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Audit Scotland, the independent body responsible for auditing most of Scotland’s public organisations, has released a new report detailing five key principles that public bodies should use to deliver digital projects.

Government should look ‘very seriously’ at investing more in both cyber security and training, as investigation - and finger-pointing - over WannaCry continue

Governments must start taking cyber security as seriously as physical military security, according to Microsoft’s president, in the wake of the attack which affected the NHS on Friday.

Information Commissioner’s Office annual report shows that local government generated the most complaints

Advert for team of six with a £600,000 budget comes as former privacy adviser calls for a total review and reset of the government’s identity assurance services

Project plans include using distributed ledger technology to give healthcare workers secure access to biometric data from wearables

Job offered at £107,000 as London Office for Data Analytics pilot indicates initial successes

Kent council’s Twitter feed claimed to have been ‘taken over by the citizens of Medway’, announcing end to parking restrictions and council tax

As parliament dissolves and the date of the poll marches closer, parties of all colours are working up their manifestos. Rebecca Hill asks what they could, or should, have in store for tech.

Report says tax authority’s plan doesn’t take into account potential changes in technology or the shift to provide services through digital channels

Finance Bill debate raises concerns over tax authority’s IR35 calculator

Financial secretary to the Treasury tells parliament that Making Tax Digital is not gone for good

Wash-up period sees government compromise to rush crucial tax legislation through House of Commons today

Plan to update emergency services communications network dealt another blow as scathing Public Accounts Committee report warns of “potentially catastrophic” impact on public safety

Company to provide a range of cloud and IT services as part of the Met’s technology transformation programme

MPs slam government for lack of clear technical leadership and contingency planning to deal with website collapse

In three weeks, voters in Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool get to choose new mayors, but you’d be hard pushed to find much mention of tech in their manifestos, says David Walker. He asks if there’s a reason for their seemingly half-hearted approach to IT...

Think tank says data dashboards have the potential to mislead and urges government to boost staff’s data science skills

Committee chairman asks to see contingency plans for replacement of existing customs programme as doubt is cast on readiness for Brexit

Analysis comes amid reports that the contractors behind HMRC’s own tax status assessment tool are set to leave the public sector because of the clampdown

NAO says GDS has a ‘long way to go’ in a report that lays bare the problems faced by the government's flagship identity assurance programme Verify