‘A core part of national infrastructure’ – ministers consider regulating to make the cloud safer
Consultation launched seeking feedback on risks and mitigations for systems that now underpin a wide range of ‘essential services’
Government guidelines aim to tackle ‘frictions and barriers’ in departmental data-sharing
New governance framework sets out to help solve ‘non-technical’ challenges
Fraud challenges see HMRC and DWP named among ‘departments of concern’
Public spending watchdog points to issues with controls on fraud and error
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High Court rules that border officials unlawfully seized 2,000 phones from asylum seekers
Judgement finds that Home Office policy breached human rights laws
Home Office keeps 250 sets of applications in AWS or Azure
Minister reveals department does not currently use Google Cloud Platform
Defra invests in ‘identity investigation tool’
Software will provide officials with access to information including electoral roll data, property records, and details of insolvencies
‘Get things right at the start’ – new playbook sets out rules to be applied to all government digital projects
Document covers issues such as assessments of suppliers and delivery models, and upfront consideration of potential issues with legacy IT
‘Government’s slow progress on data hampered pandemic preparedness’
Report from Public Accounts Committee calls for Cabinet Office to set out plan to improve availability, quality and use of information
Government-backed £10m ‘innovation network’ to help telecoms firms collaborate
New facility will also provide database of funding and R&D opportunities
NHS and government developing ‘digital marker’ for GPs to add firearms records to patient data
New system will make it easier to flag gun ownership
Covid inquiry signs two-year deal for media-monitoring software
Soon-to-launch investigation exercise retains specialist arm of market-research giant Kantar to analyse traditional outlets and social media platforms
New guidelines ask departments to actively encourage service-user feedback
Government standards intend to foster a culture of ‘welcoming complaints in a positive way’
NHS taps McKinsey for £1m consulting gig on Covid vaccination data
Short-term deal was intended to help programme’s senior managers make targeted interventions and present information to other parties in a way that was ‘appropriate and impactful’
DHSC extracts patient data to support policymaking on NHS-funded social care
Project is separate to a wider piece of work to collate all information on national provision of ‘continuing healthcare’ services
Sturgeon claims ‘no public-protection issues’ from IT glitch in prisoner risk assessments
Tech issue dating back 10 years is understood to have caused inmates to be wrongly graded
EXCL: Levelling Up department exposes personal data in breach
Names and contact details of officials and supplier staff were clearly visible after contract was inadequately redacted
Central database aims to give government buyers insight into suppliers’ past performance
New digital platform will allow public bodies to ‘see how the parts of the jigsaw connect together’, according to CCS boss
Government statisticians must be ‘able to raise issues if data is used misleadingly’, trade body warns
Study from Royal Statistical Society suggests one in five data professionals does not feel empowered to flag concerns
Scottish Borders Council accredited as Apple learning centre
Local authority is approved to deliver education on vendor’s technology
New government agency to oversee digital identity laws
Legislation to be passed to put digital IDs on same legal footing as physical documents
Home Office renews £200k subscription for out-of-support software for internal forms
Department has been ‘made aware of the risks associated’ of continuing to use technology to process sensitive information
Covid inquiry to probe availability and use of data during pandemic
The contact-tracing system and the use of information will be key areas of focus for the long-awaited review of the UK’s response to coronavirus
Ukrainians offered online route to apply to visas
Move to open up travel documents comes following fierce criticism of government response so far
NHS Test and Trace signs £2.5m deal to support Covid-19 app until end of 2022
Deal with Danish firm Netcompany covers ongoing development and support of technology, but future role of contact-tracing system remains unclear