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
Increased funding is set to more than double the money received by those who brought group legal...
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Covid inquiry signs two-year deal for media-monitoring software
Soon-to-launch investigation exercise retains specialist arm of market-research giant Kantar to analyse traditional outlets and social media platforms
New guidelines ask departments to actively encourage service-user feedback
Government standards intend to foster a culture of ‘welcoming complaints in a positive way’
NHS taps McKinsey for £1m consulting gig on Covid vaccination data
Short-term deal was intended to help programme’s senior managers make targeted interventions and present information to other parties in a way that was ‘appropriate and impactful’
Government to compensate victims that exposed Horizon scandal but were excluded from Post Office scheme
Chancellor reveals payment programme aims to support those who received ‘small fraction’ of £58m settlement
Treasury to crowdsource innovation ideas from officials in bid to save £5.5bn
Ministers believe measures such as digitisation, shared services, and reducing use of consultants could help cut waste
DHSC extracts patient data to support policymaking on NHS-funded social care
Project is separate to a wider piece of work to collate all information on national provision of ‘continuing healthcare’ services
MoD to probe how suspected Russian hoaxer finagled Teams meeting with defence secretary
Ben Wallace is said to be ‘very cross’ after speaking to someone posing as Ukrainian PM for almost 10 minutes
Sturgeon claims ‘no public-protection issues’ from IT glitch in prisoner risk assessments
Tech issue dating back 10 years is understood to have caused inmates to be wrongly graded
EXCL: Levelling Up department exposes personal data in breach
Names and contact details of officials and supplier staff were clearly visible after contract was inadequately redacted
Central database aims to give government buyers insight into suppliers’ past performance
New digital platform will allow public bodies to ‘see how the parts of the jigsaw connect together’, according to CCS boss
‘Challenging and expensive’ – report casts doubt on Scotland’s plans for ubiquitous superfast broadband
Auditor’s report finds difficulties are likely to persist in the Highlands and Islands
Departmental plans to include transformation commitments
Digital, data and technology are ‘integral’ to new system of setting out priorities and measuring performance
Government statisticians must be ‘able to raise issues if data is used misleadingly’, trade body warns
Study from Royal Statistical Society suggests one in five data professionals does not feel empowered to flag concerns
Scottish Borders Council accredited as Apple learning centre
Local authority is approved to deliver education on vendor’s technology
New government agency to oversee digital identity laws
Legislation to be passed to put digital IDs on same legal footing as physical documents
‘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