How Nottinghamshire drove broadband uptake – and made £5m
Ceren Clulow of Nottinghamshire County Council, discusses the benefits for local authorities in optimising the uptake of superfast broadband in their region – including potential major rebates on initial infrastructure investments
CCS set to replace cloud first with ‘more appropriate guidance’
Procurement agency reveals it is working with GDS to create new advice
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Belfast council launches its own digital currency
Citizens will be able to use Belfast Coin to pay for local services
HMRC to spend £1.5m on ‘cheque-processing solution’
Supplier sought for hardware and software platform
Which government department suffers the most data breaches?
Since 2008 departments have been required to report data breaches every year. In this exclusive research – kicking off two weeks of dedicated cybersecurity content on PublicTechnology – SA Mathieson digs through the numbers to uncover government's biggest security challenges
Streamlined GDS service standard removes need for ministerial tests
Digital agency publishes new 14-point checklist emphasising inclusion and cross-departmental services
‘Poor decisions compounded by a failure to take accountability’ – MPs tear into Verify
PAC criticises conception and rollout of scheme, and plan for its future
Consultancies swipe another £160m of government Brexit-prep contracts
Departments hand out deals for IT and other services
GOV.UK starts accepting Apple and Google Pay
Citizens can now use biometrics to confirm payments
UK civil service named world’s best – but scores low on digital
Report gives Whitehall above-average scores in every area except digital services
Whitehall FOI rejection rates keep rising
Two in five resolvable FOIs were rejected in 2018, with six departments knocking back more than half of public enquiries
Report: ‘Tech procurement still favours insiders and incumbents’
SMEs are routinely shut out of bidding processes and snubbed for the opportunities that are open to them, research from tech incubator Public has found
Bidding opens on £6.5bn Technology Products and Associated Services framework
Starting gun fired for competition on next iteration of the government’s flagship commodity IT vehicle
Citizens to get digital channels for HMRC complaints
Department is to roll out ‘email or another form of secure digital channel’ to allow to the public to contact independent review entity
Technology Services 2 given two-year extension
CCS lengthens £3bn contract as it mulls ways to ensure future deals enable more streamlined processes
ICO alerted to breach of EU citizens’ data
For the second time inside a week, the Home Office has had to report itself to the UK data regulator, after accidentally sharing email addresses of settled status applicants
'We're on the cusp of a transformation' – plotting Police Scotland's tech future
Assistant chief constable Malcolm Graham discusses how tech can benefit officers and the public
HMRC offers £115k each for quartet of tech chiefs to drive transformation
Department seeks leaders for mobility, networks, hosting, and service management
G-Cloud introduces more stringent cybersecurity requirements for suppliers
Among the changes introduced for the eleventh iteration of the framework is a commitment for suppliers to use ‘the most up-to-date antivirus’ technology
Think tank recommends sweeping review of procurement and outsourcing
Reform believes that the civil service needs to address a lack of commercial skills
New Verify chief stresses importance of market engagement
Lisa Barrett has joined GDS as director of digital identities
Breaking down barriers: how to improve SMEs' access to the public sector market
Research from techUK showed that smaller firms still face major challenges in winning government business. The industry body's head of public sector Henry Rex outlines why SMEs have both cause for concern and reasons to be cheerful
Met Office seeks chief information security officer
National weather service recruiting for security chief