Minister targets digitisation of all immigration documents by end of 2024
Immigration minister Kevin Foster reiterates ambition to eliminate paper processes
MPs offer Elon Musk opportunity to ‘address critiques in public’
Billionaire invited to appear before parliamentary committee
Government proposes ‘world-first’ new security regime for app stores
Consultation launched on code of practice for Apple, Google and others – although...
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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
Should students be refunded for online-only courses – and who should pay?
Some students paying more than £9,000 per year for tuition believe they are being short-changed, but neither government nor universities seems eager to take responsibility for reimbursing them