Ex-GDS and DIT digital leader Holly Ellis joins AWS
Formerly head of DDaT skills across government, Ellis has taken on public sector-focused post at cloud heavyweight
Government service performance platform closes 'for maintenance'
No timeframe on when work will conclude but plans are being made for information to be temporarily republished elsewhere, PublicTechnology understands
Worcestershire seeks IT and digital chief
County council recruiting for leader to deliver ‘innovative solutions within a reducing budget’
HMRC seeks input for £4.5m business data deal
Tax agency publishes prior information notice
University of Nottingham to launch £7m ‘digital engagement’ programme
Institution looks to tech to revamp the way it recruits students
Transparency concerns raised over NHS deal with Amazon Alexa
Privacy International criticises decision to redact details of the health service’s agreement with the smart assistant
Cambridge NHS trust plots £150k website revamp
Organisation looks to appoint supplier to deliver two-year project
Manchester City Council seeks £100k director of IT
Post comes with remit to spearhead tech transformation and manage £55m planned investment
Largest NHS trust preps £10m deal to modernise virtual desktops
Barts Health to launch procurement for supplier to host and maintain VDI environment
Wolverhampton councillors approve paperless meetings
Local authority to use app across the board in bid to save money, decrease environmental impact and improve members’ IT skills
Election 2019: Which party has most to say on digital, data and technology?
Examining the language of each party’s manifesto reveals significant differences in the amount and focus of proposals related to technology and data policy – as well as in the wider themes of each document
Conservative manifesto: five tech takeaways
Rounding up the Tories’ key pledges in the area of digital and data, including a new cybercrime force and tax incentives for investments in cloud computing
Could AR/VR augment the public sector?
Government has only dabbled with augmented and virtual reality so far, but the technology has a range of potential use cases, according to Jeremy Dalton of Immerse UK and PwC
How digital triage is cutting queues for urgent care
Digital self-check-in at an NHS centre in London enables patients to be attended to within a few minutes. Gill Hitchcock reports.
How has the online voter registration service coped with 100,000 users a day?
Since MPs voted in favour of a December election, upwards of 3.5 million registrations have been processed digitally
Labour manifesto: five tech takeaways
The free broadband plan has attracted attention, but the party has a number of other proposals for the use and regulation of technology. PublicTechnology rounds up the major manifesto policies
Council collaboration catches on
Georgina Maratheftis of techUK runs through a busy and productive month of partnerships for the local authority digital and technology sector
The greatest glitch in government
In 2017, the NHS was the most high-profile victim of an international cyberattack. With the imminent phasing-out of support for Windows 7, Guinevere Poncia asks how government institutions are keeping pace with cyberthreats
How digitisation helped the DWP make child maintenance easier for separated parents
Improving its online offering has enabled the department to make life easier for citizens and its own staff. Lead delivery manager Alan Soulsby talks us through the project.
Better data can help make a better society
Frankie Kay of the Office for National Statistics writes about a simple way in which we can improve lives all across the nation
Is procurement a friend or foe for local government transformation?
Buying processes should be seen as an enabler of innovation, rather than a barrier, according to Georgina Maratheftis of techUK
What can the public sector learn from start-up culture?
While it might not need the beer fridges and bean bags, the NHS could learn something from the employee-engagement fostered by start-ups, believes Anas Nader of Patchwork Health