DIT sets aside £2m to fund crack data-science policy squad
Department looks to bring in specialist team
Government unleashes counter-drone strategy
Policy contains measures including drone-takedown unit and drive to promote design standards
All NHS prescriptions to be digitised
Electronic prescriptions will be implemented across England from next month
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Innovation Strategy pledges cross-government plan to ‘tackle legacy technology’
Other initiatives unveiled in hotly anticipated strategy include pledge to send more civil servants on private-sector secondment
HMRC expands Stratford office to keep more IT staff in London
Perm sec Thompson reveals that more techies are needed in the capital in light of increased Brexit workload
Single-magistrate case lists to be published online
Government claims move will improve transparency
DfE team to monitor impact of AI
Department sets up ‘horizon-scanning’ group to keep an eye on new technology
Plans for NHS app scaled back
Incoming chief of NHSX says an ‘all-singing, all-dancing’ application is not needed
Home Office relaunches £105k bid for leader to oversee police tech
Remit of position first advertised in October will include oversight of ANPR programme
Scottish patients to get tech to monitor blood pressure at home
Patients will be able to report test results via an app
One in 10 DCMS staff switched to full-time Brexit duties
Many more have had their workload ‘re-prioritised’ to include EU exit work
Damning MPs’ report warns EU settlement scheme could become ‘another Windrush’
Parliamentary committee voices ‘serious concerns’, including use of a digital-only system and numerous technical problems
Huawei and 5G – the five big questions
A month on from the revelations about the Chinese vendor’s potential involvement in the UK’s 5G network, PublicTechnology examines the key issues
Political campaigning regulation must catch up to digital age, report warns
The Electoral Reform Society and the head of the all-party group on campaign transparency have called for new rules
UK ranked second in global government AI league table
Singapore nabs top spot in Government AI Readiness Index
Government launches £200m rural fibre broadband project
Beginning rollout in most difficult areas represents a ‘significant shift in government policy’, culture secretary claims
EXCL: Digital chief on why HMRC must 'embrace AI and machine learning'
CDIO Jacky Wright tells PublicTechnology that department wants to focus on developing its use of artificial intelligence tools
Development of settled status application system cost £63m
Minister reveals cost of building online service
London man hit with £90 fine after covering face in front of police facial-recognition cameras
Pedestrian stopped and penalised for disorderly behaviour
NCA chief makes police funding call as crime gangs turn to tech
Old-style criminal collectives are becoming morphing into younger and more tech-savvy groups
San Francisco set to ban facial-recognition technology
Legislators in California city vote to outlaw surveillance tech
Belfast council launches its own digital currency
Citizens will be able to use Belfast Coin to pay for local services
Government to ‘consider options’ for biometrics regulation
Immigration minister indicates that various courses of action will be examined before any legislation is passed
External review questions robustness of settled status test phases
Independent report claims programme could have benefited from more extensive tests