Government testing identifies accessibility issues on 99% of public sector websites
CDDO monitoring found that vast majority of sites did not wholly comply with regulations
Government proposes tougher cyber laws for IT outsourcers
Consultation launched on possible expansion of NIS regulations
Turing Institute to lead development of AI standards
Government-backed project will also incorporate input from BSI and NPL
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Workspace, Not Workplace: How Agile Working Increases Productivity whilst Driving Engagement and Fostering Inclusivity
2020 has been a year of unprecedented change for the UK public sector. Today’s agile working technology enables you to meet citizen needs in this challenging operating environment by empower your people with the right tools to increase productivity, drive engagement and foster inclusivity, says Six Degrees.
‘I’ve wasted my life on science’ – government online careers quiz causes derision
Tool launched following chancellor’s speech in which he warned that people may need to retrain
DfE broke data-protection law, ICO investigation finds
Watchdog makes 139 recommendations after identifying numerous lapses
Transformation minister excoriates ‘broken system’ of Whitehall
Lord Agnew says the civil service stymies many ‘good people’
Civil servants quizzed on ‘priorities for change’
Annual People Survey seeks Whitehall-wide input to help guide reform plan
Government buys another 100,000 laptops to support self-isolating children
Additional reserves take total made available to 470,000
NHS spends £2m to equip homeworking staff with IT kit
Deal signed with furniture specialist
DWP in-house IT firm BPDTS Ltd to merge with digital function
Department cites desire to unify management and reward structures
GDS opens recruitment for chief executive
Digital agency offers salary of £168k in search for first permanent head in more than a year
‘Hybrid working’ will become the norm, predicts civil service chief
Operations leader Alex Chisholm says that a model where civil servants work from home for part of the week is likely to become more common long beyond the coronavirus pandemic
Should students be refunded for online-only courses – and who should pay?
Some students paying more than £9,000 per year for tuition believe they are being short-changed, but neither government nor universities seems eager to take responsibility for reimbursing them
Government suppliers asked to show social value
New procurement measures introduced
Civil service graduate scheme seeks 60 budding technologists
Digital, data and technology profession has one of the biggest allowances
GOV.UK to trial personalised accounts
Citizens will be offered the chance to create an online login
IT Resilience: The Key to a Successful Digital Transformation
Steve Blow, tech evangelist at Zerto, explains why digital transformation efforts could be futile if local authorities don’t address and improve their IT resilience
New GDS minister unveils vision for single sign-on
Julia Lopez wants to improve system for citizens to identify themselves
‘Unless you get the ethics of data right, you'll fail on the effectiveness as well’
The head of the Royal Statistical Society Stian Westlake talks algorithms, politicians and the current ‘favourable wind’ gathering in government behind his profession
Spending watchdog to probe ‘transparency’ of government procurement during pandemic
Auditor general says NAO will produce ‘detailed piece of work’
Scottish Government urges uptake of digital inclusion fund
Funding increased for programme that offers devices and connectivity
‘Our adversaries are investing in AI’, warns military intelligence chief
Russia and China are increasingly operating in a ‘grey zone between war and peacetime’, according to the government
Government floats £1.4m social-media analytics deal to identify ‘key influencers’ to support Covid messaging
Comms service looks for analytics to identify target audiences