
Companies House revamps online filing for businesses
Agency unveils new features for WebFiling account
‘Chaotic’ – report recommends reform of public appointments
Think tank urges greater measures including a dedicated chief talent officer to improve processes heads of public bodies and departmental non-execs
Home Office looks to test services with those lacking digital confidence
Department seeks support finding research participants from potentially excluded groups
Government hopes to see self-driving cars on UK roads by 2025
Plans supported by £60m of new public spending
Scotland gets multimillion-pound broadband boost
Scottish and UK governments both kick in funding to support programme
HMRC seeks £9m partner to support transformation of debt management
Department details plans to replace legacy systems and enable new government-backed services for citizens in financial difficulty
Cybercrime picked as key focus for new National Crime Agency chief
Graeme Biggar has finally been confirmed as the head of the national body after a rerun of the procurement process
Transfer of probation services to MoJ dogged by IT issues, report finds
Institute for Government says that renationalisation process was undertaken too quickly – but was ultimately ‘mostly successful’