DHSC signs potential £300k deal for sensors to monitor desk occupancy in Leeds and London
Deal will also see technology deployed in meeting rooms and recreation areas
ICO set to issue fewer public sector fines to avoid ‘data breach victims being punished twice’
Penalties for public bodies often impact services – rather than shareholders – according to...
Government sets up £20m compensation pot for victims who fought to expose Post Office IT scandal
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DHSC picks IT firm to support NHS Covid Pass in potential £18m deal
Department is to work with Netcompany – which is also supporting the NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app
MoJ launches digital service for citizens to request info held on them
Department unveils online platform through which solicitors and members of the public can make subject access requests
Half of firms in scope of online income tax scheme have no digital records, HMRC research finds
Only one in five currently uses software as part of their bookkeeping set-up
Government DDaT leaders set for 2% pay bump
Scale of increase for senior tech officials mirrors that of the wider civil service
Patel apologises for ‘frustrating’ delays with only half of Ukrainian visa applications approved so far
Just one in seven applicants has made it to the UK to date
DfE offers £145k in search for tech-savvy operations chief
Chosen applicant will have oversight of major digital and data programmes
Sunak asks Royal Mint to create government-backed NFT
Chancellor also unveils plans to regulate so-called stablecoins, but critics accuse under-fire minister of ‘poorly judged gimmick’
DCMS seeks social media monitoring firm to help ‘build comprehensive picture of misinformation’
Department floats 10-month contract worth half a million pounds
Government picks 76 suppliers for £4bn digital transformation framework
Almost three in five firms picked for procurement vehicle are considered SMEs
Departments to undergo independent audits of cyber resilience
New ‘Gov Assure’ process aims to provide a government-wide overview of risk, minister tells PublicTechnology Cyber Security Summit
Shetland fishers boosted by government investment in submersible imaging
Local development agency signs deal for new technology
NHS conducts £300k cyber review of Covid Pass
Contract signed with consultancy Mason Advisory
Heather Wheeler takes on ministerial responsibility for GDS and CDDO
Junior minister becomes the 12th parliamentarian in less than seven years to oversee digital government initiatives
Scotland puts £4m into new 5G hubs
Programme of local hubs to support adoption of technology establishes sites in Aberdeen and Kilmarnock
ONS seeks senior statistician to lead analysis of Covid infection data
Deputy director-level role comes with salary of £71,000
Deloitte picked as £10m delivery partner for new government-wide login system
Professional services firm to provide GDS with supplementary technical and project-management staff
Homes for Ukraine registrants targeted by online fraudsters
The government has been criticised for the time it is taking to match refugees with sponsors – who have been targeted by scams while trying to find their own matches
London to build new citywide data hub
GLA is to redevelop Datastore platform to better enable data sharing and collation of information from new sources, such as APIs and IoT sensors
Government efficiency drive cut £137m of digital spend in FY21
Cabinet Office claims creation of Central Digital and Data Office helped deliver nine-figure savings
Edinburgh University tech firm spin-out looks to growth after CEO appointment
Academic institution appoints full-time leader for data-centric business
GDS boss puts ‘mobile-first and hyperpersonalisation’ at heart of future service transformation
Tom Read tells PublicTechnology Live about GDS’s plans to drive transformation into its second decade, and how the agency’s future priorities were informed by its peers in Ukraine