Essex County Council is pressing ahead with a plan to create a prototype data sharing platform aimed at improving health, education, social and economic outcomes....
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Scottish small businesses ‘most vulnerable to cyber threats’
Scottish small businesses are the least likely of any across the UK to have taken steps to protect their data, according to new research....
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Science and Technology Committee warns of data silos in Whitehall
Public services could be prevented from being improved unless steps are taken to prevent data silos, the Commons’ Science and Technology Committee has warned....
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DCLG says Local Digital scheme could cut waste service costs by £500m
The Department for Communities and Local Government claims its Local Digital scheme could save councils millions by applying common data standards to waste services....
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GCHQ information security arm CESG awards six firms Certified Cyber Security Consultancy status
CESG, the Information Security arm of GCHQ, has announced the first group of firms to be certified under its new Certified Cyber Security Consultancy scheme. ...
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Small rise in local government G-Cloud sales in December
Local government spending through the G-Cloud framework rose by 2.8% during December after a large drop in November....
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How automation can help the public sector do more with less
Charlie Bruin says public services must not lose sight of the role that automation can play in achieving efficiency savings....
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BT, Accenture and IBM win European Commission cloud contracts
The European Commission has signed £26.6m in contracts with several IT service providers in order to bolster its cloud capabilities....
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Digital Marketplace touches £1 billion in sales, says Cabinet Office
Sales through the UK government’s Digital Marketplace have topped £1bn....
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Sprint 16: Six things we learnt about the future of government digital
Rolling out text alerts, sorting out “crap” government IT, cleaning up data, and trying to recruit skilled people when the money’s tight — there’s plenty going on in the world […]...
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