Calderdale council seeks digital leader to help set five-year vision
Authority recruiting for senior manager to ‘find innovative digital solutions’
Leicester City Council to roll out body-worn cameras to deter assaults on frontline staff
City looks for supplier to provide as many as 200 devices to record incidents
Defra preps ‘manual workarounds’ for major IT projects amid fears of no-deal Brexit
Department warns that, if the UK exits the EU without a trade deal, it may need to make some ‘...
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Brexit demands see Defra extend IBM deal to near £1.5bn total worth
Department’s 17-month extension takes contract length to cumulative tally of 17 years
Rural broadband often three times slower than neighbouring towns, study reveals
Research from County Councils Network show west country and northern England lagging behind
Government puts £25m into six 5G test bed projects
Schemes across the UK looking at 5G use cases including farming, tourism, and transport receive funding from government scheme
Local councils implore government to provide GDPR compliance funding help
Sector organisation writes to Matt Hancock and other MPs to express concerns
Law to require slaughterhouses to install CCTV
Three months’ worth of footage must be made available to regulators
MPs tell government to invest in Defra IT systems to minimise Brexit disruption to imports and exports
Environment select committee also calls on department to publish ‘sector-by-sector analysis of the impact of Brexit’
Government agreement to see church spires used to boost rural broadband
Church of England, DCMS, and Defra sign accord to improve connectivity
£45k web design contract up for grabs as Defra advisers look to ditch ‘failing’ site
Joint Nature Conservation Committee looks to meet Government Digital Service standards and move away from content management system it has been running since 2005
West of England to undertake innovation audit in bid to foster world-leading tech
Government-backed initiative aims to identify areas where region could become a global leader in science and technology
Met Office prepares to revamp consumer digital strategy
Weather agency awards two-year contract to user experience and geospatial data specialist firms
Defra seeks two £90k technology leaders as it centralises group IT function
Department advertises for two deputy director-level posts
Cambridgeshire County Council picks partner for £2m Microsoft rollout
Authority to extend Enterprise Agreement for software licences by three years
Food Standards Agency to connect 220 UK abattoirs
Government agency to roll out networking across slaughterhouses
Digitising Flintshire – a collective approach to transformation
Flintshire County Council chief officers talk to Gill Hitchcock about their joint responsibilities for a five-year digitisation programme
Kew Gardens wants IT leader for ‘transformational improvements to technology services’
World-famous botanic gardens offering £70,000 for new head of IT infrastructure
Ordnance Survey to launch first augmented reality offering
New addition to mobile app will be shown to members of the public for the first time at next weekend's Countryfile Live show
Ordnance Survey releases database of every green space in England, Scotland, and Wales
Comprehensive map allows public to locate parks, children's play areas, playing fields and more, and use the data to create business ventures
Defra claims initial success in switch from IBM and Capgemini as 25 suppliers express interest in UnITy
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has said that 25 suppliers are interested in working to deliver its managed print services as part of efforts to replace long-term IBM and Capgemini contracts.
Drones can offer the public sector a treasure trove of data: we can't just view them as a threat from the skies
Cranfield University expert Dr Monica Rivas Casaldo says drones offer the public sector huge potential to collect vital environmental data that shouldn't be overshadowed by a failure to regulate for their misuse.
Government Digital Service “hindered delivery” of rural payments programme, Public Accounts Committee says
MPs urge the Government Digital Service to provide more support if it wants departments to embrace digital innovation, after report finds that focus on 'digital by default' hindered delivery of new rural payments scheme