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November 26, 2019
26
Nov'19
Revamped HMRC IR35 status checker tool still lacks key functionality, contractor groups claim
HMRC releases an updated version of its IR35 tax status checker tool, CEST, to accommodate the onset of the tax avoidance reforms being rolled out to the private sector, but contracting stakeholders claim it still lacks basic functionality
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November 25, 2019
25
Nov'19
General Election 2019: The Conservatives’ technology policies and digital plans
With the UK gearing up for its third general election in four years, Computer Weekly outlines the Conservative and Unionist Party’s main technology policies and digital plans, as laid out in its manifesto
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November 25, 2019
25
Nov'19
University of Leicester dumps SANs and LUNs for Cloudian object storage
One-to-one mapping between Dell SANs and media servers had passed their sell-by date and caused vulnerabilities for the University of Leicester, which fixed the problems by a move to “stateless” object storage on Cloudian
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November 25, 2019
25
Nov'19
General Election 2019: Labour’s technology policies and digital plans
With the UK gearing up for its third General Election in four years, Computer Weekly outlines the Labour Party’s main technology policies and digital plans, as laid out in its manifesto
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November 25, 2019
25
Nov'19
Conservatives propose national cyber crime force
Manifesto also says Tories would “empower the police to safely use new technologies like biometrics and artificial intelligence, along with the use of DNA, within a strict legal framework”
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November 22, 2019
22
Nov'19
Court of Appeal dismisses Post Office application to appeal damning judgment
The Court of Appeal has rejected a Post Office application to appeal judgments made in the first trial of its multimillion-pound battle with subpostmasters over IT system failures.
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November 21, 2019
21
Nov'19
Labour pledges review of NCSC in UK security overhaul
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre may get expanded powers under a Labour government
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November 21, 2019
21
Nov'19
SMEs prevail in expanded FutureNHS tender
Health service is looking to procure a larger sharing and collaboration platform for health and social care
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November 21, 2019
21
Nov'19
Lib Dem election manifesto: Party vows to scrap loan charge and review IR35 private sector reforms
The Liberal Democrats’ General Election manifesto sees the party pledge to scrap the controversial loan charge policy, and undertake a review of the IR35 private sector reforms
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November 21, 2019
21
Nov'19
Collaboration is key to rapid adoption of govtech across Europe
Government technology is spreading across Europe, but policy-makers and senior civil servants are still figuring out best practices
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November 20, 2019
20
Nov'19
NHSX seeks chief information officer
Role is the latest in a series of senior positions the digital unit is looking to fill in order to build its leadership
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November 20, 2019
20
Nov'19
Swedish hospitals suffer IT crashes
Hospitals in Sweden’s West Götaland region have suffered computer problems because of as-yet unexplained hard drive crashes
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November 20, 2019
20
Nov'19
Met Police launches £600m IT infrastructure tender
Force aims to move away from a multi-supplier approach and enable flexibility and savings in technology
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November 20, 2019
20
Nov'19
Finland’s ministry of transport floats tech-enabled four-day week
Government department says four-day working week is made possible by technologies such as artificial intelligence
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November 20, 2019
20
Nov'19
House of Commons seeks IT security chief
Interviews for the two-year engagement are due to take place in December 2019
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November 19, 2019
19
Nov'19
Public sector risks downplayed by senior IT leaders
Sophos reveals a significant cyber security perception gap between senior IT and security leaders in the public sector and their front-line teams
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November 18, 2019
18
Nov'19
Scottish local government prioritises automation and AI in digital plan
Use of the technologies will be ramped up as part of the next phase of the Digital Office 2.0 programme
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November 15, 2019
15
Nov'19
Loan charge under review: The 20-year retroactive tax policy pushing IT contractors to the brink
Thousands of IT contractors are at risk of financial ruin as HMRC pursues them for tax it claims they owe on work they did up to two decades ago and were reimbursed for via loan remuneration schemes. Computer Weekly investigates
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November 15, 2019
15
Nov'19
Notorious hackers claim responsibility for Labour DDoS
Hackers claiming to represent Lizard Squad say they were behind a distributed denial of service attack on the UK’s Labour Party
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November 14, 2019
14
Nov'19
Home Office Brexit app contains multiple security flaws
The Home Office’s Brexit app may be putting EU citizens’ personal data at risk
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November 14, 2019
14
Nov'19
LOTI launches dashboard that maps technology resources of local authorities
London Office of Technology and Innovation launches dashboard in partnership with Bloomberg Associates to drive savings and identify skills levels
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November 13, 2019
13
Nov'19
Attack on Labour shows need for DDoS defence but should alarm few
After being hit by two DDoS attacks in the space of 24 hours, many commentators are convinced the UK’s Labour Party is the victim of foreign interference in the General Election campaign. It probably isn’t
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November 12, 2019
12
Nov'19
NHS still holds citizen trust on data use
But the public trust banks more than local or central government bodies when it comes to handling personal information, a new study has found
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November 12, 2019
12
Nov'19
‘Robust’ security foils cyber attack on Labour Party
Labour claims to have been the victim of a cyber attack, but says it is confident no data leaked
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November 11, 2019
11
Nov'19
G-Cloud 10 fails to generate business for suppliers, study says
Research firm Tussell’s study into G-Cloud reveals majority of suppliers listed in its report did not earn any revenue in 2018 through the public sector framework
