Last year three in five people accessing the site did so on a smartphone, while early usage data for government’s new app shows that ‘return users are increasing with time’ […]...
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National Crime Agency offers £100k-plus for CDIO
The UK’s central law enforcement body for pursuing organised and serious crime is currently advertising for a new tech leader to set strategies and manage millions of pounds of investment […]...
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DWP releases data strategy as MPs find department is ‘not doing enough to share data’ across government
As DWP releases plan to ‘blaze a trail’ in its use of data, PAC recommends that it should expand and improve efforts to exchange information with the DfE and others […]...
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NHS plans £600m consultancy framework to ‘promote transformation’
Specialist procurement and support services outfit NHS SBS has revealed an intention to implement a commercial arrangement enabling bodies across the health service, and beyond, to work with expert consultants […]...
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One Login received £83m DSIT delivery funding in FY25
The system being rolled out across government to support citizen’s access to a comprehensive range of services was backed by tens of millions pounds from its home department last year […]...
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All depts surveyed in Whitehall cloud research ‘use one of two leading providers’
With many government organisations now storing at least two thirds of their infrastructure and services in the cloud, data demonstrates the current reliance on the market’s duopoly of US players […]...
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The UK should put AI to work to fix the broken link between work, health and productivity
In this piece for PublicTechnology, former cabinet minister and current CIPD president Chloe Smith explores how new tech can boost the economy and help thousands of people return to work […]...
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MoJ reveals plans for £250m printing and post deal
Department is planning to put in place two separate commercial engagements, collectively worth hundreds of millions and respectively covering office printing and services required in locations across the justice system […]...
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HMRC hits 80% digitisation and plans transition of customer comms to ‘digital-first approach’
The government tax department is about to embark on a transformation initiative intended to eliminate about 100 million letters currently sent each year, while also driving more overall interactions online […]...
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Digital Outcomes 6 given final three months to ‘facilitate a seamless crossover’ to new framework
As it prepares to introduce a new agreement that reunites the two halves of a deal that was split in half four years ago, CCS has lengthened the incumbent arrangement […]...
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