Defra picks £46m Microsoft licensing partner
Phoenix Software picked for three-year contract
Scotland to create ten 5G hubs
Scottish Government supports network of connectivity sites with £4m funding
Defra hunts £135k operations chief to push on with transformation
Department advertises for vacant senior managerial position
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Government website to recruit fruit pickers crashes on launch
Web platform to support Pick for Britain campaign goes down
Government launches digital tool for firms to report energy data
Service will allow users to submit information via XBRL
Government Communication Service to collect and analyse data on public-service radio ads
Cabinet Office seeks supplier to fulfil two-year contract
One in three small fishing vessels sign up for new catch-recording app
Marine Management Organisation claims that new technology is catching on
Government commits £1.2bn for supercomputer to predict extreme weather
High-tech system will be managed by the Met Office
Government Gateway to close for older browsers and operating systems
Service will be unavailable on pre-Windows 7 platforms
Anti-food waste app wins government innovation prize
Cross-government team wins Reimagine Challenge
North Lanarkshire’s plan for a future-proof council
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Fighting food crime and improving analytics - a year at the FSA
Emily Miles of the Food Standards Agency reflects on 2019 and looks forward to the year ahead
Guernsey doctors to offer digital medical certificates
Patients will be able to present electronic forms to employers and government agencies
Wolverhampton councillors approve paperless meetings
Local authority to use app across the board in bid to save money, decrease environmental impact and improve members’ IT skills
Council collaboration catches on
Georgina Maratheftis of techUK runs through a busy and productive month of partnerships for the local authority digital and technology sector
Powys gets £1m backing for digital transformation
County council gets Welsh Government funding to implement tech
Durham shops for £10m fibre network
County council publishes three-lot framework tender
Citizens Advice warns telecoms firms on vulnerability of rural citizens
Scottish body urges broadband providers to offer increased support to those in rural areas
Tech helps Whitehall cuts three-fifths of greenhouse gas emissions
Use of mobile devices, cloud, and conferencing has played a major role in helping the public administration sector to slash its carbon footprint in the past 30 years
Defra looks to get a grip on pig performance data
Department seeks supplier to help it bring together information
Government supports £1bn deal to make poor mobile signal ‘a thing of the past’
Network operators propose sharing equipment to improve coverage in rural areas
Highlands and Islands get £3m full-fibre boost
High uptake sees extra money invested
Blackburn looks to business intelligence to support transformation
Council seeks to undertake proof-of-concept exercise to bring together data
Oxfordshire seeks £100k digital leader
Tech chief sought for district and county authorities’ partnership