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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Online tool for jurors launched
System for allowing citizens to respond to a summons goes live today
Which UK cities have the biggest superfast broadband take-up gap?
New report shows low adoption of next-generation connectivity in some major cities
Data-sharing initiative and Digital Platform work canned during HMRC transformation project cull
Annual accounts reveal that last year the department stopped, paused, or consolidated more than 100 transformation projects, while reducing the ambition of others
MoJ offers £100k for leader of data and analysis
Department expresses desire to be ‘data driven’
Southwark plans tools to monitor affordable housing
London borough commences development process for two digital services
DWP to create departmental content standard
Department works with GDS to create and implement a consistent style for all content
Defra hands £135m hosting deal to Atos
Department’s UnITy project to disaggregate overarching deals with IBM and Capgemini continues with award of major contract to French services leviathan
Windrush scandal fallout sees Home Office suspend data-sharing activities
Department to take three-month break from ‘proactive data sharing’ with other government agencies, as well as restricting data shared with financial institutions
Newcastle plans to become UK’s smartest city
Council’s cabinet to vote on proposal to work with a technology partner to realise the city’s ambitions
Birmingham seeks market input on Windows 10 migration
Council asks for suppliers to help shape procurement approach
ICO flags urgent need for laws on political parties’ use of data and hits Facebook with £500k fine
Commissioner’s progress report includes revelations about UKIP’s non-compliance and a six-figure penalty for a pregnancy website that supplied data for Labour Party marketing
Calderdale council seeks digital leader to help set five-year vision
Authority recruiting for senior manager to ‘find innovative digital solutions’
HMRC launches Alexa service for tax credits info
Tax agency offers voice-activated option for obtaining advice
Jeremy Wright named DCMS secretary as Hancock is moved to health
Industry expresses regret as one of government’s most visible digital advocates is given a new job
Salary of £90k on offer for role ensuring security of government transformation
GDS-based post comes with remit to adapt service standards and best-practice guidelines
NHS Digital given £100m funding boost in 2017/18
Organisation’s annual accounts show a rise of almost 40% in the amount of central government cash it received
New social-work regulator looks to build 'end-to-end digital service’
Social Work England kicks off project to transfer data from outgoing regulator and build a new set of services
Labour MP: If a device is called ‘smart’ – don’t buy it
Shadow industrial strategy minister Chi Onwurah claims much more needs to be done to ensure the internet of things is safe
Emergency Services Network rollout given red-light warning in annual major projects review
The annual report from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority shows government tech programmes of work are a mixed bag
Government unveils £7.5m funding and training scheme to boost local authority digital work
MHCLG and GDS also publish ‘digital declaration’ for councils to sign up to
Government plans law to require real-time bus info and on-board audiovisual displays
Consultation started on possible new rules to make buses more tech-enabled