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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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
Crawley’s digital chief on why personalisation matters
The council’s new head of digital and transformation talks to Gill Hitchcock about expanding online self-service and the potential of AI
Councils to trial online citizen polls as part of government ‘innovation in democracy’ plans
The newly published Civil Society Strategy includes initiatives to improve participation in local decision making
Leicester seeks suppliers for £2m print framework
Council issues contract notice looking for bidders across four lots
Watford innovation competition identifies tech solutions to service challenges
Local council invests £30,000 with technology companies
Walsall Council offers £90k for newly created role as digital and transformation chief
Assistant director-level post comes with remit to further the authority’s use of user-centred service design
Finance leaders must help manage the digital hype
Effective digital transformation requires finance professionals, technologists, and senior management to work together, believes Don Peebles of CIPFA
GOV.UK boss Williams to become Croydon’s digital chief
Long-time civil servant to move into local government with role in his home borough
Essex resets digital transformation with multimillion pound programme of work
Authority awards a nine-month deal worth £1.9m to Socitm Advisory and launches £2m tender for a longer-term transformation partner
Southwark plans tools to monitor affordable housing
London borough commences development process for two digital services
Newcastle plans to become UK’s smartest city
Council’s cabinet to vote on proposal to work with a technology partner to realise the city’s ambitions
Birmingham seeks market input on Windows 10 migration
Council asks for suppliers to help shape procurement approach
Calderdale council seeks digital leader to help set five-year vision
Authority recruiting for senior manager to ‘find innovative digital solutions’