Home Office to spearhead anti-encryption public comms campaign
Report claims efforts led by advertising firm will aim to stoke concern among parents and could feature public stunts designed to alarm passers-by
Right to rent: Home Office to enable third-party digital ID checks for landlords
Private sector service providers will be certified to verify identities of prospective tenants...
NHS app to suggest ‘healthier alternatives’ for parents
Technology will enable users to scan barcodes
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Funding boost for Scottish geospatial sector
UK and Scottish governments back project
HMRC’s ‘limited data’ saw up to a million wrongly deemed ineligible for furlough
NAO report finds department could have done more to combat fraud and error
NHS Grampian adopts digital triage and consultation platform
Scottish health board rolls out technology system
HM Land Registry offers £120k for digital chief to lead transformation
Tech leader will oversee digitisation of platforms and infrastructure upgrades
Aberdeen launches GoAbz app for local journeys
Citizens can download free software to help plan trips via car, public transport or on foot
Government kicks off £3m two-year project to build comprehensive database of public-sector land and buildings
Cabinet Office to lead creation of the Digital National Asset Register, which will offer improved information to government property managers and the public
UK pins 'cynical and reckless' Olympic cyberattacks on Russia
Government attributes 2018 campaign to Moscow and claims more assaults were planned for cancelled 2020 summer games
Interview: UK national statistician on how data has helped the PM – and the public – in coronavirus response
To mark World Statistics Day, Professor Sir Ian Diamond talks to PublicTechnology about how the work of statisticians has been crucial in supporting government’s pandemic response, as well as his thoughts on the media and politicians’ use of numbers, and how the ONS is preparing for the census
Digital system for Scottish food banks
Scottish Tech Army initiative to help out with new system for volunteer management
DWP faces ‘significant increase’ in fraud and error, watchdog warns
NAO report reveals that, following heavy coronavirus-related recruitment, departmental staffing levels may return to 2013 levels
Health data watchdog finds public acceptance of increased information-sharing during coronavirus – but not beyond
National Data Guardian report finds that as many as a third of population lack trust in government use of data
Government to track smartphone location data to study impact of lockdowns
Cabinet Office awards £300k short-term deal to tech specialist
Hackney Council hit by ‘serious cyberattack’
London borough warns that services may be impacted
How can councils create a digital workplace?
At the recent Local Government ICT Summit, PublicTechnology talked to Gloucestershire County Council and SAP Concur about how authorities can support new ways of working
‘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
NHS creates £15m framework for use of AI in treating strokes
Health service’s NHS SBS joint venture seeks suppliers for procurement vehicle
Lost data on 16,000 coronavirus cases pinned on Excel
The limitations of the popular Microsoft software likely caused the delays in processing data
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
‘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
Post Office and Fujitsu to ‘fully cooperate’ with government probe of Horizon IT scandal
Government claims it has met demands for full judge-led inquiry but critics remain unconvinced