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
Mobile firms accused of ‘marking their own homework’ on coverage stats
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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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
Five ways councils can use data to improve services
Local authorities could benefit from the use of analytics and AI, according to Andy Barrow of ANS Group
West Midlands ‘shifts focus’ of digital leadership on back of 5G plans
Plans for chief digital officer are shelved but authority remains focused on ‘embedding digital capability’ across the organisation
Essex offers £119k for tech services head
Role comes with remit to serve as ‘internal change partner’
Central London boroughs to set joint IT strategy
Local authorities seek to work with supplier to lay out roadmap
HM Land Registry seeks £8m digital services partner
Department seeks supplier to help digitise services
Wolverhampton seeks £5m 20-year partner for ‘future-proof’ full-fibre network
City council issues contract notice looking for partner to provide public-sector connectivity
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
The three public sector technology trends that will define 2019
PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall picks out the topics and trends that will dominate the year ahead, and revisits the predictions of a year ago to see any of them came to pass
Scottish 4G coverage less than half that of England
Ofcom report shows just 38% of Scotland has good data coverage from all four networks
Councils picked for geospatial data funding
Quartet of projects will receive backing from the Open Data Institute
Bristol examines options for revenue and benefits
Council to look at cloud, on-site and as-a-service options
How Bolton and Wigan teamed up to tackle their cybersecurity challenges
Technology chief Dave Pearce explains how the two local authorities are working together to share data, technology, and services
HM Land Registry explores ‘data enrichment'
Agency engages with market for potential partners that can take names and addresses and derive additional information
London picks new tech for election vote counting
Local authority opts for software from Smartmatic