Authority in Somerset looks to create a platform to improve services, create efficiencies, and enable data-sharing...
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Regulator urges government to mandate NHS compliance with surveillance camera code
Commissioner Tony Porter tells PublicTechnology about continued efforts to get the Home Office to recognise the need for a surveillance camera code of practice that applies to NHS and education […]...
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Newcastle and Northumberland agreed shared-services plan for council tax and benefits
Establishing united team of 400 workers will save each authority an estimated £300,000 a year...
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DfE nationwide teachers’ jobs site set for April launch
Department seeks digital specialist to help it prepare for public beta launch within three months and pass assessment by the end of October...
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GDS offers £118k in search for leader of newly created digital Brexit team
Organisation building centralised team to help Whitehall manage the digital implications of leaving the EU while maintaining longer-term transformation goals ...
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Only one in 60 local authorities using DfT funding pot for electric-car charging points
Local Government Association believes that the supply of ‘adequate funding’ will likely come from the private sector...
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Government superfast broadband plans will suffer ‘minimal impact’ from Carillion collapse
Partners of fallen firm pledge that work to roll out networks across the UK will continue as scheduled...
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Oliver Dowden given ministerial responsibility for GDS
Hertsmere MP’s brief as minister for implementation also includes IPA, CCS, and cybersecurity initiatives...
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HMRC transformation programme a ‘precarious high-wire act, battered by the winds of Brexit’ – PAC
MPs claim department faces ‘difficult decisions’ to deliver on schemes including Making Tax Digital rollout and office relocations ...
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EU unveils €1bn supercomputing scheme
European Commission and member states to invest in programme to buy and maintain four of the ultra-powerful machines...
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