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MoJ convenes top judges and experts to develop rules for online court proceedings
New committee created to help advise participants in court cases
MPs ask HMRC for answers over summer helpline closure
Chair of Treasury committee expresses concern about impact on citizens and lack of notice
ICO examines use of personal data in government anti-disinformation work
Data watchdog says it will be asking questions of departments following ‘information that has...
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AI laws must ‘support businesses while protecting citizens’, Scottish minister says
Richard Lochhead – who has requested an urgent pan-UK meeting – believes government should avoid ‘unnecessary red tape’
Sunak and Biden agree transatlantic data bridge
Leaders announced agreed-in-principle initiative as part of trade partnership
Digital has taken root at DLUHC, says former chief
Paul Maltby says department’s approach has helped empower councils
Digital minister pledges to reverse decline in departments’ DDaT apprenticeships
Alex Burghart claims that numbers have already begun to rise following reported 20% drop in 2022
Home Office anti-terror comms-interception unit hires £6m project managers to address ‘lack of skill set’
NCDS is currently engaged in ‘moving towards new ways of working’ to reflect legislative changes
Scottish minister warns on Westminster’s ‘hands-off’ approach to AI and requests urgent UK summit
Richard Lochhead compares technology to previous industrial revolutions and says government’s job is to minimise harms and spread opportunities
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology made up of 800 DCMS staffers and 935 from BEIS
Minister reveals that newly created department is still working on employee transfers
DfT declines review of undigitised DVLA processes for citizens with health conditions
MPs found that ‘inefficient’ manual processes contributed to a pandemic backlog of driving licence applications from those with notifiable medical needs
DWP processing 60 online PIP claims per day as tests of digital service remain small-scale
Department began piloting limited use of online system in October 2020
Ex-intelligence chief ‘appalled’ at ministers’ use of private messages
Former GCHQ and Home Office leader David Omand expresses disapproval of use of WhatsApp and other platforms for government business
Digital Leaders’ Download: Ex-HMPPS leader Farrar on how technology was crucial in helping prisons’ pandemic response
In the first of a series of interviews with government’s biggest figures, PublicTechnology and CDDO caught up with Jo Farrar to discuss exploring virtual reality and AI, and why it’s time for civil servants to stop accepting outdated IT
UKCloud collapse caused ‘no unexpected service disruptions or cost to public purse’
Minister says that all public-sector customers have now moved to alternative provider
Consultation reveals widespread opposition to proposed data-sharing laws for government login system
Overwhelming majority of respondents voice disapproval but government will press on with plans to bring forward legislation
UK aid watchdog reveals difficulties caused by FCDO’s ‘dysfunctional’ IT systems
ICAI annual report says it has been stymied in its ability to recruit people or pay contractors following departmental merger
Digital minister: ‘It’s important to the government that the British public has confidence in how we use their data’
In a piece written for PublicTechnology, parliamentary secretary Alex Burghart discusses progress with One Login and the significance of legislative changes
MoD seeks senior exec to boost ‘cyber awareness, behaviours and culture’ across defence sector
Role comes with a remit to work with current and former military personnel, as well as officials and commercial suppliers
Interview: CDDO chief Lee Devlin on the ‘move from being disruptive to collaborative’
In the first of a series of exclusive interviews, the head of government’s ‘Digital HQ’ talks to PublicTechnology about the Central Digital and Data Office’s work to unlock £8bn of digital investment, engage with departmental leaders, and deliver definitively great services
How Oxford University is using data to empower underrepresented groups in entrepreneurship
The question is not whether a diversity of talent exists, but how do we enable all to move forward in industry, according to Leah Thompson from the University of Oxford
Whitehall chief: ‘It’s difficult to overestimate the number of digital and data people we need to recruit’
Alex Chisholm reveals more than 2,000 DDaT professionals joined the civil service during a six-month period last year
HMRC finds strong support for online Child Benefit claims – but ‘digital by default’ would cause problems for one in five users
Department publishes findings of study conducted ahead of planned digitisation initiative
‘Cabinet Office is blocking all UKSV’s valiant attempts at reform’ – PAC chair
MPs publish scathing report finding vetting service is not being properly resourced