Government study reveals cyber sector kept growing through 2020
Revenue spiked 7% to £8.9bn, DCMS study reveals
Government considers role of technology in enforcing quarantine
Minister says mandating isolation is ‘right course of action’
Delayed publication of coronavirus contracts ruled unlawful
Court finds that Matt Hancock broke the law
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EU gives provisional thumbs-up to UK privacy regime
Country receives draft adequacy decision
Data-protection watchdog offers toolkit for analytics projects
ICO offers resources to assess legality and work with data subjects
HMRC signs £43m deals with AWS
Contracts cover provision of ‘hyperscale’ environment and related professional services
SMEs offered funds to boost data skills
Smaller firms in Scotland offered access to new sources of support
GOV.UK service performance platform to close
Centralised tool to be retired next month with onus shifted to departments to publish their own data
Stroud council plans £400k digital drive
Gloucestershire town to implement digital platform
‘Plagued by cronyism’ – shadow minister calls for end to emergency procurement measures
Relaxation of usual processes was first announced almost a year ago
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
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
West Hertfordshire NHS Trust signs £30m ten-year deal for electronic patient records
Contract awarded to US player Cerner
The pandemic has exposed the government’s broken digital promises
While other countries adapted seamlessly to digital doctors' consultations and online teaching, coronavirus showed how little progress the UK has really made, believes Jack Perschke of netcompany
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
Academia helps boost Scottish cyber sector
Report finds university spin-outs and degree courses are big contributors to success
ICO strengthens technology team and plans more recruitment
Regulator brings in Stephen Almond from World Economic Forum
HMRC offers two days of homeworking each week in standard contract
Document will bring working conditions in line
GOV.UK Verify gets ‘health check’
Cyber specialist awarded £14,000 six-month contract
HMRC confirms leader for £300m cloud migration programme
Denise Dourado formally appointed as SRO
Parliamentary committee to investigate civil service churn
MPs request years of data to support probe