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Government considers role of technology in enforcing quarantine

24 February 2021

Minister says mandating isolation is ‘right course of action’

Only one in 15 staff needed to run new border system has begun using platform
24 February 2021

Home Office chief reveals two thirds of users also need to be trained

 

Government agency for high-risk STEM research to launch next year
22 February 2021

Cummings-backed unit, which will be called Aria, will be up and running by the end of 2022

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Scottish Tech Army helps 70 organisations

13 July 2020

Charities affected by the pandemic have been helped out by group of IT and digital professionals 

Committee calls for electoral modernisation – including automatic registration on 18th birthday

9 July 2020

Peers also urge the introduction of prompts when accessing government services and an online tool for checking registration

Government declines to set date for contact-tracing app

8 July 2020

Head of Test and Trace programme Baroness Harding says she does not want to specify a timeframe as projects often do not ‘run in a smooth way’

How Brexit Britain could become a surveillance state

8 July 2020

The UK has tended to only introduce data-protection laws in conjunction with EU legislation and, according to Ray Walsh from ProPrivacy, the post-Brexit world may see the country prioritise authorities’ access to personal data over citizens' right to privacy

How big is the UK’s cyber skills gap?

7 July 2020

A major government-commissioned study found that about half of UK organisations are lacking basic security skills. PublicTechnology talks to the researchers behind it to find out where the skills gaps are and how they can filled

Gove believes Whitehall reform plans will not suffer because of close association with Cummings

7 July 2020

Cabinet Office minister said that, despite the controversy that often surrounds the PM’s top adviser, ‘people are interested in Dominic and his ideas’

Welcome to Cyber Week

6 July 2020

Introducing a dedicated week of features, interviews and exclusive research

The fog of cyberwar

6 July 2020

For governments and armed forces around the world, the digital domain has become a potential battlefield. But this new realm of warfare brings with it many ethical and legal complications. PublicTechnology talks to digital ethics expert Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo to find out more.

Cyber national security: how the UK has prepared itself for major attacks

6 July 2020

We are approaching the fourth anniversary of the foundation of the NCSC and the threats it was created to respond to loom larger than ever. PublicTechnology examines the growth of the UK’s cyber-defence capability

Government spends £400m to acquire bankrupt satellite firm

3 July 2020

After being shut out of EU satellite programme in light of Brexit, UK joins consortium with Indian telecoms giant Bharti to buy OneWeb

Treasury ‘got it wrong’ over tweet celebrating pubs reopening

3 July 2020

Ministry deleted post encouraging people to ‘raise a glass’ after backlash

Government defends Test and Trace as proportion of contacts being reached drops sharply

3 July 2020

In the first two weeks tracers were successfully reaching more than nine in ten identified close contacts, but this has now fallen to less than three quarters

Government turns to Instagram to seek policy guidance from teenagers

2 July 2020

New initiative will seek to gain views of people aged 13 to 25

Fewer frameworks and more ministerial muscle – how government can make good on its SME agenda

2 July 2020

The results of techUK’s annual GovTech SME Survey suggest the Digital Marketplace has made a positive impact on access to the public sector tech market but, according to Henry Rex, there are barriers still to be overcome 

Regulatory clampdown urged as CMA finds £400 per household goes to Google and Facebook each year

2 July 2020

CMA says that all of society will lose out ‘if the market power of these firms goes unchecked’

Gove urges structural change of ‘government machine’ in call for reform

1 July 2020

Minister discusses need for new training campus and greater use of data in evaluation of projects

Report finds ‘profound failings’ in Scottish NHS IT systems

1 July 2020

Holyrood committee is sharply critical of technology underpinning the prescription of medicines

Home Office ramps up video asylum interviews as backlog passes 50,000

30 June 2020

The oldest claim awaiting decision was filed eight years ago and 10,000 more were added to the waiting list in the first three months of 2020 alone

Highland spaceport to gather climate change data

30 June 2020

Local council approve plans for satellite launch site

Treasury and Bank of England ‘consider next steps’ on possible cryptocurrency reserve

29 June 2020

Minister claims government wants UK financial institutions to lead on the use of digital currencies

Contact-tracing success rate drops

26 June 2020

Data shows declines in the proportion of both confirmed cases and their contacts being reached by tracers

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