Department’s data unit has various major deals in place, which it plans to replace with a single engagement with a ‘prime contractor’ that can provide a pipeline to specialist SMEs […]...
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West Oxfordshire District Council maintains reduced helpline hours after ‘clear shift to online services’
Local authority, which serves population of 115,000 residents, conducted a trial in which more staff were dedicated to helplines during the lunchtime rush, while phones were shut from 2pm onwards […]...
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Connectivity improvements among scarce levelling-up ‘bright spots’, report finds
A new assessment from think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found that, in many areas covered by government’s levelling up agenda, the UK has actually ‘gone into reverse’ […]...
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Defra extends £2m deal for homeworker broadband
The department has expanded by 18 months and £630k an incumbent arrangement with BT through which almost 300 staff on remote working contracts can tap into connections provided by Defra […]...
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NHS data breach: Over 3,000 appointments and operations cancelled amid reports of potential counteraction against attackers
Fallout from ransomware incident continues to have ‘significant impact on NHS services’ as data shows that more than 3,000 Londoners have seen their scheduled treatment postponed – including 184 cancer […]...
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Students across Scotland quizzed on use of AI
A new academic survey aims to build a nationwide picture to help understand current uses and experiences, and help guide policy and potential implementation of artificial intelligence technology going forward […]...
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Criminals claim release of sensitive data after London hospitals cyberattack
More than two weeks after a ransomware assault, pathology provider Synnovis reveals that ‘capacity to process samples has been significantly reduced’, as attackers claim to have published 400GB of data […]...
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‘Seamless journey for customers’ – DWP signs £1.4m deal to progress data-categorisation platform
The Department for Work and Pensions has signed a contract lasting two years and covering the delivery of the beta phase of the Reference Data Service, which helps categorise information […]...
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Blackpool’s Silicon Sands vision and how AI supports social work in Coventry – six things we learned at Socitm President’s conference
At the Birmingham event, local authorities and NHS bodies shared plans and experiences on issues including datacentre investment, clearing helpdesk queues and why some transformation leaders hate the word ‘digital’ […]...
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All 150,000 residents of Dumfries and Galloway warned to assume data loss in NHS cyberattack
Following a ransomware assault in February, patient data from NHS Dumfries and Galloway has been leaked on the dark web – with all the local population liable to have been […]...
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