NHS opens bidding on £1bn PC and print framework
Suppliers sought across six lots covering a comprehensive range of end-user devices
Spending watchdog to probe ‘transparency’ of government procurement during pandemic
Auditor general says NAO will produce ‘detailed piece of work’
Doctors’ union to review use of video consultations
BMA board will examine how best to use technology going forward and calls for government to take heed of its findings
Hancock urges citizens not to ‘game the system’ as people find local coronavirus tests by claiming to live 500 miles away
Twickenham MP claims her constituents have been able to book local tests only by entering an Aberdeen postcode
Central London boroughs seek IT chief to develop joint strategy
Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea launch recruitment for CIO
Derbyshire police seeks £15m long-term IT product partner
Force floats procurement opportunity
Personal data of all Welsh coronavirus cases compromised in breach
Public Health Wales says leak that affected more than 18,000 people to have tested positive was attributable to ‘human error’
Scottish Government urges uptake of digital inclusion fund
Funding increased for programme that offers devices and connectivity
HMRC to connect 27 offices with £2m wide-area network
Tax agency invests in connectivity
‘Our adversaries are investing in AI’, warns military intelligence chief
Russia and China are increasingly operating in a ‘grey zone between war and peacetime’, according to the government
‘Unless you get the ethics of data right, you'll fail on the effectiveness as well’
The head of the Royal Statistical Society Stian Westlake talks algorithms, politicians and the current ‘favourable wind’ gathering in government behind his profession
The coronavirus ‘infodemic’: truth and conspiracy online
The spread of online misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated a public health crisis. PublicTechnology digs into a recent parliamentary inquiry to find out more about the response from social media companies and government
Ministerial caricatures, presidential letters, and overseas stamps – FCDO lifts lid on 300 years of documents
The newly created department has published a full inventory of the nearly 10,000 paper documents that form its archive
Lifesaving data – how NHS Digital has worked with researchers to support coronavirus response
Research director Tom Denwood explains how the national digital services agency has helped use information to better understand issues including effective treatments for Covid-19 and the impact on patients suffering from other conditions
What does the Huawei ban mean for the Emergency Services Network?
The Home Office tells PublicTechnology work is on track and security risks are ‘minimal’. But onlookers remain concerned about the implications of the presence of Huawei technology in the new network for police, fire and ambulance services.
Inside DWP’s digital coronavirus response – APIs, reuse and micro-services
In the face of huge demand for its services, the DWP was able to call on a library of reusable tools, the department’s integration lead Jacqui Leggetter tells PublicTechnology
Policymakers must start asking difficult questions on the ethics of AI in healthcare
Government needs to begin working with citizens and industry to address the risks created by the use of new technology, according to Jessica Morley and Luciano Floridi of the Oxford Internet Institute
Blended learning: how one college adapted to coronavirus and what happens next
Bournemouth and Poole College was quick to roll out remote-access tools and is now planning for a future in which technology plays a bigger role, according to technical officer Keith Ball
How Bradford Council has worked to keep tourism alive with virtual visits
Ahead of Yorkshire Day tomorrow – and as the city re-enters localised restrictions – we hear from the authority’s VisitBradford tourism chief Rachel Oxborough about how it has used online engagement to keep in touch with visitors and residents in recent months
Videoconferencing can benefit the NHS and patients long after coronavirus
The pandemic has provided a pressing use case for remote consultations but, according to Rowan Pritchard Jones of St Helens and Knowsley NHS trust, the technology has a lot to offer in the long term
Letter from Australia: how the government got serious on cybersecurity
CyberArk, our sponsor for PublicTechnology Cyber Week, writes about how industry and government are working together to meet Australia’s cyber challenges
NHS Digital on how its Secure Boundary is protecting trusts from cyberthreats
The perimeter security programme is already protecting thousands of NHS services and wants to work with more trusts, according to Rosie Underwood