Bidding opens on £5bn Network Services 2 framework
Second iteration of comms and networking procurement vehicle adds three new lots and more than doubles in value
Home Office seeks £20m partner for border threat assessments
Supplier sought to support rollout of advance border control service
Matt Hancock bans fax machines from the NHS
Trusts will no longer be allowed to purchase the technology from January
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Defra launches developer recruitment drive
Department advertising 24 vacant tech positions
Land Registry kicks off £2m blockchain experiment
Government agency picks partner to explore how distributed ledger technology could help deliver ‘faster, simpler, and cheaper’ services
West Midlands to overhaul ‘outdated and inefficient’ internal network
Combined authority seeks supplier for potential £200,000 project to revamp intranet
US senators introduce legislation to boost government’s use of AI
Although ‘C-3PO isn’t yet a reality’, cross-party quartet wants to make it easier for federal agencies to adopt new technologies
HMRC picked out as Whitehall paragon of smart working
Report from think tank Reform praises initiatives such as equipping large numbers of the department’s workforce with tablet computers
Leeds launches pilot for NHS service providing ubiquitous access to patients’ GP records
West Yorkshire conurbation becomes first city to go live on GP Connect, which aims to provide access clinicians across different care settings with access to records
Exclusive: Digital Outcomes and Specialists 3 adds almost 1,000 suppliers
Supplier list seen by PublicTechnology shows close to 3,000 firms have gained a place on the new iteration of the government digital services framework. Find out who made the cut
GDS pops up in Birmingham
GDS and HM Courts and Tribunals Service to set up digital presence in the second city as region plans to become ‘the UK’s number one hub for public sector digital services’
Government to review how data and tech could improve customer experience in utilities sector
DCMS and BEIS to examine how legislation could be developed to ensure tech developments and data sharing benefit consumers across regulated markets
Fife town to get WiFi, website and ‘digital brand’ under Scottish Government scheme
Cupar picked as the nation’s first ‘digital improvement district’
Rutland councillor pleads guilty to charges over social media posts
Richard Alderman appeared before magistrates on four counts of sending ‘offensive or indecent’ messages
Universities unveil £650m plan to make Edinburgh ‘data capital of Europe’
Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt universities launch scheme designed to provide data-skills training to 100,000 people
DWP digital chief Prakash to leave civil service
Peers pay tribute as CDIO announces he will depart Whitehall around the end of the year
‘The account should not be used to engage directly with members of the public’ – policy paper reveals Twitter guidance for top civil servant
Before joining the Twittersphere, the head of the Northern Ireland civil service was equipped with a seven-page handbook including suggested hashtags and accounts to follow, it has emerged
Police Scotland lays out £300m plan for IT transformation
Business case for technology overhaul to be put to authorities this week
Trump’s cyber strategy vows US will ‘stand up to’ perpetrators of threats
White House publishes national policy document including plans to update surveillance laws
Whitehall suffers from ‘a culture of denial when a project is going badly’, says PAC chair Hillier
The head of the Public Accounts Committee has lamented a lack of transparency and information sharing across the civil service
Wolverhampton signs up with eBay to boost local economy
West Midlands city signs partnership with auction site in bid to help local SMEs grow their business by selling online
Government should use National Data Strategy to address ‘serious problems’ with outsourcing data, think tank urges
The Institute for Government wants to see more and better data on contracts and the civil service workforce
Airwave to get three-year extension as government resets Emergency Services Network project
New services to be rolled out incrementally as Motorola Solutions agrees to continue support outgoing platform
Police prepare contingency plans for post-Brexit loss of European data-sharing systems
New national unit established to help forces mitigate impact of EU exit