Home Office anti-terror comms-interception unit hires £6m project managers to address ‘lack of skill set’
NCDS is currently engaged in ‘moving towards new ways of working’ to reflect legislative changes
NHS unveils £1bn plan for primary-care digital deals including patient records and remote consultations
Potential providers invited to respond to early-engagement notice
Cost of developing emergency alerts system pegged at £25m
Minister reveals up more than £4m spent on testing, security and other support contracts
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DCMS seeks social media monitoring firm to help ‘build comprehensive picture of misinformation’
Department floats 10-month contract worth half a million pounds
Government picks 76 suppliers for £4bn digital transformation framework
Almost three in five firms picked for procurement vehicle are considered SMEs
Shetland fishers boosted by government investment in submersible imaging
Local development agency signs deal for new technology
NHS conducts £300k cyber review of Covid Pass
Contract signed with consultancy Mason Advisory
Deloitte picked as £10m delivery partner for new government-wide login system
Professional services firm to provide GDS with supplementary technical and project-management staff
Government efficiency drive cut £137m of digital spend in FY21
Cabinet Office claims creation of Central Digital and Data Office helped deliver nine-figure savings
Prison service seeks £6m partner to help ‘switch off large pieces of legacy estate’
HMPPS cites need to eliminate need to provide data to ageing platforms
NHS signs £1.4m deal for provision of rare and genetic disease database
Platform will enable users to search data on variants of inherited conditions
Public bodies encouraged to cancel contracts with Russian suppliers
Deals that could be under review include energy supply contacts and some tech consultancy engagements
Home Office keeps 250 sets of applications in AWS or Azure
Minister reveals department does not currently use Google Cloud Platform
Watchdog warns over ‘sneaky’ sales ploys to part drunken online shoppers from their money
Research from CMA finds many Brits enjoy a tipple while they browse
Defra invests in ‘identity investigation tool’
Software will provide officials with access to information including electoral roll data, property records, and details of insolvencies
‘Get things right at the start’ – new playbook sets out rules to be applied to all government digital projects
Document covers issues such as assessments of suppliers and delivery models, and upfront consideration of potential issues with legacy IT
HMRC signs £300m deals to support and modernise major applications
Tax agency awards contracts for support, decommissioning, disaggregation and modernisation of systems for income tax, National Insurance and other core applications
Scottish government backs local tech firms’ global expansion plans
Export strategy aims to support international ambitions of technology businesses
Revealed: Cabinet Office signed deal last month for ‘immediate cyber incident response’
Department directly awarded short-term deal to PwC but indicates there was no specific threat
Government-backed £10m ‘innovation network’ to help telecoms firms collaborate
New facility will also provide database of funding and R&D opportunities
Covid inquiry signs two-year deal for media-monitoring software
Soon-to-launch investigation exercise retains specialist arm of market-research giant Kantar to analyse traditional outlets and social media platforms
NHS taps McKinsey for £1m consulting gig on Covid vaccination data
Short-term deal was intended to help programme’s senior managers make targeted interventions and present information to other parties in a way that was ‘appropriate and impactful’
EXCL: Levelling Up department exposes personal data in breach
Names and contact details of officials and supplier staff were clearly visible after contract was inadequately redacted
Central database aims to give government buyers insight into suppliers’ past performance
New digital platform will allow public bodies to ‘see how the parts of the jigsaw connect together’, according to CCS boss