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
Former insurance and electronics bigwig becomes innovation agency's first permanent head in...
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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MoJ signs up for £8m Amazon account
Department signs deal for access to business account
President Biden assembles task force to tackle major Microsoft hack
Vendor’s Exchange Server has been hit with reported China-sponsored attack
Defence review set to bring fleets of drones and high-tech Whitehall ‘situation room’
Reports indicate emerging tech will be favoured over traditional military capabilities
NHS study probes whether algorithms can detect Covid from cough recordings
Government seeks volunteers for research
Government buys £6m of iPads for care homes
Contract covers the delivery of 11,000 devices, plus accessories and upkeep
Data shows big rise in vaccine positivity but demographic disparities remain
ONS research finds 94% are happy to get immunised, but feelings toward the vaccine vary significantly when split by socio-economic group, age and ethnicity
Post-industrial: minister teases BEIS rebrand as strategy council scrapped
Kwasi Kwarteng says government has 'decided to mark a departure from the industrial strategy brand'
Government Covid guidance body brings in Accenture for ‘data science support’
Consultancy awarded £500,000 deal
Watchdog promises ‘careful scrutiny’ of Apple in probe of alleged anti-competitive practices
Regulator investigates whether terms of app store break the law
‘Not appropriate’ to comment on volume of disinformation flagged by government unit, minister says
Digital minister Dinenage declines to detail the work of the Counter Disinformation Unit
HMRC gets £280m Budget boost to improve tech and tackle fraud
Tax agency supported by chancellor
Digital secretary meets with Australian counterpart over Facebook face-off
Discussion covered regulation, free speech and media
Government more than doubles contactless limit in bid to boost retail sector
Citizens can now use technology to pay for £100 of goods and services
RAF and Navy to adopt £9.5m low-code recruitment platform
Three-year deal awarded to Pegasystems
All laptops issued for remote learning under warranty, minister says
Cover lasts until at least June
Recruitment launched for new £200k information commissioner
Appointee will replace Elizabeth Denham and will lead the data-protection watchdog through a ‘dynamic period of change’
EU introduces digital vaccine ‘green pass’
UK officials will talk to European counterparts about operation of system that allows individuals to demonstrate they have been vaccinated
DWP plans to hire hundreds of digital staff this year
Department seeks to enable ‘once-in-a-generation’ transformation
Public bodies join up to form CyberScotland
Newly created organisation aims to improve national resilience