Oxford seeks £200k robotics platform
Council looks for supplier that can identify potential automation opportunities
Select committee urges creation of cyber minister cabinet role
MPs and Lords find ‘absence of political leadership’ in government response to cyberthreats
Government offers charities £1m funding pot to grow digital skills
Money can be used to improve online fundraising efforts or use of social media
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Canada appoints first ever minister for digital government
Scott Brison takes on digital government brief and will be supported by national CIO Alex Benay who has been promoted to a deputy minister-level post
GOV.UK boss Williams to become Croydon’s digital chief
Long-time civil servant to move into local government with role in his home borough
UK slips from first to fourth in UN e-government league table
The UK has slipped from first to fourth place in the global digital government rankings published biennially by the United Nations.
CCS smashes targets with £600m savings in FY18
Yearly accounts show increased commercial benefits for central government and wider public sector
Wirral council seeks head of digital to create ‘compelling vision’
Authority looks for senior manager to spearhead transformation
Cabinet Office ‘lacks leverage’ to ensure procurement best practice – PAC
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee believe that the Cabinet Office needs to make its voice ring out more loudly across Whitehall
DXC wins £80m device contract in latest Defra disaggregation deal
US-headquartered technology outsourcing giant swipes contract for department’s end-user computing environment
Bidding opens for £1.2bn Digital Outcomes and Specialists 3 framework
Applications open for replacement of one of the government's key digital services procurement vehicle
Lack of cyber skills 'a pressing matter of national security', parliamentary committee finds
The government must do more to recognise and address a worrying cybersecurity skills shortage, MPs have claimed
GDS working with departments to mitigate reported leak of sensitive data
Report reveals that information has been made publicly available online via an information-sharing tool widely used by government developers
‘Tech transformation is coming’ – Hancock unveils £475m digitisation fund in first speech as health secretary
Matt Hancock also rebuffs criticism of virtual GP service
MPs air more doubts on progress of £1bn courts digitisation scheme
Public Accounts Committee follows the NAO in voicing 'serious concerns' about reform programme
SMEs win £1bn less government business in FY17 as proportion of spending drops for second year in succession
But Cabinet Office said government ‘remains committed to our aspiration’ of awarding £1 in every £3 to smaller firms by 2022
Cisco backs government’s Industrial Strategy with $100m investment pledge
Network manufacturer to fund a number of initiatives, including the establishment of a 250-person AI research facility at University College London
MPs voice lingering concerns about Customs Declaration Service
Public Accounts Committee remain ‘worried’ about whether new system can be delivered successfully in time for Brexit
HMRC reveals compatible software for digital VAT returns
Eighteen software programs are currently ready to support Making Tax Digital for VAT, with over 100 more companies hoping to develop products
Government to create digital database of property and land
The creation of a Digital National Asset Register forms part of the newly published Government Estate Strategy
Essex resets digital transformation with multimillion pound programme of work
Authority awards a nine-month deal worth £1.9m to Socitm Advisory and launches £2m tender for a longer-term transformation partner
Overambitious transformation plans to cause ‘ugly scrambling for resources’, predicts NAO chief
Auditor general Amyas Morse flags up three key issues that government must focus on to improve its work with private-sector suppliers
Hull to trial smart bins
Council hopes pilot will show potential for enabling more efficient routes and timetables
MoD hands Rackspace £4m one-year extension to web-hosting deal
Company has run the MoD and Armed Forces Joint Server Farm since 2009