Sarah Main of the Campaign for Science and Engineering urges parliament to recognise its responsibility in serving as a figurehead for scientific debate
 

Dods political consultant Andrew McQuillan explores government’s position on data regulation post-Brexit, highlighting potential pitfalls as well as opportunities 

Matt Lock of Varonis argues that an increase in connectivity has left health-service IT vulnerable

Suraj Kika of Jadu looks at what is stopping local authorities from investing in digital services

Melanie Pittham of digital transformation specialists The BIO Agency outlines the key considerations in transforming cities for the benefit of citizens

Georgina Maratheftis of techUK urges the new city-region chiefs not to neglect digital devolution

Garry Graham of Prospect argues that cultivating a healthy work-life balance for employees will benefit the public sector

The health service needs to make sure its people are geared up for the data-rich future, according to Afshin Attari of Exponential-e 

Ian Blackhurst of Northgate Public Services explains how effective collaboration between law enforcement, healthcare, education, and social services could help protect vulnerable citizens

Colleges need to ensure they make a good digital first impression, or risk seeing students head elsewhere, argues Lucy Perkins of LDA

Nat Gross of industry body BIMA believes that all political parties must do more to ensure the UK remains at the digital vanguard

John McMahon from IEG4 takes Isaac Newton as his inspiration for new method of measuring the success of public sector digital transformation projects

IT reseller Insight's public sector chief argues that failing to invest in digital could hurt the government's ability to deliver services

Jon Lucas from Hyve Managed Hosting discusses the key considerations for public sector bodies looking to embrace cloud and digitalisation 

James Butler of software and IT services firm Trustmarque examines how to ‘bridge the gap’ between private and public sector adoption

Ensuring spaces can be booked by the public and other bodies can bring in revenue and create efficiencies, argues Chris Smith of Kajima

Joe Kim of SolarWinds looks at what government IT pros can expect from hybrid IT, and whether implementing it will provide any benefits

Des Ward, information governance director at Innopsis, reflects on the real story behind the WannaCry cyber-attack.

With the cyber threat shifting its focus to sabotage rather than data theft, many of the defences deployed by public sector organisations will have to be adapted for the new world

New threats require the sort of joint civilian and military planning that was common in the Cold War – but with a focus on cyber rather than nuclear, says Jennifer Cole of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

There is no lack of appetite for data projects – it’s just that the scope of them is so vast, many people don’t know where to begin