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Sturgeon reported to statistics authority over ‘twisted’ use of ONS Covid data
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DHSC expands Test and Trace cloud support deal to improve data flow
Extra £367k added to deal in support of isolation payments
Government to trial coronavirus ‘status certification’
Plans include use of NHS Covid-19 app to display vaccination or test results
Government plans £5m trial of apps that reward healthy behaviour
Citizens may be financially remunerated for their diet and exercise habits
HMRC offers £150k for chief data officer
Department looking to fill ‘one of the biggest roles in the UK’
HMRC awards £10m deal to support customs and border services
Mastek swipes one-year contract
Scotland’s AI strategy stresses role of ethics and trust
Plan includes establishment of national AI alliance
Leader sought for coronavirus data and analysis unit
Role as director general of Joint Biosecurity Centre offers £130k salary
Coronavirus Act review: Government ends extended storage of individuals’ biometric data ‘for national security purposes’
Assessment of emergency law also reveals successful use of tech in justice system and for registering deaths
Civil service chiefs vow ‘no return to normal’
Memo from top brass preps officials for world in which government is more data-driven and less risk-averse
Defra seeks leader to realise potential of HR data
Lead sought for transformation programme that aims to make better use of workforce data
The National Data Strategy needs a shot in the arm
The national plan for the UK’s data needs could learn from the successful vaccine rollout by prioritising experts and practitioners, according to Dan Klein of Zühlke UK
Test and Trace spends £1.2m on user-survey platform
Government invests in customer experience software
Faster Indicators: Why the ONS is checking CCTV footage for hints about the health of the economy
PublicTechnology sits down with ONS statisticians to learn more about the organisation’s Faster Indicators programme
Data shows rise in honours candidates deemed ‘high-risk’ over tax affairs
HMRC vetting procedure identifies possible concerns
Reform the Whitehall ‘disaster zone’ – Cummings lifts lid on Johnson’s deal to bring him to No. 10
Gone-but-not-forgotten adviser reveals the four conditions the PM agreed to before he was recruited to Downing Street
MPs find government has ‘presented pandemic data to provoke anxiety, rather than understand risk’
Parliamentary committee calls for more transparency in use of information and accuses Michael Gove of being ‘contemptuous of parliament’