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GDS floats two £2m contracts to progress single sign-on plans
Digital agency seeks support with authentication and architecture of new government-wide system
Cabinet Office warned procurement shake-up could ‘promote competition over collaboration’
Parliamentary committee flags up risk to innovative partnerships between public bodies and third...
‘We need to use tech to keep up with scams’ – UK advertising regulator
David Currie explains that there is an ‘arms race’ between web platforms and criminals that are...
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NHSX testing options for new IT system allowing pharmacists to add notes to patient records
Ambition is to deploy NHS-wide interoperable IT systems
Clinical trial participants can now access digital NHS Covid Pass
Those who took part in testing programmes can now demonstrate their status
Legacy tech: Half of government’s £5bn annual IT spend dedicated to ‘keeping the lights on’
Report identifies continued prevalence of ageing tech as one of the major challenges facing the civil service’s digital ambitions
Sturgeon warns ministers to use ‘properly verified’ stats
Disputed graphic shared by deputy first minister reported to UK national statistician
‘Thousands may be slipping through the cracks’ – report warns elderly and vulnerable missed by EU settlement scheme
Parliamentary committee concerned that only 2% of applications have come from over-65s
Regulation proposals pave the way for multibillion-pound fines for tech giants
Government opens consultation on new ‘pro-competition’ regime
Power of attorney service looks to digital future
Government wants to replace ageing paper processes
MP criticises Downing St ‘mishandling’ as information commissioner appointment delayed
The role will not be filled until at least September – the month before incumbent Elizabeth Denham departs
Government plans to put digital identities on same footing as passports and driving licences
Consultation launched to explore key issues
IT professionals sought in Patel’s programme for ‘skilled’ refugees
But critics say pilot programme does not make up for ‘hateful’ new laws
Remote DWP workers will not face back-to-office drive
Union claims department perm sec has offered assurances
Police Scotland signs £500k deal for body-worn video ahead of COP26
Armed officers will be equipped with cameras
Cyber Week: what now for the UK’s data-protection regime?
The EU may have granted its former member state adequacy, but there will be many more issues to resolve in the coming years
Government puts £700k fund into boosting cyber sector
Money will support the work of the UK Cyber Cluster Collaboration
Senior civil service roles should require test of digital skills, commission recommends
Tech expertise should be part of a package of skills required to ascend to government’s upper ranks, report urges
Contact-tracing app could be made less sensitive – reports
Government says it will take advice on functionality of technology
Parliamentary committee to examine Cabinet Office FOI handling after transparency concerns
MPs will probe the central department’s clearing house to ascertain whether it complies with information law
New register to ‘improve prompt publication of government contract data’
Cabinet Office chief reveals work to improve transparency
Report calls for ban on ministers using personal devices for government business
IfG think tank claims that ministerial code needs revamp
EU settlement scheme received six million applications
Volume of people applying is double the number of EU citizens previously thought to be living in the UK