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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MPs urge government to clarify future of proposed £800m R&D unit
Dominic Cummings-supported plans for a high-risk science and tech research agency appear to have stalled
Schools offered £14m to set up on Google or Microsoft learning platforms
Government fund will help with ‘technical set up’ of free platforms
Scotland assembles advisory group to promote 5G adoption
Unit put together by government-backed Scotland 5G Centre
HMRC seeks ops head for anti-fraud unit
Service aims to improve use of tech as part of transformation programme
Investigations may lack data during three-month process to restore 200,000 police records
Minister reveals former Met commissioner will lead review into incident
IoT firms offered government-backed support
Scottish companies given chance to access programme of guidance on a range of issues
Cabinet Office denies FOI blacklist
Campaigners call for parliamentary investigation into handling of requests
Digital use of vehicle tax and driving test services spiked in April
Use of digital channels has fallen back since the first lockdown, Department for Transport data shows
Councils organise local computers for remote schooling schemes
Norfolk, Essex, Greater Manchester and West Midlands among authorities setting up local projects
DWP buys 11,000 iPhones and IBM software support services
Department uses CCS framework agreements for two deals worth up to £8.43m
Digital identity plans to promote 'vouching' by professionals
Government will set legal requirements for digital identity providers rather than consider national identity cards
NAO finds government struggled with data needed to build shielding list
Report finds 126,000 people were told to shield unnecessarily, as well as 30,000 who had already died
Ben Goldacre to review research use of health data
Head of Oxford University DataLab and ‘Bad Science’ author to report findings in April
Digitisation will help make census safe says ONS
Statistical agency hopes that three-quarters of responses in England and Wales will be digital
West Hertfordshire NHS Trust signs £30m ten-year deal for electronic patient records
Contract awarded to US player Cerner
Government funds new UK Cyber Security Council
Former DWP chief security officer Claudia Natanson to chair new professional body
Covid-19 app has told more than 1.7m people to isolate
DHSC picks higher of Turing Institute’s two estimates of number of cases averted
DCMS upgrades Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation role
Department advertises for executive director to lead data-driven technology governance body
Government should aim Catapults higher says Lords committee
Report recommends changes to funding rules to help innovation centres collaborate with universities and industry
Scottish infrastructure plan commits £110m to digital public services
Strategy aims to adopt one of ‘widest’ definition of national infrastructure
Government tapped fleet of £1,300-a-day AWS consultants to advise on contact-tracing app
Procurement documents show more than £300,000 spent across 234 billable days