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HMRC signs £1.7m partner to expand and improve ‘bulk data exploitation’ platform
Cloud-based system allows users to access and analyse large amounts of unstructured data held by tax department
Scotland’s vaccine passport scheme to end on Monday
App will remain available to businesses that wish to use it voluntarily
‘Excellent and innovative’ – award celebrates government statisticians
RSS programme recognises achievements of stats professionals
EXCL: Government withholds information on anti-disinformation unit
PublicTechnology’s attempts to find out more about the Counter-Disinformation Unit were rebuffed after a minister was consulted
Windrush: Home Office to build central platform to improve data quality and management
Department aims to make good on recommendations of 2020 lessons-learned report
Labour still suffering fallout from November cyberattack, activists claim
Local campaigners report election preparations are being hampered
Treasury urged to provide ‘full, fair and final compensation’ for victims of Horizon IT disaster
Failures of tech system led to more than 700 wrongful convictions
HMRC signs £4m deal to support online trade tariff calculator
Department awards two-year contract
Scottish Government puts £6m into tech accelerator
CivTech programme seeks to connect public service providers with tech firms that can help meet their challenges
UKHSA signs £16m deal with IBM for Test and Trace cloud
Vendor will support delivery of new system to house pandemic data as well as other information sources
Universities to run major research examining impact of digitised services on ethnic minorities
Researchers from five institutions will participate in £3.3m project examining whether channel shift has reinforced existing inequalities as well as creating new ones
Reshuffle: A new minister for digital government?
Shifting responsibilities at the Cabinet Office could see GDS and CDDO working with another new minister, while Jacob Rees-Mogg is set to take on the remit of public sector transformation
‘Misleading’ – stats agency lambasts ministers over omission of computer crime from figures
MP expressed concern that government’s claims overlooked ‘a large, serious and growing area of crime’
NHS Digital received £160m funding boost in FY21 to support Covid response
Organisation’s annual accounts reveal major effort to deliver platforms to support booking of tests and vaccination
Cyberattack on regulator shows ‘no organisation can fully defend itself against today’s threats’
Despite being comparatively well-prepared, watchdog Sepa is still suffering the fallout of a breach in December 2020
Report calls for ‘expired’ government reform plan to be replaced
IfG’s annual Whitehall Monitor publication finds pockets of progress but other areas where momentum is lacking
Why IT contractors need to watch out for tax avoidance
Many freelancers may not even be aware they are breaking the law, warns Mary Aiston of HMRC
DHSC taps data firm to monitor threats to vaccine supply chain
Subsidiary of media heavyweight Thomson Reuters awarded £400k deal
Defra to create UK-wide digital system to collect rubbish information
Department seeks feedback on platform for use by refuse-handlers
Home Office signs £70m Capgemini deal to support infrastructure transformation
Contract covers the provision of support and migration services
Public sector transformation minister quits over government’s ‘unacceptable’ fraud bill
Lord Agnew told parliament that ‘arrogance, indolence and ignorance’ has hampered any attempts to reduce fraud