Rail minister instructs train firms to get on board with smart ticketing by next year
Companies asked to send details of plans to make digital options the default by next year
Home secretary signs agreement for access to US tech firms’ data
Agreement will also see US agencies permitted to requisition data from UK telcos
Scottish Parliament to examine use of facial recognition
Holyrood committee to explore benefits of technology as well 'a number of concerns' about...
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Parliament plans two-year programme to boost ‘cyber capability’
Scheme will look to build and maintain skills
Government reviews grant awarded to cyber firm founded by PM’s friend
Minister suggests that ‘match-funding’ condition was waived in award process, but says review of procedure ‘will not be the department marking its own homework’
MPs call on Cabinet Office and DCMS to up the ante on improving Whitehall data use
Previous attempts that have relied on simply ‘winning hearts and minds’ have failed, according to PAC report
HMRC digital chief Jacky Wright to return to Microsoft
CDIO’s stay will not be extended beyond initially agreed two-year secondment
Data chiefs call for end to politicians’ early access to statistics
Ministers and officials should receive information at the same time as the public, say senior figures from the ONS and Royal Statistical Society
‘This is absolutely not about gathering personal data for political purposes’
Politicians and civil servants hit back at reports concerning analytics programme
Report finds outsourced IT typically more efficient – but failures ‘cost taxpayers dearly’
Institute for Government says permanent secretaries should spearhead commercial efforts
Whitehall slammed for ‘secretive’ Brexit consultancy spending
MPs express disappointment in paucity of data on multimillion-pound contracts
Regulator calls for ‘informed public debate’ on facial recognition
Biometrics commissioner calls on government ministers to lead discussion
Government equivocates on MPs’ call for ‘urgent’ change in electoral law
Non-committal response issued to select committee recommendation
Website and online questionnaire lead government’s £100m drive to encourage citizens to prepare for Brexit
Mugs and t-shirts also included as government launches official comms campaign to urge preparedness
Interim GDS chief says Brexit, data analytics, digital identity and innovation are priorities
Alison Pritchard outlines her credentials as director general of GDS
Beverley Bryant returns to NHS as CDIO of two trusts
Bryant was director of digital transformation at NHS Digital before moving to System C in 2017
HMRC seeks a Head of Cyber Security Operations
New post holder will be part of the Cyber Security Officer’s senior leadership team
Simon Hart confirmed as GDS minister
Role as minister for implementation also includes responsibility for IPA, Geospatial Commission, and Civil Service HR