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
Graduate recruitment programme – which brings in 100 budding digital leaders each year – is...
Local government chiefs claim return to hybrid meetings would improve councillor diversity
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‘Chronically underfunded’ – Scotland’s Open University may have to limit student numbers
Mainstay of remote learning provision indicates estimated financial shortfall of £16m
Home Office renews £200k subscription for out-of-support software for internal forms
Department has been ‘made aware of the risks associated’ of continuing to use technology to process sensitive information
Cabinet Office signs £4m deal to build unified portal for managing government grants
Tech consultancy picked to support project to create centralised system
Covid inquiry to probe availability and use of data during pandemic
The contact-tracing system and the use of information will be key areas of focus for the long-awaited review of the UK’s response to coronavirus
Departments retain defence and security firms for ‘cyber incident response’
Commercial documents show Cabinet Office and Home Office have signed deals for firms to provide on-demand support
Next government HR boss will be asked to ‘leverage AI and digitalisation’
Recruitment is open for a new government chief people officer to succeed Rupert McNeil
Scottish 5G hub aims to be ‘lynchpin’ for economic transformation
Head of organisation aims to be ‘completely embedded in this strategy’
Ex-national security and anti-terror chiefs approved for consulting gigs with BT and Deloitte
Appointments watchdog signs off roles for Dominic Fortescue and Tom Hurd
Scotland sees sevenfold increase in cybercrime in FY21
Number of recorded incidents shoots up, in part due to increase time spent online
Ukrainians offered online route to apply to visas
Move to open up travel documents comes following fierce criticism of government response so far
NHS Test and Trace signs £2.5m deal to support Covid-19 app until end of 2022
Deal with Danish firm Netcompany covers ongoing development and support of technology, but future role of contact-tracing system remains unclear
DWP considers revamping pay model to support transformation
Department retains consultancy to explore options for a capability-base system of pay remuneration
Scottish watchdog finds ‘drug and alcohol data is not good enough’
Audit agency calls for more and better information and improved transparency
Glasgow app hopes to reduce reoffending
Program aims to help citizens access public services and support
Patel pledges to publish data on visas for Ukrainians
Home secretary claims previous figures are ‘completely inaccurate’
‘Outstanding candidate’ identified in previous recruitment for government digital head did not take job
Evidence submitted to MPs reveals that decision to create CDDO was a bid to ‘flex the structures in order to get the right talent’
Government works on digital tool for assessments of reception pupils
Supplier sought to help build platform to support standardised ‘baseline assessment’ of four-year-old children introduced this academic year
Government renews powers for long-term withholding of public records on national security grounds
The long-standing Security and Intelligence Instrument has been retained after the completion of its decennial review
GDS recruiting for quartet of senior-management positions
Digital agency seeks CTO, COO and directors of engineering and publishing
DWP slammed for ‘obstruction’ after failure to release data on benefit sanctions
Head of parliamentary committee believes ‘a culture of secrecy is entrenched’ in department
HS2 signs £280k software deals for social media and political monitoring
Project to deliver new rail infrastructure invests in tools to monitor and manage media coverage