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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Devon spends £750k on low-code platform
County council believes software can expedite the launch of new services
Bradford to bring digitisation to registrar’s office
Council seeks to replace paper-based system
Glasgow’s digital vision promises a citywide 3D strategy, online budget consultations – and an iPad for every child
Scotland’s largest city outlines plan to use technology to transform economy and public services
Reading council offers £92k for digital transformation leader
Local authority advertises what it claims is the ‘complete digital role’
Government turns to tech to tackle loneliness
First companies awarded funding through GovTech Catalyst programme
West Midlands gets £19m boost for plans to become ‘global leader’ in driverless cars
Money will be used to test technology on both ‘multi-lane highways and narrow country lanes’
Welsh Government recruits external experts for new ‘digital panel’
Group will advise on the use of technology in public-service delivery
Lewisham creates £100k IT and digital leadership role
London borough advertises for executive to lead technology strategy
Oxford seeks £200k robotics platform
Council looks for supplier that can identify potential automation opportunities
Government aims to boost Midlands regeneration with £1.5m digital map
Midlands Engine and Geospatial Commission to work together to use technology to find regional investment opportunities
Haringey, Islington, and Camden councils to ditch shared ICT service
After two years of cooperation, London boroughs will return to individual IT and digital services arrangements after concluding they have ‘diverging priorities’
Belfast seeks innovations to manage public spaces
City council and Department of Justice put £120k in funding up for grabs
Geospatial Commission’s first tranche of investment commits £5m to opening up government data
Newly created government entity begins two-year remit with funding dedicated to release location data held by six public agencies
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