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PublicTechnology’s biggest stories of the year

29 December 2022

A reminder of the shocks, scandals and success stories that shaped the world of government technology in 2022

Valuable advice – inside the Government Office for Technology Transfer
21 December 2022

The newly established GOTT aims to help agencies realise the value of their assets. Its chief...

Common complaints – why the ICO is considering revamping FOI casework
7 December 2022

A ‘perfect storm’ of factors helped create a significant backlog of information-access...

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The biggest government tech stories of 2019 – part two

31 December 2019

Completing our 2019 round-up with the rundown of the five biggest stories of the year

The biggest government tech stories of 2019 – part one

30 December 2019

We round up the events and trends that shaped the year

Why ‘changes in technology and society’ prompted a review of Scottish FOI laws

27 December 2019

The Scottish Information Commissioner discusses the impact to date of freedom of information legislation and how he wants the law to operate in the future

Access all areas – inside GDS’s accessibility empathy lab

23 December 2019

The digital agency is aiming to raise awareness of the issues faced by many citizens and ensure that their physical or cognitive conditions are no barrier to using government’s online services. PublicTechnology went along to find out more.

 

EXCL: Councils across UK in race to update four in 10 PCs as Windows 7 death knell nears

18 December 2019

PublicTechnology research reveals that, as authorities entered the last weeks of Windows 7 support, vast swathes of their computers were still running the decade-old OS

Election 2019: Which party has most to say on digital, data and technology?

10 December 2019

Examining the language of each party’s manifesto reveals significant differences in the amount and focus of proposals related to technology and data policy – as well as in the wider themes of each document

Conservative manifesto: five tech takeaways

9 December 2019

Rounding up the Tories’ key pledges in the area of digital and data, including a new cyber force and tax incentives for investing in cloud computing

Could AR/VR augment the public sector?

6 December 2019

Government has only dabbled with augmented and virtual reality so far, but the technology has a range of potential use cases, according to Jeremy Dalton of Immerse UK and PwC

How digital triage is cutting queues for urgent care

3 December 2019

Digital self-check-in at an NHS centre in London enables patients to be attended to within a few minutes. Gill Hitchcock reports.

How has the online voter registration service coped with 100,000 users a day?

29 November 2019

Since MPs voted in favour of a December election, upwards of 3.5 million registrations have been processed digitally

Labour manifesto: five tech takeaways

26 November 2019

The free broadband plan has attracted attention, but the party has a number of other proposals for the use and regulation of technology. PublicTechnology rounds up the major manifesto policies

Can Hull become the world’s smartest city?

21 November 2019

The city has ambitious plans, and benefits from ubiquitous access to full-fibre broadband. PublicTechnology talks to the council’s digital and IT chief to find out more

DCMS perm sec on why the National Data Strategy is ‘not about building systems – it’s about how we work’

18 November 2019

After returning to lead an organisation with an expanded roster of responsibilities, Sarah Healey discusses how DCMS can best lead the drive to improve data use and sharing

Is the public sector ready for the end of Windows 7?

14 November 2019

Today marks two months until Microsoft ceases support for its decade-old operating system. PublicTechnology discovers that government is tight lipped about how widely the technology remains in use across Whitehall

Life hacks – a year at the National Cyber Security Centre

11 November 2019

The NCSC’s annual report reveals that a public sector entity or business is hit with a major cyberattack about twice each day. PublicTechnology looks at the biggest risks facing government and how they can be mitigated

Homes England looks to digital to help fix a broken housing market

4 November 2019

The government’s housing body is adopting agile, cloud and a DevSecOps model in a bid to become the engine of transformation in the housing market. Gill Hitchcock reports.

Interview: How a ‘permeable civil service’ can help tech start-ups

25 October 2019

Former No.10 and Cabinet Office policymaker William Newton now leads a growing technology firm. In this Q&A, he compares the joys and frustrations of each, and the skills learned in Whitehall he has taken to his new career

Interview: NHS CCIO on why transformation needs to be driven locally

16 October 2019

Simon Eccles talks to Gill Hitchcock about AI, apps, open APIs and uniting innovative SMEs with clinicians to transform the health service

How digital records are changing NHS care in Wales

9 October 2019

e-Health records are enabling pharmacists to make informed decisions about treating patients and relieve pressure on GPs, writes Gill Hitchcock 

AI fought the law?

4 October 2019

The relationship between artificial intelligence and the law is receiving ever greater focus – while somehow becoming less clear. PublicTechnology looks at the role that regulators and lawmakers will play in the coming years

AI Week: Turing Institute on why government should use data science to ‘make better policy’

3 October 2019

Helen Margetts and Cosmina Dorobantu from the Turing’s public policy programme talk to PublicTechnology about ethics, explainability, and why government has ‘unique expertise’ it can benefit from

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