A closer look: what now for the government’s vaccine passport plans?
PublicTechnology examines the government’s strategy for offering a digital certification tool, and its key advantages and challenges
Calls for probe into security of PM’s phone
Concerns expressed after leak of messages between Boris Johnson and vacuum magnate Dyson
PublicTechnology research: five things we learned about the future of digital government
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Commission calls for app for citizens to track government money – and no more spending reviews
Paper urges overhaul of financial planning system
All about that BEIS – department set to keep name despite Industrial Strategy death knell
Move away from policy plan will not occasion rebrand of department, government claims
Whitehall leaders need to better support staff innovation, NAO report finds
Assessment picks out a series of barriers to improving government’s operational performance
Scotland’s AI strategy stresses role of ethics and trust
Plan includes establishment of national AI alliance
Civil service chiefs vow ‘no return to normal’
Memo from top brass preps officials for world in which government is more data-driven and less risk-averse
EXCL: Minister on plan for government digital tools that ‘serve users proactively – rather than reactively’
Cabinet Office minister Julia Lopez tells PublicTechnology Live event about the ambition behind the development of GOV.UK accounts
'I've seen no evidence' emergency measures have harmed transparency, says former Whitehall chief
Mark Sedwill claims that there has been no ‘dilution’ of the ethical standards of politicians and officials
Reform the Whitehall ‘disaster zone’ – Cummings lifts lid on Johnson’s deal to bring him to No. 10
Gone-but-not-forgotten adviser reveals the four conditions the PM agreed to before he was recruited to Downing Street
MPs find government has ‘presented pandemic data to provoke anxiety, rather than understand risk’
Parliamentary committee calls for more transparency in use of information and accuses Michael Gove of being ‘contemptuous of parliament’
How are Government employees responding to the challenge of multi-agency collaboration in 2021?
Seven years after the Home Office shared findings from its 'Multi-Agency Working and Information Sharing Project', Huddle asks - where are we today?
Tackling vaccination misinformation with local government communications
As misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine spreads, Granicus outlines key considerations for local government when delivering a successful vaccine communications campaign
Post-industrial: minister teases BEIS rebrand as strategy council scrapped
Kwasi Kwarteng says government has 'decided to mark a departure from the industrial strategy brand'
Embracing Cloud in 2021: Overcome Challenges and Embrace Opportunity
Cloud technology has enabled UK public sector organisations to deliver essential citizen services even in these most challenging of operating landscapes. According to Six Degrees, 2021 is the year to truly embrace cloud and set the foundations for exceptional service delivery in the years to come.
Treasury found ‘lots of positives’ in virtual spending review process
Director general of public spending says remote work enabled people to be brought together more quickly
Ten remote-working hubs to be opened for Northern Irish officials
Northern Ireland Civil Service to implement ‘blended approach to remote working’
NAO finds government struggled with data needed to build shielding list
Report finds 126,000 people were told to shield unnecessarily, as well as 30,000 who had already died
Government funds new UK Cyber Security Council
Former DWP chief security officer Claudia Natanson to chair new professional body
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
DCMS upgrades Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation role
Department advertises for executive director to lead data-driven technology governance body
Scottish infrastructure plan commits £110m to digital public services
Strategy aims to adopt one of ‘widest’ definition of national infrastructure
Interview: How digital had 'a ringside seat' in Singapore's pandemic response
The Singaporean government’s response to Covid-19 has made extensive use of digital, devices, and data – not always uncontroversially. PublicTechnology talks to Kok Ping Soon, the head of GovTech Singapore, to find out more.