Northern Ireland prepares for three major IT projects
Departments of finance and infrastructure publish information on land registration, finance and planning systems
East Midlands creates £250m WAN framework
Nottinghamshire County Council publishes contract notice
HMRC to open high-tech Edinburgh hub
Office for 3,000 government workers will deploy an array of smart working technology
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Dorset Council offers £112k for digital and change chief
Authority seeks leader to oversee transformation of tech estate and digital services
London heralds ‘new era of digital transformation’ for borough councils
Group representing all councils in the capital launches the London Office of Technology and Innovation
Government launches £200m rural fibre broadband project
Beginning rollout in most difficult areas represents a ‘significant shift in government policy’, culture secretary claims
South Staffordshire seeks technology and transformation leader
Authority recruiting for £60,000 role
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
Belfast council launches its own digital currency
Citizens will be able to use Belfast Coin to pay for local services
Surrey seeks ‘digital transformation partner’
County council seeks external review of existing change plans to ‘help the organisation see that digital is a critical component’
Durham council puts democracy into digital design
Designing a strategy to take digital take-up over the 50% mark means getting to the heart of what the county’s residents really want. Gill Hitchcock writes.
Bradford to build app to boost uptake of online services
Council looks to implement platform including push notifications
Shrewsbury and Telford NHS trust to create £800k data warehouse
Hospital wishes to enable a ‘transparent view of patient care’
Manchester seeks partners for £35m full fibre rollout
Combined authority wishes to install a network over which it has usage rights for 20 years
Nottinghamshire to build ‘one-stop shop’ MyNotts app for citizen services
County council looks to conduct transactions via specially built program
Why Essex council has broken with digital convention
Jason Kitcat has got rid of digital strategies and teams and introduced in a single function devoted to service change. Gill Hitchcock finds out more.
London borough fined £145k for sharing data on 200 suspected gang members
Newham Council worker sent email with info including names and address
Leicester City Council seeks market engagement ahead of transformation programme
Authority looks to overhaul a range of tech platforms
North Lanarkshire to undertake £12m cloud transformation
Local authority looks to build ‘digital capabilities’
How Leeds is improving care by breaking out of 'NHS-only systems'
Leeds digital chief Dylan Roberts tells Gill Hitchcock about how the city is joining up records and trying to help 10,000 Loiners get online each year
DfE releases £300k funding for digital inclusion scheme
The latest tranche of money invested via the Future Digital Inclusion programme will be administered by charity the Good Things Foundation
London to trial on-demand buses
Borough of Sutton to conduct 12-month experiment with flexible routes and app-based booking