Swindon: how a ‘traditional’ council is playing digital catch-up
Ensuring vulnerable people are not excluded is central to Swindon council’s digital access drive. Gill Hitchcock reports.
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MoJ digital chief: ‘Prisons have been bypassed by the digital revolution – that is our next really big challenge’
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NSA: ‘We have not responded to a zero-day in two years – our adversaries are hitting known vulnerabilities’
Cybersecurity unit director reveals how US intelligence agency is working to spread best practice by promoting openness and collaboration
NCSC’s Dr Ian Levy on why the UK must ‘turn cybersecurity into a science’
The technical director of the National Cyber Security Centre tells PublicTechnology about the organisation’s achievements so far, and what it is doing to prepare for an inevitable cyber emergency
Interview: Surveillance Camera Commissioner discusses his mission to protect privacy and human rights
As an ever-greater volume of increasingly sophisticated devices watch us all, PublicTechnology talks to regulator Tony Porter about his office’s role in ensuring surveillance is always used ‘proportionately and sensitively’
‘Students don’t necessarily want more digital – they just want it used better’
The innovation leaders of higher-education technology body Jisc talk to Gill Hitchcock about spreading digital excellence and developing shared services for UK universities and colleges
GDPR: Five things we will only discover after 25 May
However well versed the public sector is in the text of the incoming regulation, some questions will not be answered until the law is a living, breathing – and enforcing – entity. With two months until GDPR becomes law, PublicTechnology examines the biggest known unknowns
Scottish Government inverts tech procurement to help public sector buy ‘what you do not know exists’
The CivTech scheme starts with a problem, not a solution, and encourages public sector agencies to work with start-ups and entrepreneurs to develop ideas
Drones and the city of the future
Nesta’s Flying High Challenge is working with five UK cities to explore the use of drones in the delivery of public services. PublicTechnology talks to programme manager Nishita Dewan to find out more
Opening up NHS data across Scotland
NHS National Services Scotland’s data chiefs tell Gill Hitchcock about a mobile-friendly platform to give clinicians, policymakers, and patients up-to-date access to healthcare information
How the UK Space Agency is improving public services from the exosphere
PublicTechnology talks to Sara Huntingdon about the Space for Smarter Government Programme’s work with Whitehall and the wider public sector
How the University of Leeds is using digital to ‘break down the barriers’ between teachers and students
The institution’s director of digital learning professor Neil Morris tells PublicTechnology about the range of online courses the university now offers to learners worldwide, as well as how technology is changing the classroom experience
Crown Hosting CEO: ‘We have taken away all the cloud excuses’
PublicTechnology talks to Steve Hall about the framework’s achievements so far, its ambitions for its last year, and the secret to a successful public-private joint venture
Interview: government chief security officer Campbell McCafferty on his mission to make government ‘the hardest target it can be’
First-ever holder of GCSO post discusses how to remove barriers, break down siloes, and ‘deliver much more consistency’ in security strategy
Bringing Twitter into the classroom at the University of Nottingham
Associate professor Dr Roger Kerry tells Gill Hitchcock that social media should be a natural part of higher education
Interview: NHS Digital director on ‘the power of technology to transform patient care’
Eve Roodhouse talks to PublicTechnology about the organisation’s 2018 plans, the impact of WannaCry – and how an app has helped her family’s dental regime
Bursting the bubble – the ethics of political campaigning in an algorithmic age
The ICO’s investigation into the use of data and analytics in campaigning is likely to prompt the creation of a new code of conduct for political parties, according to information commissioner Elizabeth Denham
Are confusing bid notices leading to ‘bad outcomes’ for government digital projects?
Research from digital specialist dxw finds that suppliers on key digital framework find most opportunity notices lack clarity on customer needs, desired outcomes, and budget
Reform digital head on the potential AI backlash and why service design is ‘not just about the citizen’
PublicTechnology talks to the think tank’s digital and data specialist Eleonora Harwich about how AI could help eradicate disparity in the quality of healthcare and why GDS needs to focus more on the needs of its colleagues in Whitehall
The art of designing a rational service for irrational taxpayers
Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire has redesigned its council tax service to better work with ‘the quirks of how we actually think’. Gill Hitchcock finds out more
Driverless pods, smart sensors, and citizen apps – inside the plan to future-proof Milton Keynes
In a town gaining 40,000 extra citizens each decade, the council's strategy chief Geoff Snelson tells PublicTechnology why smart-city ideas and technology need to be an intrinsic part of planning for the short- and long-term future
Why a stint in Whitehall is a 'massive career-maker' for digital leaders
Stephanie Wilson of public-sector recruiter GatenbySanderson tells PublicTechnology about the challenges and rewards of looking for the talent to drive the government's digital transformation
No longer a ‘framework factory’ – inside CCS tech chief’s plans to progress the procurement paradigm
Procurement agency’s technology category director discusses ongoing work to drive Whitehall transformation programmes and ambitions to expand into new areas