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Police Scotland told to pause rollout of cyber kiosks while legal concerns are addressed
Process of assessing use of technology has been 'sub-standard' committee finds
Tech projects see departments ramp up Brexit staff
There are more than 16,000 civil servants working on Brexit, with departments with the biggest technology workloads dedicating the most employees
London borough fined £145k for sharing data on 200 suspected gang members
Newham Council worker sent email with info including names and address
Government implements open standards for cyberthreat intelligence
Users must adopt TAXII 2 and STIX 2 to analyse and share data on attacks
MI5 reveals plan to fight terror with national data-sharing scheme with local public sector agencies
Domestic intelligence agency looks to improve flow of info between justice agencies, NHS and social services
Foreign Office seeks digital strategy head to spearhead use of emerging tech
Postholder will head up department’s FCO Labs unit
To catch a cyberthief – how the UK’s top online cop aims to ‘stay one step ahead of the bad guys’
Mike Hulett of the National Crime Agency's dedicated cyber unit tells PublicTechnology how the internet has transformed the lives of criminals and those that pursue them
Met Office seeks chief information security officer
National weather service recruiting for security chief
Ethics watchdog to examine use of AI in public services
Committee on Standards in Public Life to conduct review of moral and technical issues facing use of new technology
Space Agency opens library of satellite images for public sector use
More than 1,000 pieces of optical and radar data are now available under licence
Criminal investigation launched into cyberattack that deleted and encrypted Police Federation data
National Crime Agency leading inquiry after malware assault
Government Race Disparity Unit to join data ethics centre in algorithmic bias probe
Investigation will explore possibility of human biases being reinforced by AI systems
Digital expansion has made DCMS ‘safe from extinction’, says departing perm sec
Dame Sue Owen claims the department’s growth into technology and data policy areas has been a success
Government criticised for settled status hotline call charges
Campaign group and politicians urge Home Office to scrap charge of up to 40p per minute
“It’s a discipline in demand”: BEIS CDIO Karl Hoods on hiring data scientists in government
‘Future is bright for data scientists in public sector,’ says department’s IT leader
NHS Digital offering up to £85k for data science, business intelligence and visual analytics roles
Experts with Master’s degrees or extensive experience will be considered
Belfast revamps phone boxes with free public Wi-Fi, calls and mobile charging points
BT expects to invest £2.7m in the city over the next decade through InLink units
‘No longer a welcoming environment’ – web giants criticise government’s digital services tax plan
Industry body representing Facebook, Google and Microsoft responds to consultation
How Leeds is improving care by breaking out of 'NHS-only systems'
Leeds digital chief Dylan Roberts tells Gill Hitchcock about how the city is joining up records and trying to help 10,000 Loiners get online each year
DfT moves ticketing data application to Google Cloud
Department’s LENNON software is migrated to off-site environment
Interoperability and funding remain barriers to healthcare transformation
The problems facing digital and data initiatives in the NHS are only ‘10% technical’, conference told