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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Ofgem offering up to £100k for head of security
As energy sector relies more on digital devices and data it needs someone to lead on securing these
Government provides code of conduct on use of AI in the NHS
Guidance includes protecting patient data and developing technologies in partnership with the NHS
IT woes caused huge backlog of cases for new government vetting service, report finds
NAO investigation finds that implementation of united IT system created ‘inefficiencies’ of £17m a year
‘What to do when someone dies’ becomes government’s latest step-by-step service
Drive to design end-to-end user journeys continues
Whitehall departments failing to share data on debt, report finds
A lack of centralised best practice and good-quality data is perpetuating problem debt, according to the NAO
NHS to receive further £200m funding, Matt Hancock announces
Secretary of state warns that pumping money in alone is not enough to stop IT systems from costing lives
NHS e-Referrals: all NHS trusts in England have now switched over
150 acute hospital trusts and 7,110 GP practices are helping patients gain more control over appointments
Brexit could spur on software development talent shortage, say CIOs
Public and private sectors could lose vital talent, hindering organisations’ success
West Midlands selected for £50m 5G testbed
Connected ambulances, live streaming CCTV and driverless cars all part of initial plans
DfE digital chief and GDS co-founder Mark O’Neill to leave civil service
Long-serving digital government professional departing at the end of the month to pursue new opportunities
BT wins HSCN connectivity services deal for south-east England
Telecoms firm to provide services to 24 trusts and CCGs across the south east
Scottish Government backs world-first ‘LiFi’ pilot in Ayr school
Kyle Academy to trial use of light-based wireless connectivity technology
Reading seeks data analytics tool to assess impact of welfare reform on low-income households
Council interested in deploying product that could help understand economic effect on neighbourhoods, streets, and individual households
Met Police chooses Azure as basis for ‘cloud-first’ transformation
London force to move applications and infrastructure to Microsoft public cloud environment
DWP expands behavioural science unit
Department to accept applications from non-civil servants for the first time
Jeremy Hunt criticises Google's lack of cooperation on international child-abuse crackdown
Foreign secretary hits out at internet titan
Digital must be part of councils’ executive and political leadership, report recommends
Guide for councillors from techUK offers advice for how to embrace digital
DfT uses machine learning to create news round-up tool for policymakers
Program trained to identify stories likely to be of interest to policy professionals
House of Commons seeks tech infrastructure lead ahead of renovation
Vacant role advertised for senior manager to oversee compute hardware
NHS explores e-referral system for dentists
Commissioners seek market help in shaping specifications for tool through which dentists could refer patients for further care
PM puts £92m into project to explore UK alternative to EU Galileo satellite
Theresa May said that the possibility of the UK withdrawing support for the EU satellite project is ‘not an idle threat’