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
County Council Network joins a list of bodies calling for reintroduction of legislation allowing...
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Scotland aims to back ‘digital revolution’ in long-term economic plan
Decade-long agenda looks to help meet the challenges and opportunities of net zero and promote a ‘culture of delivery’ in government
Government-wide login system due to start public testing this month
Update from minister reveals that ‘feature-complete software’ should be ready within four weeks
British Museum to offer visitors augmented-reality games
London attraction will provide schools tours with tablets and interactive digital content
‘Misleading impression’ – statistics watchdog scolds PM over unemployment claims
Letter from UKSA head is the second time in a month Boris Johnson has been rapped for promoting false claims
HMRC automation stopped 100,000 ineligible claims for Covid support
Digital processes helped tax agency block fraudulent attempts, according to minister
Government goes after ‘anonymous trolls’ with new legal provisions
Government proposes legal changes that would require social networks to allow people to easily verify their identity, and block contact from all unverified users
National Security College to offer tech training to policy maestros
New facility will open next month
Cabinet Office anti-misinformation unit buys £75k ‘social listening tool’
Deal with software firm provides officials with access to ‘unlimited searches’
Government’s Ukraine response hampered by Foreign Office IT, reports claim
Officials bemoan technological ‘chaos’ caused by merger of FCO and DfID
Space science grant programme supports atomic clocks and hair-breadth mirrors
UKRI hands out almost £500k to research institutions and specialist firms
BEIS seeks £4m digital partner to plug ‘capability gaps’ on demand
Chosen provider will support ‘a range of projects’ over the next two years
ICO raps Scottish vaccine passport app over unclear info on use of personal data
Data-protection watchdog instructs Scottish Government and NHS bodies to ‘act now’ or face further regulatory action
New HMCTS chief pledges to continue to ‘modernise’ justice system
Courts service appoints Nick Goodwin as CEO
Lack of assessment and data on private Covid tests poses danger to public health, experts warn
As end of free mass testing looms, commercial products are still not subject to full laboratory examination and citizens cannot access comparative information
Scottish census: Court rules in favour of sex self-declaration
Mass statistical exercise will allow trans people to choose which box to tick
Officials meet with telcos to discuss impact of storms
Minister claims DCMS is working with companies to understand where improvements can be made
Glasgow unveils strategy for digitally excluded households
Local authority believes as many as two in three rented households lack a broadband connection
Military tech unit picks new chief executive
Paul Hollinshead has been appointed to lead Dstl, where he started his career 34 years ago
HMRC signs £1.7m partner to expand and improve ‘bulk data exploitation’ platform
Cloud-based system allows users to access and analyse large amounts of unstructured data held by tax department
Concerns raised over virtual vetting interviews for Top Secret access
Staff at government vetting agency are uneasy over ongoing use of technology, reports have claimed
Scotland’s vaccine passport scheme to end on Monday
App will remain available to businesses that wish to use it voluntarily