Ministers urge airports to ‘step up’ in face of drone threat
Defence select committee considers launching inquiry into military response
Which IT heavyweight has won a deal to supply servers to Number 10?
Prime Minister’s Office awards one-year hardware contract
Government urges .eu domain owners to begin looking at other options
Newly published Brexit advice encourages websites to consider transferring their address
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Scottish Government CIO and London’s digital chief garlanded in New Year honours
A handful of public sector technologists were recognised in the annual list
The biggest stories of 2018 – part two
We revisit the big news and major events from the second half of 2018
The biggest stories of 2018 – part one
We take a look back at the major developments that shaped the first half of the year
The three public sector technology trends that will define 2019
PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall picks out the topics and trends that will dominate the year ahead, and revisits the predictions of a year ago to see any of them came to pass
What next for the government’s anti-fake news unit?
Earlier this year, the government loudly heralded the creation of the Rapid Response Unit to tackle misinformation. But two months after its initial funding ran out, it has gone quiet on its future.
HMRC Making Tax Digital programme ‘progressing well’, minister claims
Department is contacting businesses to encourage early enrolment ahead of use becoming mandatory in August
London picks new tech for election vote counting
Local authority opts for software from Smartmatic
Welsh Government recruits external experts for new ‘digital panel’
Group will advise on the use of technology in public-service delivery
Government expands Google partnership for SME export drive
Department for International Trade to work with internet giant to help small businesses cash in on overseas opportunities
MPs seize Facebook documents for fake news investigation
A serjeant-at-arms was dispatched to a London hotel room to take papers believed to include emails from Mark Zuckerberg
Government chief data officer job remains unfilled
Minister confirms that role is still vacant – nearly two years after the government announced its creation
PM revisits proposal for ‘Max Fac’ technology at Irish border
Possibility of using tech to facilitate an open border is back under discussion
Select committee urges creation of cyber minister cabinet role
MPs and Lords find ‘absence of political leadership’ in government response to cyberthreats
Government offers charities £1m funding pot to grow digital skills
Money can be used to improve online fundraising efforts or use of social media
What does the tech industry make of the withdrawal agreement?
Trade association techUK has backed the proposed deal – but campaign group Tech For UK is fervently calling for a public vote
Japan cybersecurity minister: ‘I have never used a computer’
Yoshitaka Sakurada has responsibility for protecting the technology to be used at 2020 Olympics
Brexit withdrawal agreement sets 2021 deadline for UK access to 25 European IT systems
The UK will be shut out of many European networks and databases over the next few years – and will have to pay the EU for access in the meantime, under terms of Brexit deal
MPs and Lords express concern at government plan to address civil service cyber skills challenges
Responding to a joint select committee report, government fails to commit to mandate ongoing training
Home secretary backs development of anti-online grooming tool
Sajid Javid and Microsoft host hackathon to create program that will be rolled out to tech firms for free
Interview: Oliver Dowden on Verify, spending controls, and how ‘GDS is moving into new spaces’
PublicTechnology talks to the minister for implementation about the challenges and successes of an eventful year for the Government Digital Service, and where the organisation goes from here
Canadian PM: People are anxious about tech – we need to empower them
At GovTech Summit in Paris, Justin Trudeau speaks of need for government to ensure technology provides a ‘positive alternative’