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Work starts on new nationwide app to ‘end rough sleeping’
Supplier retained for £1m project to build system government hopes will be more widely used than existing tools
Mental-health services to be added to NHS App as part of digital expansion
Minister claims government hopes to ensure ‘support from day one’
MoJ convenes top judges and experts to develop rules for online court proceedings
New committee created to help advise participants in court cases
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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 now come to light’
Major ‘productivity review’ to look for public sector tech opportunities
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt launches scrutiny exercise
Home Office signs £23m software support deal for key immigration system database
Contract covers the delivery of increased internal capability for department
Data ‘likely’ stolen in Manchester University cyberattack
Institution is ‘monitoring the dark web’ to see if copied data turns up
Report warns on £1.5bn extra customer costs for Making Tax Digital and millions of records on HMRC legacy systems
National Audit Office says that tax agency needs to prepare a new business case or risk further ‘undermined credibility’ for major programme
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
Scottish parliamentarians sign up for service to track online personal threats
Tool will run on a trial basis for a year
Ministers pledge to remove Chinese tech from government sites
Move comes alongside plan to create national security-focused procurement team
Data watchdog urges against further FoI exemptions
Information commissioner warns MPs of risks of absolving agencies of transparency requirements
Home Office preps Plan B to ensure continuity of UK police database
Department says that work to deliver replacement of 50-year-old system is on track but that it is ‘prudent’ to create a contingency plan
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
Braverman proposes surveillance law update to give authorities more sway over telecoms firms
Tweaks to Investigatory Powers Act could require companies to provide data even before appeals are settled and alert authorities to technical updates
Ex-DHSC minister says WhatsApp used for coffee confab not key Covid calls
Lord Bethell claims messaging service helped quickly share information but formal meetings were still crucial in decision-making
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
NHS unveils £1bn plan for primary-care digital deals including patient records and remote consultations
Potential providers invited to respond to early-engagement notice
Cost of developing emergency alerts system pegged at £25m
Minister reveals up more than £4m spent on testing, security and other support contracts