House of Lords told small-scale trial using blockchain technology to help benefits claimants manage spending had yielded ‘encouraging results’...
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HMRC urged to undertake comprehensive pilot of Making Tax Digital as costs remain unclear
Detailed figures released by the Treasury reveal how much businesses are expected to have to spend on hardware, software and training...
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ONS launches Data Science Campus
The Office for National Statistics has today launched its Data Science Campus in Newport, Wales, to make better use of data and develop the statistical information it provides....
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Bridging digital skills gap could cost government £244m a year, says NAO
The UK’s spending watchdog has said that there is a need for “greater urgency” in the government’s plans to tackle skills shortages in the civil service....
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Interview: Conservative peer Chris Holmes calls for a considered but can-do attitude from government on blockchain
Two sides to the BitCoin? Conservative peer Chris Holmes talks to Rebecca Hill about being positive about blockchain’s potential for public services without seeing it as a ‘wonder drug’....
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Departments unwilling to accept Cabinet Office authority to centralise purchasing, suggest MPs
The creation of the Crown Commercial Service was poorly executed and slow take up of centralised purchasing by departments means it only manages one-fifth of the spending it was expected […]...
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Camden seeks new uses for open data
London Borough of Camden yesterday ran a hackathon to help it uncover new ways of using its open data platform....
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A digital front door: Cornwall council’s plan to make up for underinvestment and a failed supplier partnership
At the start of the year, Cornwall Council’s cabinet approved an £18m digital improvement plan that aims to fix years of IT underinvestment. Gill Hitchcock reports....
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Canada plans GDS-style digital unit
Canada’s 2017 Budget has indicated that the government will set up a digital unit similar to central digital services in the UK and US....
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GDS to retire four ‘mainstream’ formats
The Government Digital Service has said it will retire four formats, including video and programmes, as part of work to migrate its disparate publishing applications to its new single publishing […]...
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