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Authors of the seven million e-books borrowed from libraries each year will now receive government payment

Buses in the capital will test a number of methods of assessing passenger numbers, including movement and weight sensors, and analysis of WiFi connections

UK’s leading police officers tell Home Affairs Committee that two in three forces need more capability to deal with cybercrime

Open Data Institute seeks more public sector partners with which to invest its £6m spending pot

Department reportedly provides list of 39 technology and other reform programmes that are being paused or delayed

Government looks to create up to 50 different tests for candidates

Balvinder Heran will serve as ICT director for county council, NHS trust, and clinical commissioning group

Department successfully challenges ownership of more than 100 spoof domains

Residents of London borough offered new channel to contact council about environmental issues

Report from RSA finds that most people oppose use of automated decision-making in various areas of public service

City looks for supplier to provide as many as 200 devices to record incidents

In his foreword to Policy Exchange report on digital government, former Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude opines that ‘progress has slipped in recent years’

DVLA platform given thumbs-up after beta stage in which almost £2m was collected

Theo Blackwell discusses how the soon-to-be-published Smarter London Together strategy document will promote common standards and skills, and help councils use planning powers to promote connectivity

Hospital shines a light on long-forgotten tale of its ‘most unusual employee’

Figures show a rise in time taken to answer calls, but department claims time spent in automated platform is ‘valuable’

Supply-teaching and facilities-management frameworks will be among first to be hosted on new web store, as procurement agency also looks to refresh underlying e-sourcing technology

Institution issues prior information notice announcing imminent replacement of existing Hydra platform

HMRC seeks to appoint ‘ID issuer’ to comply with EU legislation and tackle £2bn annual tax gap caused by illicit tobacco trade 

Department signals intent to make better use of data as role as head of nascent team is advertised

Failure of project to improve safeguarding checks also casts doubt on department’s capacity to successfully deliver the Emergency Services Network, report finds