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DCMS looking for deputy director of IT
Department offers candidates up to £80k a year for Westminster-based position
Online VAT collection system at heart of government’s no-deal Brexit planning for Irish border
Plan would waive Northern Ireland border checks and slash tariffs if the UK leaves the EU...
New online tool to cut costs of supply teaching
Education secretary warns schools not to get “ripped off” by supply teaching agencies...
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Balancing security and digital transformation
With the annual worldwide cost of cybercrime set to double from $3tn in 2015 to $6tn by 2021, BT offers advice on how chief information security officers can better protect their organisations
Government bans use of phrase ‘fake news’
Measures to tackle disinformation online also include new powers for ICO, and partnerships with tech firms to trial automated identification methods
Suffolk online crime reporting doubles
Website improvements and new digital telephony system contributed to rise, Constabulary says
DVLA seeks digital accessibility endorsement
Agency aims to comply with international accessibility standard Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Home Office seeks 'police and public protection tech' leader
Deputy director role set to pay up to £105k a year
Belfast seeks innovations to manage public spaces
City council and Department of Justice put £120k in funding up for grabs
DHSC publishes ambitious digital vision for healthcare
Department call matched by new NHS Digital framework on data and technology standards
Government launches firefighter safety technology contest
Entries must provide tracking technology to monitor staff inside buildings
West Midlands selected for £50m 5G testbed
Connected ambulances, live streaming CCTV and driverless cars all part of initial plans
GDS Verify chief Harrison to move back to DWP
Director of service design and assurance leaving post but – contrary to media reports – Kevin Cunnington understood to be remaining in place
Which UK cities have the biggest superfast broadband take-up gap?
New report shows low adoption of next-generation connectivity in some major cities
‘The death ray was optional’ – what public-service robots looked like in 90s
Hospital shines a light on long-forgotten tale of its ‘most unusual employee’
Home Office to revamp communications infrastructure
Department issues contract notice seeking external supplier for two-year contract to install unified communications environment
NHS explores options for training staff on AI and robotics
Prominent US cardiologist Dr Eric Topol is to lead a review
Parliament's digital team just revealed its gender pay gap - and the results may surprise you
Parliamentary Digital Service chief Tracey Jessup says she is "delighted" with new figures on pay by gender
UK-wide right to fast broadband moves ahead - but councils warn 60,000 could miss out
LGA tells digital department that cost threshold plan means rural premises could undermine legal guarantee
CCS chief executive Harrison to leave Whitehall
Head of government buying agency will exit in July to take post with Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply
West Yorkshire Police to roll out mobile scanners for on-the-spot fingerprint checks
Devices are designed to check against national criminal and immigration databases and return results in under a minute
Liverpool CCG plans telehealth pilot with hospital consultants
As part of a mission to grow its use of healthcare technology, the city will trial the expansion of telehealth referrals in secondary as well as primary care
Government launches review of online trolling laws
Law Commission asked to analyse whether and how statutes need to be changed to ensure they are fit for the internet age
Department for International Trade floats £120k for new digital chief
New director of digital, data and technology skills expected to set future digital strategy in the department leading on post-Brexit trade deals