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NHS app: Local bodies required to offer patients choice of treatment providers
Citizens will be presented with details of five or more hospitals or other options
ICO urges Capita customers to ‘check their position’ after 90 organisations report data breaches
Technology services firm has revealed two data-compromising incidents in recent week
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Consultation reveals widespread opposition to proposed data-sharing laws for government login system
Overwhelming majority of respondents voice disapproval but government will press on with plans...
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UK aid watchdog reveals difficulties caused by FCDO’s ‘dysfunctional’ IT systems
ICAI annual report says it has been stymied in its ability to recruit people or pay contractors following departmental merger
MoJ reprimanded by ICO after ‘bags of confidential documents’ exposed for over two weeks
Sensitive data was left unsecured in prison holding area, according to data watchdog
ONS seeks new data source on UK firms’ overseas owners
Statistics agency looks to establish a single unified partnership
Interview: CDDO chief Lee Devlin on the ‘move from being disruptive to collaborative’
In the first of a series of exclusive interviews, the head of government’s ‘Digital HQ’ talks to PublicTechnology about the Central Digital and Data Office’s work to unlock £8bn of digital investment, engage with departmental leaders, and deliver definitively great services
Lancashire Police faces no ICO action over Nicola Bulley case – but forces reminded of data-protection responsibilities
Regulator issues advice for law enforcement after concluding investigation into high-profile disappearance
Rochford District Council pins data breach on Capita’s ‘unsafe storage’
Authority claims it is taking ‘swift and decisive action’ in response to incident it claims affected several councils
HMRC finds strong support for online Child Benefit claims – but ‘digital by default’ would cause problems for one in five users
Department publishes findings of study conducted ahead of planned digitisation initiative
Cabinet Office has striven to become anti-fraud leader, leader says
Permanent secretary Alex Chisholm tells MPs that his department has adopted new measures and worked to increase skills
NHS urges practices to adopt online GP registration
Six in seven practices have yet to join digital service launched nine months ago
Public-health agency to continue using mobile-network data to track population movement
UKHSA signs deals with BT and O2 to provide insights into ‘behavioural changes post-pandemic’
One Login: Government will ‘review options’ for alternative means of proving identity, minister says
Alex Burghart reiterates commitment to offer options beyond passports and driving licences – potentially including the likes of disabled bus passes
Prescriptions issued via NHS app hit 500,000 a week
Use of technology to order medication has risen sixfold since the beginning of FY22
HMRC proposes expansion of powers for collecting data and accessing third-party IT systems
Consultation opened over potential legislative changes that would enable tax agency to access cloud storage facilities
‘Very beneficial – or very dangerous’: MPs warn of urgent need for AI regulation
Conservative and Labour MPs call for more focus from the top of government
Government begins £75m 4G upgrade across rural Scotland
First on 120 new masts being rolled out to connect ‘not spots’ has been installed in Lockerbie
CCS defends Digital Marketplace closure and pledges to ‘reinstate transparency’
Suppliers and former officials have lamented the decision but procurement agency claims outgoing platform could no longer ‘accommodate growing demands’
Government full FoI responses fall below 40% for first time
Treasury, Defra, Foreign Office, DLUHC and Cabinet Office each provided all requested information to no more than a quarter of inquiries
IT issues with Home Office casework system have halved in recent months, immigration minister claims
Department has seen impact of ‘IT stabilisation’ according to Robert Jenrick
HMRC launches £140m procurement to support comms digitisation
Five-year contract will cover all incoming and outgoing messages and ambition to operate in ‘similar ways to leading private sector companies’
Government should publish user research for the public good
Departments now possess vast volumes of data on citizens' experiences of digital services and should make this information publicly available, according to Joe Tomlinson from the University of York
Capita admits possible compromise of customer data during cyberattack
Attackers had unauthorised access for nine days, outsourcing firm announces