Public bodies may not be able to escape fines of up to 4% of turnover set to be introduced under new European data protection rules....
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Cabinet Office appoints Law Commission for data breach review
The Law Commission is to undertake a review of the law surrounding breaches of protected government data....
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Bringing joined up youth services to life in Southend
Gareth Richards explains how the ability to share information more simply is delivering dramatic time savings for youth services teams in Southend and helping staff to make more informed decisions....
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Bristol mayor George Ferguson leads top 20 social media users in local government
Bristol’s elected mayor George Ferguson has topped a list of leaders in local government using social media....
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John Swinney announces ‘doubling’ of Scottish digital budget
The Scottish Government has brought together a number of current streams feeding into its digital strategy, leading to an apparent doubling of its commitment....
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Open Data Institute launches search for network event
Digital leaders within government have the chance to win one of eight places to attend the next Open Data Leaders Network in February....
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George Osbornes’ property sharing drive puts new onus on council ICT
As one of the public sector’s largest costs, it’s of little surprise that the size and state of the public property estate was given a particular focus in the Autumn […]...
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GDS chief Stephen Foreshew-Cain on digital challenges in 2016
We catch up with Government Digital Service executive director Stephen Foreshew-Cain about the issues facing his organisation in 2016....
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City of London progresses transformation plans
The Corporation of London is set to approve details of a four-pronged approach to technological transformation as part of plans to save £1.5m....
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Chi Onwurah signs up for Socitm 2016 Spring conference
Chi Onwurah, shadow minister for culture and the digital economy, has signed up to speak at Socitm’s Spring conference....
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