Government to expedite Online Harms legislation
Opposition leader Keir Starmer warned that the interest offers ‘a safe space for terrorists’
Civil service chief: ‘Technology is both an enabler and a taskmaster’
Cabinet secretary says that tech presents challenges as well as opportunities
GDS to build GOV.UK app to access hundreds of services
Smartphone platform will form part of wider One Login programme
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Government guidance encourages use of instant messaging rather than email for ‘routine communications’
Documents released to High Court reveal civil servants are told to switch message history off where possible
‘A country with world-class data analysis expertise should not have faced this crisis with virtually no data’
Parliamentary report on the lessons learned from the response to the coronavirus pandemic finds ‘major deficiencies in the machinery of government’
‘Drivel’ – Duncan Smith’s anti-homeworking tirade gets short shrift
In newspaper column invoking the Blitz, ex-Tory leader becomes latest senior politician to rail against officials working remotely
Regulator urges government to ‘cement statistical successes of the pandemic’
The coronavirus crisis prompted ‘unprecedented public engagement’ with data, but also highlighted the challenges facing authorities
Welsh Covid pass green-lighted by one vote after member ‘unable to vote due to IT challenges’
Programme will be introduced after parliament approved motion by 28 votes to 27
Electoral Commission seeks CEO to help keep pace with ‘digital revolution’
Regulator recruits for leader to support ‘change and improvement’
Scottish vaccine status app: Sturgeon cites ‘NHS system error’
First minister fends off continued criticism from political rivals
Head of spending watchdog: ‘The need to act fast did not give licence to act fast and loose on procurement’
PAC chair says that MPs on the committee will continue to challenge government on its award of contracts
Which government departments are the least transparent?
Report from think tank identifies which parts of Whitehall are worst at publishing data on spending, meetings and other information
Government hit with legal request for records of WhatsApp messages concerning official business
Campaign group plan to ask for judicial review of practice it claims presents ‘threat to democratic accountability’
Shadow chancellor: ‘Labour government would carry out wave of insourcing’
Rachel Reeves uses party conference to pledge review of £2bn of contracts awarded during pandemic to ‘claw back’ money from underperforming suppliers
The public sector’s path to becoming Consciously Hybrid
Experts from HPE outline why effective digital transformation requires a ‘Consciously Hybrid’ approach to cloud - and how best to achieve this
Hybrid working takes root across civil service
Unions welcome continuation of flexible models but caution against pressurising workers to return to offices
Whitehall chief pegs annual government digital spending at £20bn
Civil service chief operating officer tells MPs that ‘every single government programme has a strong digital element’
Government tech chief looks to bring more policy and delivery pros into digital roles
Joanna Davinson says digital function is working with HR colleagues to promote greater movement between disciplines
Cabinet reshuffle: What does it mean for digital government?
Julia Lopez, the minister responsible for GDS and CDDO, has moved departments – but the digital divisions may now receive more attention from the top of the Cabinet Office
Johnson, Biden and Morrison target cyber and AI defence collaboration
AUKUS pact will see nations ramp up work together on defence technology
Watchdog rebukes Cummings over post-government touting for business
Acoba chief says future applications will not be considered unless former adviser co-operates with committee
Watchdog voices concerns over Covid spending transparency
Audit Scotland says that it will be ‘increasingly difficult’ to delineate pandemic-related spending
Cabinet Office offers £60k for in-house ethical hacker
Department seeks to boost cyber team
Flexible working ‘a huge positive’ of pandemic, says civil service chief
Alex Chisholm salutes benefits of homeworking options