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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Belfast trials app-based rewards for visiting park
City tests app whose ‘dollars’ can be used for travel, visitor attractions and to support community groups
GDS recruits managers for cross-government digital identity work
Organisation advertises three senior roles for ‘One Login for Government’ project
NHS Test and Trace discloses new consultancy deals
Ernst and Young and James Harvard won just-reported contracts in March and April
Defence set for ‘rapid acceleration’ of digital, says MoD tech bigwig
Sector is currently ‘less mature’ than other areas of public services
Councils to pilot interactive maps for local planning
Government-funded trial with 14 English councils will aim to modernise planning processes
NHS staff in England want to keep remote working
Healthcare workers tell survey that remote consultations benefit some but not all patients
Minister pledges ‘clear roadmap’ for scaling back 2G and 3G networks
Matt Warman says government will provide more details of future networks plan this summer
Royal Navy uses AI software to track supersonic missiles
Systems designed to help personnel deal with incoming threats more quickly tested during NATO exercise
Defra picks £55m ‘digital delivery partner’
Department appoints firm to support delivery of key services
Government funds £1.2m AI project to help planning for protected areas
Initiative aims to make better use of data
Government Covid travel scheme to gather data on 150 million people a year
Home Office systems will store information on all arrivals in the UK for at least six weeks
Test and Trace signs £9m one-year AWS deal
Contract – which is not signed under the terms of the public sector-wide OGVA – covers provision of cloud services
Government broadband scheme seeks input from residents of UK’s most remote areas
DCMS consultation especially keen to hear from tourism businesses
Ministers need training to support Whitehall transformation, report finds
Think tank flags up need for extra skills
Home Office talks up digital visa plan
Priti Patel claims tech-based system will provide ‘a far clearer picture of who is here and whether they should be’
Vaccine status prompts millions to download NHS app
Figures show program is adding about 100,000 new users per day
Minister pledges Central Digital and Data Office will target ‘elephant in the room’ legacy IT
Newly created entity will also focus on data infrastructure
Ageing NHS IT slowed flow of data on vulnerable citizens, NAO finds
Report identifies delays in accessing information to alert those that needed to shield as chief auditor points to ‘challenges posed by legacy data and IT systems’
'Being accessible isn't a badge of honour; it's the minimum we should be doing'
To mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day, PublicTechnology caught up with Craig Abbott from the DWP to discuss how the department incorporates inclusion into its services, and why inaccessibility equates to discrimination
Home Office to set up ‘innovation centre’ in Stoke
Hub for 500 asylum workers forms part of drive to move thousands of civil service posts out of the capital
Could the Lords be the testing ground for the future of virtual parliament?
Crossbench peer Lord Anderson argues that the upper chamber should experiment further with virtual proceedings