UK places fifth in global ranking of government service design
Report recognises online accessibility but stresses need for unified login service
Information commissioner: ‘I want us to be for all of society – not just those with the resources to access data protection’
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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
Scottish watchdog finds ‘drug and alcohol data is not good enough’
Audit agency calls for more and better information and improved transparency
Patel pledges to publish data on visas for Ukrainians
Home secretary claims previous figures are ‘completely inaccurate’
Government renews powers for long-term withholding of public records on national security grounds
The long-standing Security and Intelligence Instrument has been retained after the completion of its decennial review
DWP slammed for ‘obstruction’ after failure to release data on benefit sanctions
Head of parliamentary committee believes ‘a culture of secrecy is entrenched’ in department
UK’s asylum backlog has doubled since 2020 – and Home Office cannot say how many interviews it conducted last year
Information is not in a ‘reportable format’ according to immigration Kevin Foster, as other data shows more than 85,000 are now waiting for a decision – and department declines to provide an update on new casework system
HS2 signs £280k software deals for social media and political monitoring
Project to deliver new rail infrastructure invests in tools to monitor and manage media coverage
Government-wide login system due to start public testing this month
Update from minister reveals that ‘feature-complete software’ should be ready within four weeks
‘Misleading impression’ – statistics watchdog scolds PM over unemployment claims
Letter from UKSA head is the second time in a month Boris Johnson has been rapped for promoting false claims
Cabinet Office anti-misinformation unit buys £75k ‘social listening tool’
Deal with software firm provides officials with access to ‘unlimited searches’
BEIS seeks £4m digital partner to plug ‘capability gaps’ on demand
Chosen provider will support ‘a range of projects’ over the next two years
ICO raps Scottish vaccine passport app over unclear info on use of personal data
Data-protection watchdog instructs Scottish Government and NHS bodies to ‘act now’ or face further regulatory action
Lack of assessment and data on private Covid tests poses danger to public health, experts warn
As end of free mass testing looms, commercial products are still not subject to full laboratory examination and citizens cannot access comparative information
Scottish census: Court rules in favour of sex self-declaration
Mass statistical exercise will allow trans people to choose which box to tick
Digital and data must be embedded into plans for the future of healthcare
The challenges and achievements of the pandemic have shown that tech innovation is the only way forward for the health and social care system, according to Leontina Postelnicu of techUK
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