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‘No algorithms whatsoever’ – teachers to rule on pupils’ grades
Education secretary confirms that technology will not be used again
Government considers role of technology in enforcing quarantine
Minister says mandating isolation is ‘right course of action’
Only one in 15 staff needed to run new border system has begun using platform
Home Office chief reveals two thirds of users also need to be trained
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Government agency for high-risk STEM research to launch next year
Cummings-backed unit, which will be called Aria, will be up and running by the end of 2022
Data-protection watchdog offers toolkit for analytics projects
ICO offers resources to assess legality and work with data subjects
‘Plagued by cronyism’ – shadow minister calls for end to emergency procurement measures
Relaxation of usual processes was first announced almost a year ago
MPs urge government to clarify future of proposed £800m R&D unit
Dominic Cummings-supported plans for a high-risk science and tech research agency appear to have stalled
Schools offered £14m to set up on Google or Microsoft learning platforms
Government fund will help with ‘technical set up’ of free platforms
IoT firms offered government-backed support
Scottish companies given chance to access programme of guidance on a range of issues
Cabinet Office denies FOI blacklist
Campaigners call for parliamentary investigation into handling of requests
The pandemic has exposed the government’s broken digital promises
While other countries adapted seamlessly to digital doctors' consultations and online teaching, coronavirus showed how little progress the UK has really made, believes Jack Perschke of netcompany
Scottish infrastructure plan commits £110m to digital public services
Strategy aims to adopt one of ‘widest’ definition of national infrastructure
Work ongoing but no delivery date for digital ID cards for veterans, minister says
Process was originally slated to conclude by the end of 2019
Ministers face calls for urgent action after Covid reveals ‘dangerous gaps in public data’
Poor use and presentation of information means government has ‘missed chances to save lives’, according to report from Full Fact
Online harms: Government retains option of criminal sanctions against social media companies
Planned legislation would not rule out the potential for criminal sanctions to be brought against senior managers who fail to act on online harms, says chair of DCMS committee
Digital skills gaps remain despite civil service adding 10,000 people last year
Study from IfG shows heavy recruitment across first three quarters of 2020
Government can no longer afford to shy away from tackling legacy IT
Now is the time for government to confront a tricky and long-standing issue, according to Eleonora Harwich of Reform
Scotland urged to close healthcare ‘data gap’
Study from non-profit SCDI identifies narrow opportunity to invest in innovation
DfE programme evaluating long-term outlook for online learning
Minister says pandemic has provided ‘valuable intelligence’ on the role technology can play
Information commissioner’s term extended to allow successor recruitment
Elizbeth Denham will remain in post until November, at request of secretary of state
EXCL: Digital minister says government will pass law to make smart devices safer ‘as soon as we can’
Matt Warman tells PublicTechnology event that government wants products and services to be secure ‘from the ground up’ – reducing burden on consumers and businesses
Report calls for ‘more power’ in Whitehall to be centralised
UK’s top two civil servants should be handed more responsibility as part of drive to make Cabinet Office more effective, says IfG
DfE laptops for home-schooling found to contain malware
Government says a ‘small number’ of machines are affected by what users say is a worm that contacts Russian servers
No digital postal vote application service before May elections
Government considering launching online tool – but not in time for upcoming polls