Balvinder Heran will serve as ICT director for county council, NHS trust, and clinical commissioning group...
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How Skype is ending isolation for NHS staff in Wales
After piloting the technology for non-clinical use, Gill Hitchcock reports on how primary care managers in south Wales are looking to overcome confidentiality issues to explore its potential for GP […]...
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HMRC scam website crackdown ‘saves public £2.4m’
Department successfully challenges ownership of more than 100 spoof domains...
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Waltham Forest launches Twitter chatbot for fly-tipping reports
Residents of London borough offered new channel to contact council about environmental issues...
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Lack of public support for AI risks ‘concerted backlash’, study suggests
Report from RSA finds that most people oppose use of automated decision-making in various areas of public service...
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Leicester City Council to roll out body-worn cameras to deter assaults on frontline staff
City looks for supplier to provide as many as 200 devices to record incidents...
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A Closer Look – assessing a mixed first year for the Government Transformation Strategy
Rob Driver of techUK looks at the big questions facing the government as it approaches the halfway point of its big-ticket digital and data plan...
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Think tank calls for GDS to move into DCMS
In his foreword to Policy Exchange report on digital government, former Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude opines that ‘progress has slipped in recent years’ ...
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Online service for paying car tax and insurance fines goes live
DVLA platform given thumbs-up after beta stage in which almost £2m was collected...
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Collaboration, data, connectivity, skills, and ethics – London CDO previews five core policy areas of smart-city plan
Theo Blackwell discusses how the soon-to-be-published Smarter London Together strategy document will promote common standards and skills, and help councils use planning powers to promote connectivity ...
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