Eliminating digital exclusion would reduce inequality and give the economy a multibillion-pound boost, according to Helen Milner of Good Things Foundation...
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How the Austrian Digitalization Agency aims to ‘demystify technology’ for SMEs and citizens
Newly created government organisation aims to help promote the digital economy and work with departmental technology leaders. Its leader Andreas Tschas tells PublicTechnology about his plans...
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DfE plans two-year project to fix ‘disjointed and confusing’ digital services
Supplier sought for £1.5m software-development deal...
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MPs seize Facebook documents for fake news investigation
A serjeant-at-arms was dispatched to a London hotel room to take papers believed to include emails from Mark Zuckerberg...
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NAO finds government smart meter rollout behind schedule as a million units ‘go dumb’
BEIS-led rollout has focused too much on speed, auditors find...
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Government to trial self-driving buses
Pilot will take place on Fife-to-Edinburgh route...
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Government chief data officer job remains unfilled
Minister confirms that role is still vacant – nearly two years after the government announced its creation...
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Government analysts use Google Street View to map urban greenery
Use of search engine’s imagery forms part of the era of ‘data abundance’, according to the UK’s national statistician...
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How to create a blockchain-powered digital nation
Adopting the blockchain will help Scotland achieve its vision of becoming a fully digital nation and usher in an unprecedented era of economic growth, believes Neil McEvoy of DigitalScot.net...
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Government and police chiefs consider options for managing digital evidence
Law enforcement, prosecutors and government meet to examine technological challenges...
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