Could Norfolk be the next Netflix?
Hackathons are a way for Norfolk to drive digital innovation in adult social care. Gill Hitchcock reports on the council’s achievements and aspirations.
Local Digital Fund dishes out £1.25m to 16 councils in first investment round
One sixth of £7.5m available funding pot is allocated after first tranche of applications
The biggest stories of 2018 – part two
We revisit the big news and major events from the second half of 2018
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London mayor Khan funds tech start-ups to help solve capital’s ‘most pressing problems’
Eight companies have been chosen to receive £15,000 in R&D funds
Stevenage offers £75k for digital transformation leader
Borough council advertises senior-management post with remit to drive online services and smart working
Land Registry kicks off £2m blockchain experiment
Government agency picks partner to explore how distributed ledger technology could help deliver ‘faster, simpler, and cheaper’ services
West Midlands to overhaul ‘outdated and inefficient’ internal network
Combined authority seeks supplier for potential £200,000 project to revamp intranet
GDS pops up in Birmingham
GDS and HM Courts and Tribunals Service to set up digital presence in the second city as region plans to become ‘the UK’s number one hub for public sector digital services’
Fife town to get WiFi, website and ‘digital brand’ under Scottish Government scheme
Cupar picked as the nation’s first ‘digital improvement district’
Rutland councillor pleads guilty to charges over social media posts
Richard Alderman appeared before magistrates on four counts of sending ‘offensive or indecent’ messages
Wolverhampton signs up with eBay to boost local economy
West Midlands city signs partnership with auction site in bid to help local SMEs grow their business by selling online
Hackney to build digital transfer of care tool
London borough to work with NHS and other public agencies on development of platform
Councils urged to create ‘digital boards’ of public and private sector experts
Report from techUK advises that, to make good on digital transformation plans, local authorities should assemble a leadership collective
Brent Council offers ‘drone pilot apprenticeship’
Chosen candidate will ultimately ‘promote the use of drone services within the council’
Chatbots, free WiFi, and paperless councillors – Waltham Forest’s digital transformation
Executive and political leadership at the east London council talk to PublicTechnology about their work to lead transformation in a way that benefits the entire borough
Bristol council to build complaints and FOI system
Local authority needs new platform in light of ‘more types of complaints’
Enfield sees the benefits of cloud and insourcing
Borough council’s head of ICT Nadira Hussain talks about getting the best out of existing digital systems, upskilling staff and recruiting to new roles with insourced services. Gill Hitchcock reports
Reading seeks data analytics tool to assess impact of welfare reform on low-income households
Council interested in deploying product that could help understand economic effect on neighbourhoods, streets, and individual households
Digital must be part of councils’ executive and political leadership, report recommends
Guide for councillors from techUK offers advice for how to embrace digital
Almost half of councils using unsupported server software, FOI finds
Ageing versions of Windows Server remain in widespread use, according to research
Public sector websites hit by datacentre outage
ICO site and others downed by ‘electrical surge’ that affected datacentre owned by digital charity Eduserv
Government agency seeks online whistleblower platform
Planning Inspectorate to deploy digital tools to allow confidential reporting and management of staff issues
London boroughs kickstart driverless car initiative
Data will be gathered across Croydon and Bromley ahead of planned trials of an autonomous passenger service next year
Personal info of 6,000 Lewisham residents at risk after breach
London borough investigates hack that took place earlier this year