Whitehall digital scene a ‘merry-go-round’ as departments scrap for skills – IfG report
Internal competition is rife for in-demand tech talent, think tank finds
HMRC digital tax platform ‘remains on track’ for April deadline
Over 100 businesses a day are signing up for the ongoing pilot scheme, Treasury minister claims
Capita-led recruitment project hamstrung by Army’s ‘antiquated IT system’, MPs told
The MoD and the Army made a number of errors during the troubled project to help meet the Army’s recruitment targets, officials have admitted
AWS environment is ‘best fit’ for Crown Marketplace, minister claims
Oliver Dowden adds that award of hosting deal to Amazon represents only 5% of total amount being spent on new procurement platform
GDS offers £130k for service design head
Organisation seeks manager to replace Nic Harrison in role spearheading design, standards, and controls
Jail sentence for UK hacker who took a nation offline
Anti-cybercrime leaders say Daniel Kaye was a ‘talented and sophisticated cybercriminal’
Scottish FOI laws to be reviewed
Information Commissioner tells parliamentary committee that ‘society and demands and experts more information’
NHS chief digital officer Bauer to join video GP firm
Tara Donnelly of Health Innovation Network to step into CDO role
BEIS maintains 75% smart meter coverage 2020 target
Department tells select committee that goal is ‘challenging, but not out of the question’
Ministers urge airports to ‘step up’ in face of drone threat
Defence select committee considers launching inquiry into military response
How the police wants to use AI and analytics to ‘adopt a public-health approach to crime’
Critics have claimed that an analytics project being led by West Midlands Police is bringing the dystopia of Minority Report to life. But superintendent Iain Donnelly tells PublicTechnology that he is determined to use tech and data ‘as a force for good’
Companies House aims for 100% digital
The agency's director of digital tells PublicTechnology how the UK company register is using data science, agile methods – and eyeball tracking – in its transformation journey
Interview: CIO for overseas military operations on the rising nation-state cyberthreat facing the MoD
Nicholas Lloyd, who oversees technology across 52 global locations, discusses the changing threat landscape
The biggest stories of 2018 – part two
We revisit the big news and major events from the second half of 2018
The biggest stories of 2018 – part one
We take a look back at the major developments that shaped the first half of the year
What next for the government’s anti-fake news unit?
Earlier this year, the government loudly heralded the creation of the Rapid Response Unit to tackle misinformation. But two months after its initial funding ran out, it has gone quiet on its future.
How to deliver transformative NHS improvements at speed
Jonathan Lofthouse of Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts gives his eight-point action plan for implementing technology – and reaping its benefits – as quickly as possible
The three public sector technology trends that will define 2019
PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall picks out the topics and trends that will dominate the year ahead, and revisits the predictions of a year ago to see any of them came to pass
How Bolton and Wigan teamed up to tackle their cybersecurity challenges
Technology chief Dave Pearce explains how the two local authorities are working together to share data, technology, and services
Is G-Cloud broken?
For all its good intentions, the government's flagship digital services framework remains hamstrung by the wrong strategy and technical challenges, believes Romy Hughes of Brightman
The time is now to bridge the digital divide
Eliminating digital exclusion would reduce inequality and give the economy a multibillion-pound boost, according to Helen Milner of Good Things Foundation
How to create a blockchain-powered digital nation
Adopting the blockchain will help Scotland achieve its vision of becoming a fully digital nation and usher in an unprecedented era of economic growth, believes Neil McEvoy of DigitalScot.net