• Councils urged to apply for £13K EU grant to help fund wireless connectivity

  Councils can apply for a £13k (€15k) EU grant to help implement Wi-Fi before Brexit is finalised. Local authorities have…
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• Hancock takes on social media companies with plans for new online safety laws

  Culture secretary wants to tackle the “Wild West elements of the Internet”; DCMS and Home...
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• Harrison calls for more patience over Verify take-up

  Identity assurance scheme lead admits take up hasn’t matched government’s hopes or plans but says...
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• Home Office picks Sopra Steria to deliver digital visa service

  Immigration minister Caroline Nokes has announced a contract award to Sopra Steria to deliver a new service for people applying…
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• GDS steps up its thinking on how public sector should move away from PSN

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) has launched a Discovery/Alpha exercise to understand how the public sector should move away from…
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• Defra wants to beef up its EU Exit Delivery team with new deputy director hire

  The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) is looking for a deputy director Programme Support for the Digital,…
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• ICO: “Consent is one way to comply with the GDPR, but it’s not the only way”

  The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), in the latest of a series of blogs about GDPR ‘myths’, has discussed the issue…
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• Home Office issues tender for biometrics development

  The Home Office Biometrics (HOB) Programme is looking for a digital partner to develop and support applications for its HOB…
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• GDS Sprints nowhere fast

  GlobalData’s Rob Anderson expected more razzmatazz from the digital love-in that was GDS’ Sprint18 conference, but left feeling rather unfulfilled…
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• Home Office’s Daesh media dilemma marks first GovTech challenge

  Minister for Implementation Oliver Dowden has announced the first GovTech competition calling for tech specialists to deliver innovation to tackle…
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