HMRC head encourages use of online services as committee probes lengthy call-waiting times
Jim Harra tells MPs that any ongoing delays in telephone service are unrelated to homeworking or last month’s major outage
NHS picks suppliers for £200m voice recognition and digital dictation framework
A total of 12 firms feature across four lots on deal that runs for an initial term of two years...
FCDO signs £10m deal for support of government’s Secret IT system
Supplier appointed to two-year contract to provide services to government-wide Rosa service
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Regulators crack down on social media influencers
New rules require online celebrities to be more transparent about paid-for posts – or face tough action
Critics call for insider-trading probe into Braverman emails
Letter asks Whitehall chief Case to investigate
Regulator warns statisticians over risk of data misuse
Watchdog urges stats professionals to be ‘proactive’ in ensuring information they publish is not used inappropriately
Cabinet Office fine over honours data breach slashed by 90% as ICO considers ‘current economic pressure’
Regulator says that, while the original £500k penalty was proportionate, the reduced punishment signals changing approach to public sector
Boris Johnson takes speaking engagement for cryptocurrency event
Ex-PM continues post-Downing Street career with booking at Singapore conference
Half of social-care providers yet to adopt digital records
Minister provides progress update on plan to increase use of technology systems
Passport Office seeks £7.5m IT partner for final stages of troubled transformation scheme
Programme is getting closer to completion – but years behind schedule and at nearly treble originally slated cost
National Situation Centre taps mobile network data for ‘insights on behaviours of millions of people’
Cabinet Office-based facility signs £800k deal with mobile network operator
Mayor and police launch cyber support centre for London businesses
New initiative will provide advice and threat intelligence
Patchy data means government ‘does not know what skills gaps it has and where’
Civil service requires better information to help address need for technical expertise
HMRC warns over social media fraudsters
Tax agency urges citizens to be on the lookout for scammers using online platforms
Counter-terror strategy to be updated to tackle online hate
Government says landscape is becoming more diverse and fragmented
Home secretary admits sending multiple documents to personal email
Braverman reveals six occasions on which guidelines were breached – but claims no information on law enforcement, security or cyber issues was sent
ONS seeks £8m partner to help increase use of digital surveys
Statistics agency looks to build on the rollout of the UK’s first-ever digital census last year
ICO issues warning over ‘emotion analysis technologies’
Regulator claims new systems come with inherent risk of ‘systemic bias, inaccuracy and even discrimination’
Government does ‘not expect public-service disruption’ over UKCloud insolvency
Public sector hosting provider has suspended itself from frameworks after being placed in compulsory liquidation
Calls grow for investigation of Braverman over reported security breach
Reinstated home secretary admitted the use of a personal account to conduct government business – a practice that has come under regulator scrutiny in recent months
Online Safety Bill faces further delay
Incoming legislation for internet safety removed from parliamentary business
DWP relaunches £200k bid to attract CDIO
Role was previously open for applications in August
Defence digital plan hampered by lack of skills and ageing tech, NAO report finds
Auditors report that MoD needs to hire scores of technical staff and spend billions on IT upgrades to deliver on strategy
Oversight of digital government changes hands again as Quin appointed at Cabinet Office
Conservative member for Horsham – who takes on GDS brief for the second time – becomes fourth minister to do so in two months