Government ‘mentor service’ to match up civil servants
Data-processing notice alludes to new platform for pairing up potential mentors and mentees
Pilot to see London paramedics get patient care records on iPad
London Ambulance Service to kit out 60 staff with devices in 16-week trial
Shrewsbury and Telford NHS trust to create £800k data warehouse
Hospital wishes to enable a ‘transparent view of patient care’
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Digital tax deadline looms as HMRC pledges ‘light-touch approach’ to enforcement
With one month to go until HMRC system comes into effect, only 30,000 firms have signed up so far
Temps account for 98% of staff building £250m immigration platform
Minister reveals just eight out of 360 workers on Home Office project are civil servants
Government to use TV ads to point people towards no-deal guidance site
Comms campaign to promote online advice and info will ramp up in the coming weeks
Home Office rolls out assisted digital support for EU settled status scheme
Department ramps up number of locations offering support with applications to about 150 – although Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are comparatively poorly served
DfE buys 500 extra Surface devices at £900 each
Department awards £444,000 contract to Computacenter
Government lauds Whitehall smart-working pioneers
Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden praises projects he sees as ‘example to follow’ for others
Rural primary schools to get gigabit broadband in £3m government scheme
More than 120 schools given the chance to boost their connections
Digital minister James signals willingness to quit over no-deal Brexit
Margot James says she ‘couldn’t be part of a government’ that oversaw the UK departing the EU without a deal
Government puts tech apprentice programme on hiatus
Cabinet Office reveals that civil service Fast Track scheme, which covers six core professions, is ‘under review’
Hancock bans pagers from NHS in latest salvo against ageing tech
Following on from his edicts against faxes and letters, health secretary takes aim at another old-school piece of kit
Government anti-fake news unit to continue
Funding situation still uncertain but blog post reveals rapid response unit will continue through 2019
Labour reports departed MP to information commissioner on data breach claim
Party alleges that Joan Ryan's actions breached GDPR and the Data Protection Act
DfE releases £300k funding for digital inclusion scheme
The latest tranche of money invested via the Future Digital Inclusion programme will be administered by charity the Good Things Foundation
MPs call for e-tail tax rise to support ailing high streets
Online retail heavyweights like Amazon should be subject to more taxes to help 'level the playing field' with physical competitors
Government to tighten outsourcing processes
A newly published Cabinet Office document outlines measures to bring greater rigour to procurement and contract management
G-Cloud 11 details expected next week ahead of planned April bidding launch
The next iteration of the government’s flagship cloud services framework is almost ready to be unveiled, PublicTechnology understands
London to trial on-demand buses
Borough of Sutton to conduct 12-month experiment with flexible routes and app-based booking
Government to send parents ‘text message tips’ to improve literacy of disadvantaged children
Department for Education will also provide free access to learning apps
Departments that lag on FOI responses could be named and shamed
Information commissioner indicates that regulator intends to get tougher on enforcement in the coming months after noticing ‘slippage’ in release of data
NHSX unit launched to oversee digital, data and technology across health service
New organisation will take the lead on setting national NHS policy on tech, digital, and data
Government data ethics body to focus on bias and micro-targeting
Chair of CDEI also encourages public sector to ‘use AI in ways that delight the citizen’