The director of the UK’s national computer emergency response team has said 80% of the security issues his team records could be prevented if basic security measures were in place....
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Ordnance Survey’s John Kimmance: premium services enable free-to-use applications
Investment in developing premium mapping technology for commercial use has knock-on benefits for the general public and the development community, according to Ordnance Survey’s public sector director....
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Civica wins IT contract for coroner’s services in Hull and East Yorkshire
Systems provider Civica has won a seven-year contract to provide IT services for the Coroner’s Office in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire....
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Government Digital Service “hindered delivery” of rural payments programme, Public Accounts Committee says
MPs urge the Government Digital Service to provide more support if it wants departments to embrace digital innovation, after report finds that focus on ‘digital by default’ hindered delivery of new […]...
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G-Cloud sales rise for second month running
G-Cloud purchases by local government made another steady rise during January – up 12% on December....
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Proposals aimed at easing public sector data sharing
Government bodies will be able to share personal data with other “public agencies” as long as the purpose is to improve the welfare of the individual in question, under legislation proposed […]...
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GDS director Stephen Foreshew-Cain eyes ‘up to 50’ new platforms
Stephen Foreshew-Cain has told a conference that a host of new digital platforms will be required to create the kind of joined-up online presence he aspires to for the government....
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Crown Commercial Service set to smash £400m savings target
The Crown Commercial Service is on course to exceed the top end of its savings target for 2015-16, but director Matt Denham has spoken of the challenges the agency faces in the […]...
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HMRC chief moots data and development changes
HM Revenue & Customs chief technology officer Steve Walters has detailed two data-driven areas of change his department expects in the coming years....
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Councils urged to adopt NHS information governance assessment toolkit to aid health and social care collaboration
Local authorities should adopt the NHS assessment tool for information governance in order to ease collaboration with health bodies, according to Socitm....
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