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HM Land Registry has appointed Iain Banfield as its permanent chief executive with a remit to lead ongoing “transformation” of the organisation.
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Fraud investigators working for HM Revenue and Customs are seeking to appoint a tech partner to help with the scanning, storing and submission of electronic evidence documents in prosecutions against tax evaders.
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HM Land Registry has appointed Iain Banfield as its permanent chief executive with a remit to lead ongoing “transformation” of the organisation.
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In focus: As the DCMS perm sec is confirmed as the head of the digital profession, a reminder of why some feel there should be a different type of figurehead.
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The permanent secretary of the new-look Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has been confirmed as the new head of the techie profession across government.
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Fraud investigators working for HM Revenue and Customs are seeking to appoint a tech partner to help with the scanning, storing and submission of electronic evidence documents in prosecutions against tax evaders.
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https://t.co/mXWmeuXo0f

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NHS England has issued an apology after admitting that employees from Palantir and other suppliers can access identifiable information related to individual patients via the Federated Data Platform.
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Lookback: As data shows that, beyond the core https://t.co/IOmMq0kziU infrastructure, many government sites do not comply with accessibility requirements, a reminder of how digital teams can avoid such issues.
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A significant proportion of websites run by the UK’s devolved national governments are currently failing to comply with accessibility requirements, research has revealed.
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One of the health service’s biggest acute-care hospital trusts has declared a critical incident over “ongoing IT issues”.
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Former innovation minister and government chief scientific adviser Lord Patrick Vallance has been appointed as the chair of the PM’s new AI Taskforce.
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Former innovation minister and government chief scientific adviser Lord Patrick Vallance has been appointed as the chair of the PM’s new AI Taskforce.
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Lookback: As data shows that, beyond the core https://t.co/IOmMq0kziU infrastructure, many government sites do not comply with accessibility requirements, a reminder of how digital teams can avoid such issues.
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https://t.co/rVH6l07pFB

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A significant proportion of websites run by the UK’s devolved national governments are currently failing to comply with accessibility requirements, research has revealed.
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https://t.co/yc2TCZxqxg

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One of the health service’s biggest acute-care hospital trusts has declared a critical incident over “ongoing IT issues”.
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https://t.co/uLiSfsTda7

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The Greater London Authority has signed a near-£15m deal for new technology infrastructure to count the millions of votes cast in mayoral and assembly elections, marking a return to a process which was scrapped for the previous ballot in 2024.
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The Department for Education has referred itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office after hackers gained access to hundreds of thousands of lines of information in a cyberattack.
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East Riding of Yorkshire Council is offering a six-figure salary for a new digital leader to “play a pivotal role in driving organisational change”.
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The formal commencement of the Post Office’s £170m deal for a system to replace Horizon will now be subject to an even lengthier delay of three further weeks.
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Companies House has revealed that artificial intelligence has been used to help the organisation chat with hundreds of citizens each day and respond to thousands of emails from the public.
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