Transformation
Proactive defence: A new take on cyber security
The traditional reactive approach to cybersecurity, which involves responding to attacks after they have occurred, is no longer sufficient. Murielle Gonzalez reports on a webinar looking at what organisations can do to take a proactive approach
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...
Mental-health services to be added to NHS App as part of digital expansion
Minister claims government hopes to ensure ‘support from day one’
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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
Major ‘productivity review’ to look for public sector tech opportunities
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt launches scrutiny exercise
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
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
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
DWP, Home Office, MoJ and Defra launch £1bn tender for shared services tech providers
Departments look to sign joint deal with a software provider and a system integrator
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
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
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
Scottish Government-backed 5G network underpins global coronation broadcasts
Technology was used by BBC and 20 other international broadcasters
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
IPO announces two-year timeline for online patent service and digital hearings
Government agency publishes update on transformation plan
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
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
Self-driving buses begin operation in Edinburgh
Vehicles will travel on the roads of the Scottish capital at speeds of up to 50mph
Full deployment of Common Platform pushed back another year to 2025
Courts service leader tells MPs that ‘core functionality’ will be in place in the next 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
NHS urges practices to adopt online GP registration
Six in seven practices have yet to join digital service launched nine months ago