‘Shambles’ – ageing IT systems cited as MPs scold DWP for £1bn pension underpayment
PAC finds that department failed to understand importance of keeping tech up to date
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GOV.UK Verify gets ‘health check’
Cyber specialist awarded £14,000 six-month contract
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
HMRC confirms leader for £300m cloud migration programme
Denise Dourado formally appointed as SRO
Parliamentary committee to investigate civil service churn
MPs request years of data to support probe
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OneTrust presents the reasons why your organisation should invest in privacy management - and offers three easy tips for getting started
NHSX chief: Clinicians were ‘too nervous’ to share data
Matthew Gould tells PublicTechnology event that complex language around data standards had meant most staff were afraid to share patient data even in cases where it would aid delivery of care
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
Tory MP: ‘What happened to electronic voting? It worked perfectly well’
Member of Procedure Committee James Gray encourages parliament to consider ‘innovations offered by the latest technologies’
DfE programme evaluating long-term outlook for online learning
Minister says pandemic has provided ‘valuable intelligence’ on the role technology can play
DHSC buys 16,000 iPhones for Test and Trace scheme
Department spends £4m on deal with Jigsaw24
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
‘When coronavirus struck, we accelerated, because citizens were struggling’ – how DWP revamped the Budgeting Loans service
The pandemic illustrated the importance of work to improve a service offering support for society’s most vulnerable, product owner Sharron Wise tells PublicTechnology
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
HMRC appoints new customer service chief
After a difficult year for key performance metrics, Myrtle Lloyd takes on DG-level post
No digital postal vote application service before May elections
Government considering launching online tool – but not in time for upcoming polls
Remote juries rolled out to more courts
Venues in Scotland will be able to conduct trials with juries based in cinemas or other offsite locations
Gloucestershire offers £80k for IT chief
County council seeks leader to work with suppliers, staff and elected members
Email security incidents happen every 12 hours – it’s time to close the gap in Microsoft 365
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