The communications regulator Ofcome has said that BT’s Openreach should become a distinct company with its own board as part of reforms aimed at improving work to expand broadband coverage […]...
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Matching vision with investment: How councils can benefit from IoT
Council IT chiefs tell Sooraj Shah that, although the Internet of Things has huge potential for local government, it’s still early days for the technology....
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Civica buys government digital supplier SFW
Civica has added the Woking-based government digital company SFW Ltd to its expanding list of government digital specialist acquisitions....
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Report suggests Facebook activity could be used for online identity verification
The public has become more amenable to allowing the government access to online accounts like Facebook and PayPal in order to help it verify who they are, according to research […]...
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GDS plans overhaul of content operating model
The Government Digital Service is updating its content operating model and plans to rollout the new version as early as April 2017....
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LocalGov Digital announces summit on local government digital standard
LocalGov Digital and the Greater London Authority have announced a summit to discuss the Local Government Digital Service Standard....
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GDS must consider different data sources for GOV.UK Verify, says TechUK
The representative body for UK tech companies has said that authentication standards for GOV.UK Verify are “likely to be too high” for most local government services....
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Home Office brings digital and technology under one roof
The Home Office has merged its technology and digital units to form Home Office Digital, Data and Technology....
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Plugging Whitehall’s digital skills gap could cost £213m, says NAO boss
Employing all of the digital specialists required to plug the government’s digital capability gap would cost £213 million, the comptroller and auditor general and National Audit Office boss Amyas Morse has […]...
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Clouded vision: What to think about when you think about web services
Budget pressures are persuading governments to look to the cloud to improve services while keeping costs down. Max Peterson of Amazon Web Services sets out five questions to ask yourself […]...
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