On the eve of the Labour Party’s Digital Government Review final report, Julian David calls for politicians to increase the speed of public sector digitisation....
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Weekly tenders update
Arun District Council has launched a tender for a unified financial management system....
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‘Hack-ney-thon’ provides new apps for council
London Borough of Hackney says it will implement a number of apps based on a Hackathon held over the weekend....
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Android devices ‘provide BYOD challenges’
The rise of Bring Your Own Device strategies will present ICT managers with new security challenges, due to the prevalence of Android-based devices in the consumer market, according to a speaker at DatacenterDynamics Converged […]...
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Government shuns open data standard
The UK government has not signed up to a new open contracting data standard that was launched globally yesterday, despite a public commitment to open contracting....
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Using technology for early help
Phil Neal talks to leaders in children’s services about what stands in the way of successful early help and asks whether technology could help break down these barriers....
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NAO voices doubts over transformation estimates
Councils are at risk of failing to deliver savings which rely on ambitious transformation plans, according to the National Audit Office....
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Text alert service prompts data integration
Norwich City Council says that data integration associated with a new text alert service has saved £50,000 on staff time to align data across departments....
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Security blanket
Neil Mellor says that new arrangements for suppliers’ self-certification do not mean that the public sector supply chain will become the Wild West....
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Serco commits to existing ICT contracts
Outsourcing firm Serco says it is committed to its ICT contracts with local government in the UK, following its decision to exit environmental and leisure deals in the wake of financial difficulties....
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