Met Police gang database in ‘serious’ breach of data-protection laws, ICO finds
After being hit with enforcement notice, the London force is working with the regulator to improve its practices
Japan cybersecurity minister: ‘I have never used a computer’
Yoshitaka Sakurada has responsibility for protecting the technology to be used at 2020 Olympics
Brexit withdrawal agreement sets 2021 deadline for UK access to 25 European IT systems
The UK will be shut out of many European networks and databases over the next few years – and will have to pay the EU for access in the meantime, under terms of Brexit deal
MPs and Lords express concern at government plan to address civil service cyber skills challenges
Responding to a joint select committee report, government fails to commit to mandate ongoing training
Home secretary backs development of anti-online grooming tool
Sajid Javid and Microsoft host hackathon to create program that will be rolled out to tech firms for free
NHS Digital backs transformation of adult social care with £800,000 investment
Organisation awards deal to support the development of a service to help independent care providers embrace digitisation
HMRC praised for use of public consultations on Making Tax Digital programme
Lords committee commends tax agency for process used to develop and roll out digitisation project
'Optimism bias' hampers transformation projects, says NAO chief
Amyas Morse claims best-case scenario is often presented as likely outcome
Canadian PM: People are anxious about tech – we need to empower them
At GovTech Summit in Paris, Justin Trudeau speaks of need for government to ensure technology provides a ‘positive alternative’
‘Social values of suppliers’ to be emphasised in £250m care technology framework
Buying group YPO launches four-year dynamic purchasing system
Interview: Oliver Dowden on Verify, spending controls, and how ‘GDS is moving into new spaces’
PublicTechnology talks to the minister for implementation about the challenges and successes of an eventful year for the Government Digital Service, and where the organisation goes from here
How Devo Manc is driving health and social care transformation
The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership’s chief digital officer talks PublicTechnology through the organisation’s work to drive standardisation and consistency across the NHS and local government
Cambridgeshire’s connectivity mission
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is investing £13.6m to boost connectivity. Gill Hitchcock reports on the challenging targets and the delivery team working with suppliers to remove barriers and pave the way for success
Full-fibre primary schools and the Mancunian skills gap – 10 tech announcements you may have missed in the Budget
Although big-ticket technology announcements were largely absent from the chancellor’s speech, the Budget contained a number of initiatives and investments in digital and data
‘Smart working used to be an aspiration – now it is government policy’
The government has issued a ‘call to arms’ for experts to help Whitehall make a shift to smarter working practices
‘GDS’s future mission needs clarifying’
A House of Commons inquiry into the work of GDS to data and the state of digital government has begun publishing its findings. PublicTechnology looks at what a range of experts have had to say
Current police ICT systems are in desperate need of change
John Kellet of public sector digital specialist Eduserv looks at what at the results of the annual Police ICT Survey tell us about the force’s tech set-up
The third sector must play a key role in ‘social digital government’
Government needs to make sure it is integrating resources from different places in support of common goals, according to Neil McEvoy of Digital Scotland
We all need to utter the F word sometimes
PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall looks at the public sector’s vexed relationship with failure
Sharing civil service smart-working secrets
HMRC has been lauded for its adoption of flexible working tools and practices. Luke Heselwood of think tank Reform believes the department’s Whitehall peers could learn from the tax agency’s example
Digital Marketplace SME sales data shows clouds in the silver lining
Chris Farthing of Advice Cloud digs beneath the headline numbers to find both good news and cause for concern for government’s SME suppliers
A vision for a Digital Scotland
Neil McEvoy of Digital Scotland explains how the country could learn from the low-cost and replicable systems implemented by Estonia, and why GovTech is huge opportunity for the Scottish Government