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November 08, 2019
08
Nov'19
HMCTS researches the future of open justice
A new report by Policy Lab into the threats and opportunities of technology is aimed to support new approaches to policy-making
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November 06, 2019
06
Nov'19
General Election affects National Data Strategy
A series of workshops, including the public’s involvement to guide the plan’s vision, have been postponed
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November 05, 2019
05
Nov'19
Welsh government to hire chief digital officer
The £500,000 of annual funding will go towards a leader and a department dedicated to developing digital initiatives
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November 05, 2019
05
Nov'19
ICO launches data security campaign for UK General Election
Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham launches campaign to remind the public of their rights when personal data is used for political purposes
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November 04, 2019
04
Nov'19
Modernisation of justice may leave vulnerable users behind
A Commons Select Committee report has voiced a number of concerns about the ongoing transformation efforts led by the Ministry of Justice and called for actions such as maintenance of non-digital services
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November 04, 2019
04
Nov'19
Government allocates £2m to support growth of lawtech
New government funding unlocked to help break down barriers to the adoption of emerging technologies in the legal sector
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November 04, 2019
04
Nov'19
IR35 tribunal rules HMRC wrong to pursue ex-DWP IT contractor for £240,000 in unpaid employment tax
HMRC has vowed to appeal against the outcome of an IR35 tribunal that ruled it should not be pursuing an ex-DWP and Accenture IT contractor for more than £240,000 in unpaid tax as his engagements classify him as self-employed
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November 04, 2019
04
Nov'19
EU patches 20-year-old open source vulnerability
Ethical hackers taking part in a bug bounty programme on behalf of the European Union have uncovered a 20-year-old vulnerability
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November 01, 2019
01
Nov'19
HMRC appoints interim chief digital and information officer
Jacky Wright's replacement is a financial services veteran who brings expertise in tech-enabled change and payments infrastructure
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October 31, 2019
31
Oct'19
Government review of cloud-first policy concludes guidance should remain unchanged
A review into the continued relevance of the UK government’s six-year-old cloud-first policy has concluded its ‘brand recognition’ is too strong for it to be scrapped, according to GDS
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October 31, 2019
31
Oct'19
UK at the forefront of government AI investment
Current and anticipated artificial intelligence spending is the highest in Europe despite various challenges around implementation, according to a report by Accenture
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October 31, 2019
31
Oct'19
JEDI mind tricks: Did White House interference affect the outcome of $10bn US gov cloud contract?
Microsoft's triumph over Amazon Web Services (AWS) in securing a $10bn cloud contract with the US Department of Defense has led to questions being asked about whether White House pressure changed the course of the procurement
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October 31, 2019
31
Oct'19
NHSX reports advancements in artificial intelligence
Latest study showcases the work in artificial intelligence that is ongoing in the NHS as part of its Long-Term Plan
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October 30, 2019
30
Oct'19
DWP outlines steps to reduce fraud and error
The Department of Work and Pensions has released the priorities within its single departmental plan, including the new platforms National Debt Service and Counter Fraud and Error Management Service
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October 30, 2019
30
Oct'19
What will succeed the National Cyber Security Strategy?
As the National Cyber Security Strategy nears the end of its working life, the government is considering what comes next, and is asking probing questions of its successes and failures
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October 30, 2019
30
Oct'19
UK gets low score in European e-gov ranking
Leaders in the region got scores of over 80% while Britain achieved just over 61%, a Capgemini report has found
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October 29, 2019
29
Oct'19
Reykjavik: An IT ecosystem beyond the ice
Iceland is a small island between Europe and the US, and that is one of several reasons why it is attracting tech startups to its capital
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October 29, 2019
29
Oct'19
Post Office IT trial judgement within days
The judgment in the second trial in a multimillion-pound legal battle over an allegedly faulty IT system at the Post Office is imminent
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October 28, 2019
28
Oct'19
AWS 'surprised' over losing out on $10bn US JEDI cloud deal to Microsoft
Microsoft has emerged as the victor in the long-running battle with AWS over who would secure a decade-long cloud contract with the US Department of Defense worth $10bn
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October 28, 2019
28
Oct'19
UK government announces new funding for robot development
The £34m package will go towards research around autonomous technologies to improve safety and public trust
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October 25, 2019
25
Oct'19
How the DWP lifted two decades of outsourcing to adopt a cloud-first model
For the past four-and-a-half years, the Department for Work and Pensions has been evolving into a cloud-first organisation. We find out how it has been getting on
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October 25, 2019
25
Oct'19
Government provides boost to artificial intelligence skills
PhDs and researchers will be sponsored as part of a programme aimed at creating and retaining experts in artificial intelligence technology
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October 25, 2019
25
Oct'19
NHSX seeks chief technology officer
The principal technology adviser to the organisation's CEO, Matthew Gould, should be interviewed by early December
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October 24, 2019
24
Oct'19
Know Fraud database became backlog dump
Reports to Action Fraud handled by City of London Police’s National Fraud Intelligence Bureau were quarantined as security risk, finds HM’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services
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October 23, 2019
23
Oct'19
Ministry of Defence to access IT skills via £1.5bn framework
The new procurement vehicle is part of the department's plan to improve how it engages with the tech industry