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Unwrapping government’s £300m Amazon package
Since a public sector-wide agreement with AWS was introduced six months ago, departments have...
Leader sought to ‘manage government’s relationship with world’s most powerful technology companies’
Salary of almost £70k on offer for head of Big Tech Strategic Engagement Unit
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Innovate UK nabs tech exec Mukerjee as new chief
Former insurance and electronics bigwig becomes innovation agency's first permanent head in three years
HMRC shared 5,000 citizen records with local councils in pilot ‘to analyse vulnerable and overlapping debtors’
Newly published information-sharing register reveals programme took place last autumn
Government revamps apprentices strategy to help plug skills gaps
New plan emphasises need to improve credentials in STEM fields
Better integration could save government £850k per service, minister claims
Work to ensure tasks are not replicated across different tools could deliver significant financial benefits
Full-fibre networks could provide £60bn boost by 2025, report finds
Study from Openreach quantifies economic impact
Settled status: NHS, and government systems can cross-check records to reduce burden on digitally excluded, minister claims
Government still has no plans to issue physical documents
A closer look: what now for the government’s vaccine passport plans?
PublicTechnology examines the government’s strategy for offering a digital certification tool, and its key advantages and challenges
Whitehall union plans 'resistance' to shared services plans
PCS blasts plan new plan after criticising series of ‘failed ideas’
Minister urges officials to get involved in Dragons’ Den for data ideas
Julia Lopez invites civil servants to put forward proposals for potential £50k support
Immigration minister insists high-tech Brexit passports are ‘rigorously tested’
Security-focused documents are put through their paces in exercises designed to mimic 10 years of travel
Calls for probe into security of PM’s phone
Concerns expressed after leak of messages between Boris Johnson and vacuum magnate Dyson
PublicTechnology research: five things we learned about the future of digital government
A recent study finds that the pandemic has boosted budgets – but legacy tech remains a big barrier to progress
HMRC confirms new leader for £1bn Making Tax Digital scheme
Joanna Rowland will oversee planned expansion of programme across VAT, income tax and corporation tax
Huawei denies spying on Dutch PM
Leaked report suggests Chinese tech firm had access to calls made by large swathes of the population of the Netherlands
Nine in ten prescriptions now fulfilled electronically
Minister says paper options will remain available
Bradford to create ‘brick-for-brick virtual clone’ of city centre
Open-source project hopes to improve policy design and service delivery
Commission calls for app for citizens to track government money – and no more spending reviews
Paper urges overhaul of financial planning system
More than half of GP appointments now conducted face to face
Thirteen million consultations took place in person in February
Government faces opposition to Covid status certification from across political spectrum
Opposition parties and its own MPs may vote against plans when given the chance to do so
Cabinet Office to ask million-strong online panel of citizens for views on government policies
Market research contracts worth £15m awarded
Government abandons proposals for algorithm to calculate housing need
MHCLG announces it will not proceed with plans