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Government reveals plans for £10m real-time roadworks info service
Service will launch to some local authorities and utilities firms in May 2019
Bristol examines options for revenue and benefits
Council to look at cloud, on-site and as-a-service options
HM Land Registry explores ‘data enrichment'
Agency engages with market for potential partners that can take names and addresses and derive...
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Right to work checks go fully digital
Service allowing firms to check potential employees’ immigration status can be transacted entirely online
London picks new tech for election vote counting
Local authority opts for software from Smartmatic
Capita-led project saw Army website launched four years late and at triple the planned cost
Programme has consistently fallen well short of recruitment goals, NAO report finds
Department for International Trade offers £118k for CTO to ‘raise digital literacy’
Chosen candidate will be tasked with setting departmental IT vision
CCS launches £550m education tech framework
Up to 100 suppliers sought for five-lot contract
Some government departments spending over half their budget with outsourcers, report finds
Study from IfG finds that outsourcing accounts for a third of all Whitehall spending
Government seeks new major projects chief
IPA chief executive Tony Meggs is departing to take a post at Crossrail
DWP offers £180k for new CIO
Department commences search for replacement for Mayank Prakash and confirms Simon McKinnon as interim tech chief
Devon spends £750k on low-code platform
County council believes software can expedite the launch of new services
Eduserv to merge with Jisc
Not-for-profit organisations claim union will create ‘public sector technology powerhouse’
Bidding opens on £5bn Network Services 2 framework
Second iteration of comms and networking procurement vehicle adds three new lots and more than doubles in value
Home Office seeks £20m partner for border threat assessments
Supplier sought to support rollout of advance border control service
Matt Hancock bans fax machines from the NHS
Trusts will no longer be allowed to purchase the technology from January
Government to help build local industrial strategies
BEIS to help regions cultivate plans in areas such as artificial intelligence and mobility
UK nearing ‘cliff edge’ on post-Brexit police data sharing, MPs warn
Home Affairs committee says it will be ‘near impossible’ to reach agreement on access to criminal databases
EU citizens without Android devices could have to travel 250 miles to scan documents for settlement scheme pilot
EU citizens working in the NHS and higher education sectors can now apply for settled status in the UK – but those with an iPhone could face a long journey if they wish to do so
Criminal checks agency concludes that new IT system is ‘not suitable for further rollout’
Disclosure and Barring Service will relaunch procurement exercise after calling time on IT refresh led by Tata Consultancy Services
Home Office seeks leader for £200m transformation of immigration technology
Role as delivery director comes with remit to help ‘redesign approach to delivering technology’
HMRC releases £5m fund for firms to prep for post-Brexit customs system
Government cash will be used to help businesses buy software and train staff
Government going ‘in the wrong direction’ on SME spending goals, MPs find
BEIS select committee urges the government to act ‘at the earliest opportunity’ to get back on track
UK’s longest motorway to get £900m tech upgrade
The M6 is to be fitted with sensors, cameras, and signs allowing motorway officers to manage traffic