Government plans imminent legislation for digital visas
Legal provisions for new system of electronic travel authorisations will soon be tabled in parliament
Midlands hotel conference room gets tech refit to become latest Nightingale court
Site aims to expedite hearings as NAO report warns backlog of cases may last for years
High Court Queen’s Bench division adopts online filing to ‘modernise access to justice’
Use of electronic system becomes mandatory for legal professionals in some parts of the...
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HMRC picks £5m partner to support programme to ‘transform customer interactions’
Department awards 18-month contract to William Alexander
More than three quarters completed census online
National statistician reveals ONS exceeded target for first digital exercise
Government digital function needs more enforcement powers – Maude report
Former Cabinet Office minister concludes that centralised functions should have a greater mandate to impose standards and spend controls
Power of attorney service looks to digital future
Government wants to replace ageing paper processes
No.10 weighs in after ministers contradict government line on Covid app alerts
Downing Street contradicts claims from business-focused ministers that adhering to isolation pings is at an individual’s discretion
NAO report finds ‘consistent underperformance’ of government digital programmes over 25 years
Auditors identify pattern of decisions being rushed and ill-informed, while digital leaders lack support
Devices seized in data-protection probe of Hancock CCTV leak
ICO takes PCs and other electronic equipment from two homes
Military tech research unit offers £150k in hunt for new CEO
Dstl publishes job advert in hunt for successor for Gary Aitkenhead
Remote DWP workers will not face back-to-office drive
Union claims department perm sec has offered assurances
Digital system to allow police to instantly check drivers’ identity
Technology developed by DVLA has already saved 14,000 hours so far
New borders and immigration enforcement chief to oversee conclusion of £400m digital rollout
The Home Office is recruiting a director general for a newly merged post, a key responsibility of which will be overseeing the final stages of its troubled digital borders scheme
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
Natural History Museum seeks £5m platform to manage collections
Tool will form part of the museum’s new long-term strategy
Home Office seeks £20m digital security partner
Department seeks firms to provide ‘advice, leadership and governance’
DfE offers £115k for director of technology
Role comes with remit to manage department’s infrastructure networks and staff devices
Government backs council-developed apps for planning permission applications
Two programs aim to reduce number of invalid applications from homeowners
Billion-pound scheme aims to eliminate 4G blackspots
Shared Rural Network aims to ensure all four mobile network operators serve at least three quarters of Scotland
Government anti-fraud efforts hindered by ‘lack of real-time data sharing’
PAC report finds that coronavirus response has increased exposure and may have cost tens of billions of pounds in taxpayers’ money
Data suggests millions of users have not enabled NHS contact-tracing app
Program has been downloaded more than 25 million times, but the latest figures show only 16 million users have enabled it
How can the government innovation strategy position the UK for success?
The upcoming government plan should rethink the UK’s R&D system and use public procurement to support innovative companies, according to Neil Ross of techUK
DWP hopes to reduce three-month processing wait for National Insurance number applications after launching digital service
The suspension of services last year has caused a backlog