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UK Visas and Immigration works with supplier VFS to fix ‘issues’ with digital system
Minister says government is working to improve monitoring of external systems
Government urged to take action on data literacy
Non-profit the Open Knowledge Foundation flags need for more skills and access to data
Government changes risk-management model for major suppliers in light of Carillion collapse
No more RAG ratings as centralised risk registers replaced with individual memoranda of...
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West Midlands Police gets £5m to continue predictive analytics trials
Home Office provides more funding to controversial project using data to assess people’s risk of criminality
ICO consults on new data-sharing guidance
Data watchdog asks for feedback on revamped code of practice
Review of civil service business cases to look at how ‘organisations can join up more effectively’
GDS innovation chief says process should encourage the development of ‘shared aims and objectives’
Liverpool seeks guidance on citywide fibre network
City seeks advice on possible options for construction and ownership of connectivity infrastructure
NHS still running 2,300 PCs on Windows XP
Shadow Cabinet Office minister criticises government’s track record on cybersecurity
‘We fought hard to work in a different way’ – how GOV.UK Notify flourished with a small team
The messaging service’s product manager discusses how it plans to expand
Law Commission to recommend legal reforms for online harassment
Statutory body asked to conduct a secondary review of internet abuse law
ICO slaps record £183m fine on British Airways for GDPR breach
Airline facing massive penalty after incident in which regulator claims the personal data of 500,000 customers was compromised
Damning report questions accuracy and lawfulness of Met Police facial recognition trials
Force expresses disappointment in ‘negative and unbalanced’ tone of report it commissioned
Serco assents to £20m fine for fraud after probe into MoJ electronic tagging scandal
Company’s CEO says he is ‘mortified and angry’ about actions of predecessors
Universal Credit programme seeks lead data scientist
DWP offers £84,000 in bid to recruit senior data professional
National Archives launches online repository for Brexit law
Organisation unveils two new digital services following 'a monumental piece of work'
ICO strategy focuses on public awareness and FOI reform
Regulator publishes Openness by Design three-year plan
HMRC apologises for ‘technical issues’ with Making Tax Digital direct debits
Problems affected ‘a very small number’ of the 350,000 businesses now signed up for digital platform, according to perm sec
Government to trial scheme to record citizens’ internet connections
Ability to compel telecoms firms to gather data was introduced in Investigatory Powers Act
Government usage of data registers shoots up
Data shows more and more services are accessing data sets
Windrush scandal showed dangers of bad data, says watchdog
NAO criticises government for tolerating and working around poor data
GDS chief Cunnington moves to new body 'promoting UK government services to the world'
International Government Service role a "fantastic opportunity to build on our achievements at GDS", Cunnington says
The digital fight needs political might
The case for transformation could do with more high-profile Westminster backers, according to PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall
Report reveals massive spike in Home Office data breach reporting following GDPR
New legislation saw the department recording and reporting many more incidents