Can the Government Transformation Strategy be judged a success?
The Government Transformation Strategy set out an array of ambitions for a three-year timeframe that has now reached its end. A range of expert commentators discuss whether its aims have been achieved.
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Interview: GDS head Alison Pritchard on ministerial change, the spending review and the benefits of comedy
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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
‘It would be ludicrous to make digital policy in a way that wasn’t digital’ – Labour MP's crowdsourced plan for the UK’s technology future
Shadow digital minister Liam Byrne launches ‘slightly mad experiment’ to help set the party’s digital agenda
The ten key questions – and nine answers – facing the public sector on GDPR
With less than six months until new data-protection law is introduced, PublicTechnology hears from regulators and data professionals across central and local government about what they see as the major challenges facing them between now and 25 May
Hampshire County Council uses tech to tackle loneliness
Hampshire’s director of adults’ health and care Graham Allen talks to Gill Hitchcock about using IT to relieve loneliness among the county’s older population and where he finds inspirational digital ideas
‘This does not feel like a good thing’ - G-Cloud suppliers see opportunity and alarm in framework’s extension
Providers ambivalent as CCS and GDS head into a crucial period - one that will bring a potential £1.5bn opportunity, but lots of uncertainty too
Take this tablet - GPs to offer apps on prescription
The first app library to be integrated in the workflow of GPs is shortly to launch. Rachel Pugh finds out more
‘Running towards change’ – government uses Budget to bet big on digital and data
A comprehensive round-up of a wide range of measures that commit more funding, create new bodies and programmes, and change the legislative landscape of public sector technology
Nonsense or necessity? Doctors divided on NHS e-Referrals
With the deadline for going paperless less than a year away, Gill Hitchcock finds that front-line workers have differing views on health service’s tech systems
Interview: Tony Singleton on two decades at the forefront of digital government
After calling time on a long civil-service career earlier this year, the former Directgov and GDS leader discusses how digital government has evolved during the 20 years he spent as one of its leading advocates
Virtual mortgages and online divorces – the future of government digital services
Resilience and efficiency minister Caroline Nokes discusses the UK’s progress to date in the digital government space, and where its priorities lie now
Digital transformation reaches the parish council
Some 42.6% of all gov.uk domains are now owned by the lowest rung of government. PublicTechnology examines the data to find out what else is new - and what has disappeared from view - in a busy year of comings and goings for government websites
Which UK councils are leading the ‘urbantech’ revolution?
Local authorities must invest in AI and smart technology to overcome a multibillion-pound funding gap, a new report claims. Which cities and regions are ahead of the pack?
Consistency, transparency, and an end to gerrymandering – what government IT suppliers want
A range of IT providers tell PublicTechnology what they would like to see during a defining period for the Crown Commercial Service
Interview: ODI unpacks plans for three-year data odyssey
Open Data Institute head of policy Peter Wells talks PublicTechnology through the organisation’s plans for investing its new £6m package of government funding
Analysis: What do the government's biggest digital services cost taxpayers ?
PublicTechnology research discovers what 50 of central government's most popular digital services each cost taxpayers and users - with prices per transaction ranging from 1p to almost £50
‘We default to frameworks, but there are many other models’ – CCS looks to the future
With five major IT contracts set to go live in the space of nine months, the government’s procurement arm is seeking to evolve
'Officers can spend thousands more hours out in the community' – inside Manchester police's mobile revolution
Chief superintendent of information services transformation tells PublicTechnology how tech has allowed GMP to do 8,000 hours of extra policing and become 'the only force in the country' to equip officers with devices for both personal and police use
HM Courts and Tribunal Service leader discusses her mission to create the online court
Chief executive Susan Acland-Hood tells Richard Johnstone how the agency’s £1bn reform plan will deliver a better justice system
Do Aylesbury Vale and Alexa have the ‘skill’ for better services?
Aylesbury Vale council’s IT lead Maryvonne Hassall talks to Gill Hitchcock about the potential gains – and pitfalls – of adopting AI in local government