Leader sought to ‘manage government’s relationship with world’s most powerful technology companies’
Salary of almost £70k on offer for head of Big Tech Strategic Engagement Unit
Innovate UK nabs tech exec Mukerjee as new chief
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HMRC shared 5,000 citizen records with local councils in pilot ‘to analyse vulnerable and overlapping debtors’
Newly published information-sharing register reveals programme took place last autumn
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DfE signs £4m IT health check deal
Department brings in cyber firm on three-year contract
Scottish Government goes under the sea to boost islands’ broadband
Work to lay subsea cables will begin this month
Home Office seeks proposals for age-verification technology for alcohol sales
Department to run a ‘regulatory sandbox’ exercise
Reform the Whitehall ‘disaster zone’ – Cummings lifts lid on Johnson’s deal to bring him to No. 10
Gone-but-not-forgotten adviser reveals the four conditions the PM agreed to before he was recruited to Downing Street
MPs find government has ‘presented pandemic data to provoke anxiety, rather than understand risk’
Parliamentary committee calls for more transparency in use of information and accuses Michael Gove of being ‘contemptuous of parliament’
Defence and foreign policy review emphasises cutting-edge tech
Adoption of emerging technology and creation of dedicated cyber force are among the initiatives trailed in the policy document
Government brings in religious and community leaders to tackle online vaccine misinformation among BAME communities
Imams, pastors and doctors will be among those encouraging citizens to ‘check before you share’
Workplace safety regulator’s meetings closed to public for last year because of ‘tech limitations’
Minister explains failure to allow public access or publish any documentation
Government consults on potential vaccine passports
Discussions have already taken place about EU scheme offering digital certificates
Homebuyers offered smartphone identity-verification
HM Land Registry launches new standard
BEIS leaks details of business leaders in email offering advice on honours nominations
Email addresses exposed by BCC mix-up
Downing Street fellowship hopes to lure ‘top tech talent’ to Whitehall for a year
GDS backs programme to bring in 10 tech experts
MoD signs £48m for office electronics and print supplies
Deal covers storage, devices, and print supplies
‘Miserable record of exorbitantly expensive digital programmes’ – MPs hammer Home Office
Report into Digital Services at the Border scheme finds inability to identify and solve problems
UK Space Agency seeks new head to support economic growth
Salary of £125,000 on offer for ‘high-profile international role’
Outsourcer Sitel shopped to ICO after contact tracers told to use personal emails to share case info
Whistleblower raised concerns about practice that went unheeded
Statistics body calls for review of government use of health data
RSS says pandemic has exposed need for 'culture change' around how stats are used and publicised
App to offer citizens option to send location to police
Officers and the public in Scotland can now use the what3words technology
Scotland digital strategy promises ‘ambitious reform’ of government services
Government plan pledges use of common standards and development of new identity platform
Plans unveiled for Whitehall ‘consulting hub’
Government to bring together small team of experts
ICO guidance aims to promote 'trust and transparency' in use of data for political campaigns
Regulator says new advice is particularly relevant as pandemic may impact campaigning ahead of May local polls