‘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
Making Tax Digital VAT pilot goes live
HMRC director says that new digital ways to pay tax will give businesses more control over their finances
Report offers AI action plan to build public trust
Centre for Public Impact says that government employees need to gain AI literacy
Government launches firefighter safety technology contest
Entries must provide tracking technology to monitor staff inside buildings
Ministry of Justice to move infrastructure to the public cloud
Department aims to save £30m a year as it moves to public cloud hosting
Digital ‘equally important’ as transport infrastructure, says Scottish minister
The Scottish Government is to form an infrastructure commission to advise ministers on how spending should be directed to provide most economic benefit
South Kesteven innovation centre gets go-ahead
University of Lincoln to operate new centre providing degrees, apprenticeships and short courses, alongside services to businesses, as part of bid to boost local economy
Industry and police must work closer to prevent fraud says techUK
Increased complexity of cyber crime means police no longer hold all the data they need, says report, and better mechanisms for data sharing are essential
NHS head urges government to consider mental health levy on social media firms
Simon Stevens points to similar taxes imposed in industries such as gambling
Shadow minister slams government for ‘abandoning its responsibility’ on Verify
Jo Platt rebukes government for its ‘latest costly digital failure’
Why digital tracking could save firefighters’ lives
A Welsh fire service is calling for technology suppliers to collaborate on a digital tracking solution which could increase safety for fire crews across the globe. Gill Hitchcock reports.
'If none of our ideas fail, we are not being ambitious enough' - inside government's data science revolution
Tom Smith, managing director of the ONS Data Science Campus, tells PublicTechnology how and why he wants to 'move the needle' for the use of data across the public sector
How can the public sector manage cyberthreats?
In the wake of last year's WannaCry ransomware attack and a range of high-profile threats since then, PublicTechnology and Trend Micro invited a panel of experts to discuss how the public sector can build resilience and protect itself. Geoffrey Lyons reports.
Q&A: National Crime Agency CIO on progress of tech transformation
Following the recent annual update from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, the law-enforcement organisation’s IT leader provides on update on the rollout of cloud and other technologies
One Team Gov goes global
The government reform movement has snowballed to include both counterparts in other countries and the wider public sector. PublicTechnology went along to its first global event to find out more
Chatbots, free WiFi, and paperless councillors – Waltham Forest’s digital transformation
Executive and political leadership at the east London council talk to PublicTechnology about their work to lead transformation in a way that benefits the entire borough
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
Why 2018’s school leavers will keep learning, unlearning and relearning for years to come
As techUK launches research to assess the readiness of students for the future working world, the industry body’s policy manager India Lucas looks at what lies in store for this year’s A-level students
Next steps for UK cybersecurity: legislation; skills; and security by design
Talal Rajab of techUK looks at the key elements that are contributing to a hugely important year for cybersecurity in the UK