No backup for Boris? Ex-PM to hand over WhatsApp messages – minus missing year
Documents released by Cabinet Office reveal that 16 months of messages were lost after prime minister switched phones
DfT declines review of undigitised DVLA processes for citizens with health conditions
MPs found that ‘inefficient’ manual processes contributed to a pandemic backlog of driving...
Ex-intelligence chief ‘appalled’ at ministers’ use of private messages
Former GCHQ and Home Office leader David Omand expresses disapproval of use of WhatsApp and...
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ICO signs £800k deal to expand use of AI for sorting emails
Data-protection regulator awards contract to ‘conversational AI’
Trust is required in data and the organisations that hold it
Assuring data, and investing in the infrastructure that supports it, is crucially important, including to Sir Nigel Shadbolt of the Open Data Institute
Government Communication Service seeks head of data and analytics
Role comes with remit to ‘optimise, evaluate and improve impact’ of campaigns across Whitehall
Government report claims authorities’ bulk data collections are stymied by ‘disproportionate safeguards’
Study assesses impact of Investigatory Powers Act during its first five years and suggests potential changes
Treasury unveils vision of digital pound
Government believes a digital currency backed by the Bank of England is ‘likely to be needed’
Scottish Government seeks chief statistician
Postholder will lead profession across the country and help set strategy for use of data
NHS Digital boss hails ‘opportunity to put digital at the heart of the NHS’ as merger concludes
Parliament signs off abolishment of technology unit and transfer of duties and data sets to overarching national body
‘Grave concerns over the validity of EU status digital system’ after Home Office benefits error
Issue with Home Office database means tens of thousands could have erroneously received payments
Legislation finalising merger of NHS Digital aims to ‘ensure good practice continues’
Duties are due to be formally transferred to NHS England in a week’s time
Government vetting processes hampered by ‘old and unstable’ technology
NAO report finds ageing IT is a major contributor to the performance issues at UKSV
Companies House recruits for digital and data leadership duo
Senior positions offer potential six-figure salaries
Cabinet Office migrates data as Covid fraud hotline is wound down
Dedicated reporting tools for coronavirus-related scams are being shuttered and case information transferred to law-enforcement entity
Home Office and BEIS first departments under the microscope in pilots of new independent cyber audits
External supplier brought in to run the rule over government systems as rollout begins of ‘GovAssure’ programme
EXCL: HMRC reviews contact-centre resilience after ‘multiple service incidents’
Assessment was commenced shortly after five days of outages – but identified ‘no immediate concern’, according to supplier
ONS makes list of best workplaces
Statistics agency is only public sector entity to feature in rundown of the country’s leading employers
Senior exec sought to lead government digital and data strategy
Cabinet Office unit seeks strategy and projects leader – in a role advertised as a 10-year assignment
NHS health-inequalities body flags up potential of apps and digital services
Technology could help address ethnic inequality – but better collection of data is needed, report finds
Home Office signs £40m deal to support data and analytics
Department looks to enhance use of data products
Government plans to expand departments’ powers to share personal data to support One Login
Proposals will allow for more information – potentially including highly sensitive special-category data – to be processed in identity-verification
Government must earn public trust that AI is being used safely and responsibly
Leaders from two of government’s core digital and data units – the CDDO and CDEI – introduce new guidelines intended to promote transparency in the public sector’s use of algorithms
Government explores virtual queues for managing Dover lorry gridlock
DfT to lead project looking at potential use of tech in avoiding 20-mile backlogs of vehicles