The Public Accounts Committee has lambasted the Home Office for letting the e-Borders project run half a billion pounds over budget and eight years late....
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Public sector IT needs to get ready for a meteoric ride
Few in government see digital as anything other than a doorway for strengthening public services. But, as Miguel Carrasco explains, the pace of digital evolution means there is always more to do....
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ICT failure costs Scottish hill farmers millions in EU payments
Hill farmers in Scotland face delays in receiving European Union subsidies due to the failure of a £178m ICT system introduced by the Scottish Government....
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Public sector gets open data training
Public sector workers gathered yesterday in Glasgow for the latest in a series of government-backed workshops intended to promote open data....
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Why Welsh councils must kick-start digital services
A review of digitalisation in Welsh local government calls for leadership, collaboration and a tight timetable to bring councils up-to-date. Gill Hitchcock reports....
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NHS Fife deploys electronic track and trigger system to cut heart attacks
NHS Fife has reported a steep fall in medical incidents after implementing a full-scale electronic track and trigger system at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy....
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Drones can offer the public sector a treasure trove of data: we can’t just view them as a threat from the skies
Cranfield University expert Dr Monica Rivas Casaldo says drones offer the public sector huge potential to collect vital environmental data that shouldn’t be overshadowed by a failure to regulate for their misuse....
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HMRC seeks to calm fears over digital tax shake-up
HM Revenue & Customs’ move to a fully digital tax system by 2020 will be done “gradually”, ministers have said, after the chair of the Treasury committee said taxpayers were […]...
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Haringey set to join merged ICT service
A third council in north London council is set to join a shared digital and ICT service established last year....
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EU General Data Protection Regulation spells end to internet ‘free lunch’
New pan-European data privacy rules will be a “game-changer” in the way businesses approach cyber security, according to the Scottish Government’s cyber security tsar....
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