Justice secretary scolded for leaking stats on transgender prisoners to press
UKSA chair says giving data to journalists ahead of official release ‘risks misinforming the public’
Government hopes transparency standard can build trust in departments’ use of algorithms
New guidelines created by Central Digital and Data Office
Defra signs £1m extension for national equine database
Department retains incumbent supplier as requirements for microchips now apply to all horse...
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Councils to pilot interactive maps for local planning
Government-funded trial with 14 English councils will aim to modernise planning processes
DWP used data to help 540,000 unpaid carers get early vaccinations
Department made first bulk data transfer to NHS England in February
NHS Covid app signs £10m six-month contract extension with developer Zühlke
Supplier will provide support for technology that could be scaled to 50 million users
Government funds £1.2m AI project to help planning for protected areas
Initiative aims to make better use of data
Government Covid travel scheme to gather data on 150 million people a year
Home Office systems will store information on all arrivals in the UK for at least six weeks
Home Office talks up digital visa plan
Priti Patel claims tech-based system will provide ‘a far clearer picture of who is here and whether they should be’
Scottish statistics body ordered to publish coronavirus care home death data
Regulator rules that information has been unlawfully withheld
Vaccine status prompts millions to download NHS app
Figures show program is adding about 100,000 new users per day
Report identifies crucial role of satellite data in combatting climate change
Academic network publishes briefing on role of data in dealing with issues such as floods and wildfires
New IT system makes little impact on delays to Windrush compensation
Since tech infrastructure was updated a year ago, only a tenth of 1,000-plus applications have reached payment-approval stage
Minister pledges Central Digital and Data Office will target ‘elephant in the room’ legacy IT
Newly created entity will also focus on data infrastructure
Ageing NHS IT slowed flow of data on vulnerable citizens, NAO finds
Report identifies delays in accessing information to alert those that needed to shield as chief auditor points to ‘challenges posed by legacy data and IT systems’
Online safety: How police, public sector and tech firms have reached a data-sharing stalemate
With the Online Safety Bill now published, former police superintendent Iain Donnelly writes for PublicTechnology on the challenges that need to be overcome in order to ensure the law’s efficacy
Home Office to set up ‘innovation centre’ in Stoke
Hub for 500 asylum workers forms part of drive to move thousands of civil service posts out of the capital
Scots offered downloadable vaccine status
Evidence of status can be accessed through NHS portal
Digital contact tracing firm fined by ICO over breach of data laws
Watchdog says most companies kept within the law
‘Bonkers’ and ‘baffled’ – Cameron’s increasingly incredulous texts on fintech firm
The ex-prime minister’s sent more than 70 messages to ministers and officials regarding Greensill Capital
Data shows rise in Whitehall employee engagement
Annual Civil Service People Survey also shows rise in pay satisfaction
SMEs’ share of government direct spend drops in FY20 – although overall percentage rises
Departments spent an additional £1.3bn with smaller firms overall
DWP to move Universal Credit data-analytics platform to AWS cloud in £2.5m deal
Department to move system for analysing Universal Credit information to public cloud
Website to match government careers to budding civil servants
Online service will survey users interests and skills and suggest possible Whitehall professions