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NHS Digital and Private Health Information Network agree major collaboration

ICO investigating tax agency after investigation by advocacy group Big Brother Watch 

Chief technology officer Ben Denison discusses how the organisation is using technology to get on top of increasingly vast and complex cases of bribery, fraud, and corruption

Data-protection watchdog ‘making enquiries’ after Conservative Gordon Henderson publishes names and partial addresses of local residents who sent him a letter

Move follows the earlier transfer of data policymakers

Funding to be made available in three streams, addressing current and potential uses of digital technology

Schools inspectorate seeks supplier for 12-month project to make reports more accessible

Cabinet Office-based role will require successful candidate to drive cloud adoption

Open Data Institute seeks more public sector partners with which to invest its £6m spending pot

Government looks to create up to 50 different tests for candidates

Figures show a rise in time taken to answer calls, but department claims time spent in automated platform is ‘valuable’

While GDPR is right to provide individuals with greater control over how their information is used, the benefits of sharing data should not be overlooked, believes Rose Lasko-Skinner of Reform

Department signals intent to make better use of data as role as head of nascent team is advertised

Paul Maltby claims councils must first renew ageing infrastructure before realising the benefits of machine learning and automation 

The public sector needs to be careful it does not fall foul of citizens’ growing disquiet about how their data is used and by whom, according to PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall

Select committee claims that, despite appearance of company’s CTO, 39 questions remain unanswered

Role comes with remit to spearhead strategic vision and oversee rollout of Government Transformation Strategy

Select committee repeats request to stop sharing with the Home Office the name and address of suspected immigration offenders, but NHS Digital insists arrangement is ‘in the public interest’

Department recruits for leader of newly created unit dedicated to leading the data policy agenda

Cybersecurity unit director reveals how US intelligence agency is working to spread best practice by promoting openness and collaboration

Culture secretary talks to executives from embattled internet firm in London in 'robust but constructive' meeting