NHS signs £4.5m deal to ‘transform’ demographic data use and better match patients to records
Work aims to make it easier for NHS number to be found, which contract says will help reduce issues such as false death notices
Civil service cuts: Graduate scheme to be suspended after next year, reports claim
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Foreign Office IT slammed as diplomat cites need for ‘routine’ deletion of emails during Afghanistan crisis
Parliamentary committee hears that messages were deleted as a matter of course ‘otherwise inbox gums up and stops working’
Scottish government backs local tech firms’ global expansion plans
Export strategy aims to support international ambitions of technology businesses
Revealed: Cabinet Office signed deal last month for ‘immediate cyber incident response’
Department directly awarded short-term deal to PwC but indicates there was no specific threat
Court hears of ministers making key decisions over WhatsApp then deleting messages
Evidence submitted to High Court claims many officials and ministers use private messaging services on a ‘daily basis’
Government-backed £10m ‘innovation network’ to help telecoms firms collaborate
New facility will also provide database of funding and R&D opportunities
NHS and government developing ‘digital marker’ for GPs to add firearms records to patient data
New system will make it easier to flag gun ownership
Covid inquiry signs two-year deal for media-monitoring software
Soon-to-launch investigation exercise retains specialist arm of market-research giant Kantar to analyse traditional outlets and social media platforms
New guidelines ask departments to actively encourage service-user feedback
Government standards intend to foster a culture of ‘welcoming complaints in a positive way’
NHS taps McKinsey for £1m consulting gig on Covid vaccination data
Short-term deal was intended to help programme’s senior managers make targeted interventions and present information to other parties in a way that was ‘appropriate and impactful’
Government to compensate victims that exposed Horizon scandal but were excluded from Post Office scheme
Chancellor reveals payment programme aims to support those who received ‘small fraction’ of £58m settlement
Treasury to crowdsource innovation ideas from officials in bid to save £5.5bn
Ministers believe measures such as digitisation, shared services, and reducing use of consultants could help cut waste
DHSC extracts patient data to support policymaking on NHS-funded social care
Project is separate to a wider piece of work to collate all information on national provision of ‘continuing healthcare’ services
MoD to probe how suspected Russian hoaxer finagled Teams meeting with defence secretary
Ben Wallace is said to be ‘very cross’ after speaking to someone posing as Ukrainian PM for almost 10 minutes
Sturgeon claims ‘no public-protection issues’ from IT glitch in prisoner risk assessments
Tech issue dating back 10 years is understood to have caused inmates to be wrongly graded
EXCL: Levelling Up department exposes personal data in breach
Names and contact details of officials and supplier staff were clearly visible after contract was inadequately redacted
Central database aims to give government buyers insight into suppliers’ past performance
New digital platform will allow public bodies to ‘see how the parts of the jigsaw connect together’, according to CCS boss
‘Challenging and expensive’ – report casts doubt on Scotland’s plans for ubiquitous superfast broadband
Auditor’s report finds difficulties are likely to persist in the Highlands and Islands
Departmental plans to include transformation commitments
Digital, data and technology are ‘integral’ to new system of setting out priorities and measuring performance
Government statisticians must be ‘able to raise issues if data is used misleadingly’, trade body warns
Study from Royal Statistical Society suggests one in five data professionals does not feel empowered to flag concerns
Scottish Borders Council accredited as Apple learning centre
Local authority is approved to deliver education on vendor’s technology
New government agency to oversee digital identity laws
Legislation to be passed to put digital IDs on same legal footing as physical documents