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Why some UK local authorities are stuck in in a digital Stone Age
Ross Harling of Netitude lifts the lid on the findings of a study which shows UK councils are failing to recognise some major opportunities of digitisation
London boroughs, universities, and NHS trusts team up to share WiFi
An array of public-sector organisations have united to offer users ‘seamless’ connectivity
Geospatial Commission launched to 'turn government data into jobs and savings'
Open Data Institute among those to welcome creation of new body
Leicester to move electronic documents from central storage to line-of-business systems
Council appoints provider to convert many documents to PDFs
Children’s Commissioner to set up digital hub for children in care
Long-term goal is for site to operate as a social enterprise run by young care-leavers
Stoke council picks SCC for £8m four-year contract
Council awards IT supply and support deal to Birmingham-headquartered IT services heavyweight
‘Top-down approaches don’t work’ – LGA calls for digital devolution
Local authority membership body urges government to devolve the programme of work set out in the Industrial Strategy
DCLG to create central data pool to boost homebuilding
Communities secretary Sajid Javid claims department is working with the likes of the Land Registry and Ordnance Survey to collate information
West Midlands seeks start-ups to solve four key public-service challenges
Authority launches competition offering small tech firms £10,000 cash and three-month pilot project with access to data and mayoral feedback
London boroughs team up to roll out £1.7m hosted housing management platform
Wandsworth and Richmond pick Northgate to deliver software
Local Government Association calls for Budget to provide cybersecurity funding to councils
Membership body for local authorities bids for money from the Cabinet Office
West Sussex council launches investigation after publishing vulnerable citizens’ details online
Local authority disclosed names 1,400 of disabled people and their carers in now-removed spending data spreadsheet
GDS focuses on staff mental health with range of initiatives
Organisation takes various steps to help employees support themselves and each other
DCLG cybersecurity leader urges councils to prepare for inevitable election attacks
Department’s cybersecurity leader urges councils to put electoral staff through cybersecurity training
Manchester shakes up security as increased use of SaaS forces it to ‘think differently’
Council deploys hosted IAM in three-year six-figure deal with local IT company
Warwickshire County Council to build online platform for public consultations
Local authority picks G-Cloud supplier Delib for three-year contract
Cambridgeshire County Council picks partner for £2m Microsoft rollout
Authority to extend Enterprise Agreement for software licences by three years
Start-up exec turned local councillor urges peers to follow his lead
Niraj Dattani of Harrow Council and Spacehive predicts London 2018 elections could see a number of candidates from the tech world
The three biggest barriers to digital transformation in local government today
Suraj Kika of Jadu looks at what is stopping local authorities from investing in digital services
Home Office puts up £75k salaries for new cloud and end-user-computing leaders
Two senior technology posts on offer at central government department
A hundred days in, are the new metro mayors keeping their digital promises?
Georgina Maratheftis of techUK urges the new city-region chiefs not to neglect digital devolution