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• December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18

  ‘Open-minded’ DVSA cuts cost of MOT testing

  Government agency harnesses customised open source platform to ensure data security while cutting costs and plans to extend its MOT testing capability to do the same for drivers’ theory tests

• December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18

  NHS email outage caused by ‘internal software issues’

  NHSmail system shutdown, which saw staff locked out of their accounts, blamed on “software issues” in supplier Accenture’s internal infrastructure

• December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18

  GovTech Catalyst Fund awards contracts to five SMEs to tackle rural isolation and loneliness

  Five small tech companies have been awarded contracts through the GovTech Catalyst Fund to come up with innovative solutions to rural isolation and loneliness

• December 03, 2018 03 Dec'18

  Digital identity market welcomes plan to hand Gov.uk Verify to private sector

  Players in the UK digital identity community welcome the clarity over the future of Verify, but question marks remain over prospects for government ID system

• December 03, 2018 03 Dec'18

  UK government commits to opening up data in bid to push adoption of AI

  Opening up data is vital to government plans to push adoption of artificial intelligence across all sectors of the UK economy

• December 03, 2018 03 Dec'18

  Police investigations into cyber crime up 14% in a year

  Officers forced to follow up over 2,500 complaints of Instagram, Facebook, email and website hacking, and Bitcoin ransom, despite a rise in violent crime, report reveals

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  Government mobilises to persuade tech sector to endorse May-EU deal

  Jeremy Wright, the secretary of state at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, says the prime minister’s deal with the European Union will be good for UK tech, ensuring free flow of data

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  CCRC may hold off subpostmaster decision until after Post Office Horizon trial

  The Criminal Courts Review Commission is deciding whether to delay its decision on subpostmasters’ claims of wrongful prosecution until after a related court case

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  WannaCry borderline national cyber emergency

  The May 2017 WannaCry attack, which disrupted services at one-third of NHS trusts and more than 600 primary care organisations is the closest the UK has come to a national cyber emergency, says the NCSC

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  CIO interview: Theo Blackwell, London chief digital officer, Mayor of London’s Office

  After more than a year in post, London’s chief digital officer reflects on changes, collaboration between boroughs and developing a smart city

• November 29, 2018 29 Nov'18

  UK cyber security strategy making ‘good progress’

  The National Cyber Security Strategy is making good progress, but there is much left to be done, according to a Cabinet Office official

• November 29, 2018 29 Nov'18

  Danish government launches wide-ranging digital services project

  Denmark's government has launched an ambitious project to digitise and automate public services

• November 29, 2018 29 Nov'18

  120,000 police officers to receive cyber security training

  Cisco is partnering with UK police forces to offer cyber security training through the Cisco Networking Academy

• November 29, 2018 29 Nov'18

  Health and care must prepare for a digital world, says Scotland’s digital director

  Challenges include dealing with ethical questions, data and collaboration needs in a digital environment, says Scottish government’s Colin Cook

• November 29, 2018 29 Nov'18

  Scottish Government and Nesta launch health data challenge

  Partnership between the Scottish Government and Nesta will see funding available for innovative projects driving the use of technology to give citizens access to data and help them live healthier lives