Local government transformation needs leadership support and understanding
If councils wish to make their digital ambitions a reality, senior managers need to familiarise themselves with digital ways of working and the role they should play, believes Alex Yedigaroff of dxw
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LGA urges government to ensure Ofcom can independently verify network coverage
Leeds seeks partner to build ‘community cloud’ for use across public sector
Local authority is working with NHS bodies to construct shared infrastructure
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Government to investigate how local authorities use PSN
Research will support ongoing efforts to drive migration away from legacy network
Greenwich offers £100k for digital leader to drive ‘ambitious programme of transformation’
London borough recruiting for senior tech leader
Government’s Local Digital Fund hands out another £750k
Six projects selected for continued backing
Bournemouth to install new WAN
Local authority seeks supplier to deliver 83 connections over 18-month period
Full fibre goes live in the Outer Hebrides
Rollout will provide five hundredfold boost in connection speeds for residents of Grimsay and Great Bernera
Apps, automation and allotments
Durham County Council's head of digital Alan Patrickson lifts the lid on the authority’s citizen-focused five-year transformation journey
Concern and confusion grows over settled status scheme
With free movement now set to end abruptly on 31 October, Home Office remains unable to answer key questions
Dacorum Borough Council to trial robotics
Authority issues opportunity notice outlining its intent to explore possibilities of automation
Leicestershire to invest in weight-management app
Council looks to buy commercially available technology
Government boosts funding for local authority digital projects
Councils can bid for backing of up to £350,000
UK cities in line to be appointed European Capital of Innovation
Three cities among those to be shortlisted for €1m prize
Warwickshire seeks transformation and digital head
Role comes with remit to deliver immediate savings
How open data is helping Falkirk halt summer ‘holiday hunger’
Scotland’s Falkirk Council is using open geospatial data to help families find school lunch clubs and other resources. Gill Hitchcock reports
Over 300 tech staff return to Birmingham council with Capita JV ‘largely ended’
Authority claims most services have completed process of being brought back in house
Leeds seeks £20m partner for full-fibre network
Local authority looks to award seven-year contract with right of use guaranteed for a quarter of a century
Kingston and Sutton jointly seek digital chief
London boroughs recruiting senior manager to spearhead transformation
Three London boroughs plan £1.5m move to Microsoft cloud
Lewisham, Brent and Southwark seek partner to offer construction of environment and subsequent migration
Lambeth Council seeks digital chief
London borough seeks leader to create digital roadmap
Liverpool seeks guidance on citywide fibre network
City seeks advice on possible options for construction and ownership of connectivity infrastructure
Scottish Government creates IoT marketplace for public sector
Dynamic purchasing system seeks suppliers of products and services
Government builds new online planning appeals service
Pilots of digital platform to begin in July