A toolkit designed to help public authorities embrace open data has been published by the Scottish Government....
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Hancock supports ‘next phase’ of GDS
Cabinet office minister Matthew Hancock says that he is a “huge supporter” of the Government Digital Service, and promised a continuing role for it to drive government transformation....
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Leeds appoints three firms to ICT framework
Leeds City Council has appointed three suppliers in a framework approach to the provision of ICT services to itself and public sector partners....
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Council told to improve data protection arrangements
A local authority has been told to take action to comply with data protection laws after an audit sparked by two breaches relating to personal data....
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Bracken explains reasons for GDS departure
The case for a digital team at the centre of government needs to be made “again and again”, Mike Bracken has said, as the Government Digital Service chief gave his […]...
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Council outsourcing doubles under coalition
The value of outsourcing deals signed by local government almost doubled during the last parliament, according to research....
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Designing applications for the cloud
Only when applications are cloud native, can organisations be certain they will fully realise all of the benefits of the cloud, says Simon Hansford....
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Shake up continues at top of GDS
A raft of personnel changes have been unveiled at the Government Digital Service (GDS), after executive director Mike Bracken announced his intention to leave the digital team....
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Prison needed for data breachers, say campaigners
Council ICT staff guilty of malicious data breaches should be sent to prison, according to a personal data campaign group....
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SAP success
Tahiana Jefferis on how the implementation of a new SAP system has helped improve the productivity of her council’s remote workers....
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