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Digital minister: ‘I’m one up from a Luddite – but I am grasping this enthusiastically’

15 June 2022

PublicTechnology met with the recently appointed Heather Wheeler, who reveals that overcoming difficulties with tech has been ‘an absolute joy’ – although she still appears to have some challenges with unfortunate remarks

Great expectations: Government unveils new digital and data strategy
9 June 2022

A new three-year plan sets out ambitious objectives for departments’ use of tech, including a...

Technology vs ideology: what will define the future of government work?
7 June 2022

A recent PublicTechology webinar discussion saw an expert panel examine the major...

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One-on-one – Digital Marketplace boss discusses plans to expand the platform internationally

25 September 2017

Warren Smith also opens up on how the launch of the Crown Marketplace will reshape central government procurement 

An evening with the editors – experts debate politics, public sector pay, and party conferences

20 September 2017

Watch extracts from Dods event bringing together a range of Westminster and Whitehall commentators

How Birmingham City Council ditched ‘vanity projects’ and transformed its white-elephant website

20 September 2017

Council’s assistant director of customer services tells PublicTechnology how Europe’s largest local authority asked youthful citizens to help it build an online home that is fit for purpose

Accessibility for all

8 September 2017

Nick Bauer of Gloucestershire County Council writes an account of the authority’s drive to make public transport more accessible for all travellers

Digitising Flintshire – a collective approach to transformation

5 September 2017

Flintshire County Council chief officers talk to Gill Hitchcock about their joint responsibilities for a five-year digitisation programme

Interview: DWP's Kit Collingwood-Richardson on One Team Government and bridging Whitehall's digital divide

29 August 2017

The One Team Government movement has big ambitions to reform how Whitehall works by getting different professions and departments to work better together. PublicTechnology meets its co-founder Kit Collingwood-Richardson to find out more

DVLA chief Oliver Morley on the agency’s vision for a digital future

21 August 2017

The CEO of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency talks to our sister site Civil Service World about the move towards digital services and the potential impact of pay restraint 

Hackney ICT chief on how the borough is putting data at the heart of policy and service design

18 August 2017

Rob Miller discusses how using technology can help offset funding cuts, and why local government should work like an open-source community

Q&A: UK Export Finance IT chief on how the department changed supply strategy after 15 years

16 August 2017

Central government credit agency last year moved away from long-term single-supplier outsourcing deal to embrace disaggregated model

Canterbury raises its barriers to digital delivery

11 August 2017

Peter Davies, Canterbury City Council’s head of digital transformation, talks to Gill Hitchcock about cloud, SaaS, big data, and delivering 85% of services digitally by 2019

Interview: Lifting the lid on how outsourcing giants offer government a ‘diseconomy of scale’

9 August 2017

Littlefish boss Steve Robinson has worked in Whitehall as part of both an SME and a multinational. Here, he shares his insights from both sides of the fence

Interview: techUK head on the ‘leaders and laggards’ of government digital transformation

8 August 2017

Industry body's public services programme leader discusses the 'cultural barriers' keeping SMEs out of the government IT landscape

Analysis: HMRC tops central government digital league table

7 August 2017

Collation of performance-dashboard stats shows department is conducting almost all its transactions digitally, while other departments struggle to reach two thirds

Q&A with Tate digital director Ros Lawler – ‘We want to make art accessible to everyone’

31 July 2017

Digital chief of gallery group discusses how technology is changing the way art is created and engaged with

Q&A: EY director on the dangers of disaggregation and why local government is innovating more than Whitehall

27 July 2017

John Thompson explains how his firm’s government engagements are evolving, and why the trend of ditching IT mega-deals has created ‘its own rogues gallery of failed projects’

Feature: On track for digital – building the railway of the future

21 July 2017

With the UK's rail infrastructure running at more or less full capacity, industry leaders tell Sam Trendall why data, automation, and new payment models are needed to keep the trains running on time

Interview: ‘We create a surplus that goes back into frontline services’ – ESPO lifts the lid on winning IT-procurement formula

21 July 2017

The procurement leader of one the UK’s largest public buying organisations tells Sam Trendall about the important role organisations like his play in the government IT landscape

‘We proved ourselves to the Treasury’ – one-on-one with former GDS big gun Poss Apostolou

19 July 2017

Three months after moving into the private sector, one of GDS’s most dedicated servants tells Sam Trendall about his proudest achievements, and how he will continue to help the government with its digital revolution

Interview: The Crown Prosecution Service's digital transformation chief on his 'user-centric' mission

17 July 2017

A year into his role, Mark Gray tells Sam Trendall how digitisation has already got rid of millions of pages of paper per year, and what more can be done

Robotics revolution: why chatbots and AI could shake up local government

11 July 2017

Enfield Council’s lead technology adviser Rocco Labellarte says the authority’s chatbot is attracting international attention and is about to transform services and release resources. Gill Hitchcock reports

Social media, BYOD, and 'clicking the link' - public sector IT chiefs name their biggest security headaches

10 July 2017

Government IT professionals discuss how to ensure they remain protected

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