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Department for Education announces digital skills overhaul
Qualifications push targets 11 million adults who lack basic knowhow
Home Office seeks 'police and public protection tech' leader
Deputy director role set to pay up to £105k a year
Belfast seeks innovations to manage public spaces
City council and Department of Justice put £120k in funding up for grabs
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GLA to revamp London Mayoral election website
LondonElects wants partner to conduct full user research exercise before creating new website for 2020 elections
DHSC publishes ambitious digital vision for healthcare
Department call matched by new NHS Digital framework on data and technology standards
Making Tax Digital VAT pilot goes live
HMRC director says that new digital ways to pay tax will give businesses more control over their finances
Report offers AI action plan to build public trust
Centre for Public Impact says that government employees need to gain AI literacy
Government launches firefighter safety technology contest
Entries must provide tracking technology to monitor staff inside buildings
Ministry of Justice to move infrastructure to the public cloud
Department aims to save £30m a year as it moves to public cloud hosting
Digital ‘equally important’ as transport infrastructure, says Scottish minister
The Scottish Government is to form an infrastructure commission to advise ministers on how spending should be directed to provide most economic benefit
South Kesteven innovation centre gets go-ahead
University of Lincoln to operate new centre providing degrees, apprenticeships and short courses, alongside services to businesses, as part of bid to boost local economy
Industry and police must work closer to prevent fraud says techUK
Increased complexity of cyber crime means police no longer hold all the data they need, says report, and better mechanisms for data sharing are essential
NHS head urges government to consider mental health levy on social media firms
Simon Stevens points to similar taxes imposed in industries such as gambling
Shadow minister slams government for ‘abandoning its responsibility’ on Verify
Jo Platt rebukes government for its ‘latest costly digital failure’
BEIS on the hunt for digital and data director duo
Department advertises for two senior roles each paying about £85,000
Home Office reveals extending life of Airwave network will cost more than £1bn
Evidence given to MPs reveals delays to the rollout of the new Emergency Services Network will cost government a 10-figure sum
Great Ormond Street Hospital opens technology innovation centre
Facility will help drive the use of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies
GDS seeks digital delivery advisor for Brexit work
Post will involve working with Cabinet Office and a range of departments
Government to hand GOV.UK Verify over to private sector and cease funding
Five of the service’s seven existing commercial partners will assume responsibility for the product
Lack of tech integration in policing ‘a disgrace’, says Police Federation lead
Annual survey of officers finds that inadequate IT is prevalent
High demand for usage sees CCS more than double spending on new procurement platform
Value of eSourcing framework shoots up from £4m to £10m as buying agency expects platform to process an increased amount of spending
Agilisys swipes £30m infrastructure deal as NHS BSA kicks off IT disaggregation drive
London-based IT outfit awarded four-year contract for infrastructure services
Diversity in cybersecurity projects offered £600k in government funding
Bids open for the second iteration of the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund – including a specific funding track for penetration testing jobs in the West Midlands
Geospatial Commission’s first tranche of investment commits £5m to opening up government data
Newly created government entity begins two-year remit with funding dedicated to release location data held by six public agencies