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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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
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