NHS England agreed to pay £160,000 to prop up troubled GP software supplier
Contract notice cites ‘extreme urgency’ in funding Silicon Practice for two weeks to avoid its software services closing
Artificial intelligence to empower public services, says minister
Michelle Donelan highlights uses of AI in policing and healthcare along with potential to cut time spent on administration
Government seeks national technology adviser
Director general-level role requiring ‘fantastic network’ of contacts in science, technology and digital will pay to up £135,000
ICO to fast-track public interest Freedom of Information complaints
Regulator expects to give up to a fifth of complaints faster treatment
Cabinet Office to ‘fill gaps’ in vulnerability scanning of technology
New deal covers 13,500 end-user and on-site devices, AWS accounts and public-facing domains
Police seeks tech to investigate crypto crime
City of London force plans to spend £1.8m on forensics investigation service available to all UK law-enforcement agencies
CDDO launches Data Maturity Assessment for Government
Departments have committed to carry out assessments based on 97 areas
Open transport data to help public plan and pay
Department for Transport publishes catalogue of datasets, following support for open bus and roadwork data
Government high-tech hub in Birmingham garlanded as one of world’s leading workplaces
Government Property Agency facility is the most highly rated public-sector office in the world
HMRC chief signs off on £200m plan to address areas of ‘greatest risk’ to data protection
Major programme seeks to ensure compliance with UK GDPR and other legislation
Data delays, mice mix-ups and septuagenarian software skills – eight things we learned at PublicTechnology Live
As PublicTechnology gathered its audience for our annual summit, senior digital leaders from across the public sector discussed their priorities and challenges, and some of the more unexpected aspects of their work
‘DWP is moving away from seeing someone as a benefit recipient – and asking how we can respond to their circumstances’
Before appearing at PublicTechnology Live next week, digital delivery director Helen Roberts tells us about the department’s priorities – and why the term ‘digital transformation’ has never been a good fit
“We never use the word ‘digital’” – inside the Welsh public sector's design doctrine
Ahead of speaking at PublicTechnology Live, Jo Goodwin discusses how the Centre for Digital Public Services is encouraging a focus on users across the public sector
PublicTechnology’s biggest stories of the year
A reminder of the shocks, scandals and success stories that shaped the world of government technology in 2022
Valuable advice – inside the Government Office for Technology Transfer
The newly established GOTT aims to help agencies realise the value of their assets. Its chief executive explains all.
Common complaints – why the ICO is considering revamping FOI casework
A ‘perfect storm’ of factors helped create a significant backlog of information-access complaints – but the data watchdog has a plan to improve. PublicTechnology takes a closer look.
How CDDO is working to make government services great
In this piece for PublicTechnology, head of strategy and standards Ben Tate provides an update on the digital unit's work to transform the most important citizen services
ICO: Instead of massive fines, regulation works best when we work alongside organisations
Information commissioner John Edwards discusses the impact of the watchdog’s new approach to working with the public sector – which focuses on improvements, rather than penalties
Trust is required in data and the organisations that hold it
Assuring data, and investing in the infrastructure that supports it, is crucially important, including to Sir Nigel Shadbolt of the Open Data Institute
We need to better understand, support and celebrate colleagues with disabilities
Samaira Uddin of GDS discusses how civil servants can be an allies and advocates for their disabled co-workers
Government must earn public trust that AI is being used safely and responsibly
Leaders from two of government’s core digital and data units – the CDDO and CDEI – introduce new guidelines intended to promote transparency in the public sector’s use of algorithms
In a hybrid world, data can help create an identity for students
Gathering and analysing information can help institutions promote engagement and wellbeing, according to Alex Chapman of Middlesex University