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Suffolk seeks technology chief to ‘challenge long-held values’
County council advertises CTO position which comes with a transformation brief and a salary of up to £87,000
Cambridge seeks mobile cashless parking technology
City’s local authority seeks provider for five-year contract
Twelve councils picked for digital social care pilots
A dozen local authorities have been chosen by NHS Digital and the Local Government Association to each receive up to £100,000 in funding
Jersey kicks off major restructure to create ‘modern, agile, and digital public service’
Island’s local authority recruits for a range of leaders to fulfil transformation plan
Boston to allow autonomous vehicle tests across city
Local company authorised to conduct trials on all roads throughout the largest city in Massachusetts
No way of determining value or efficacy of Universal Credit – but DWP has ‘no practical alternative’ but to press on, NAO concludes
Auditors acknowledge some progress has been made in the last five years and department insists programme is providing value
User-designed services and city-wide WiFi – London mayor’s plan to create the world’s smartest city
Sadiq Khan publishes smart-city strategy for the capital
Why peer support, not a grand vision, is the key to shared services
Richard Blanford of Fordway believes there is scope for much more growth in shared services if local authorities focus on working with each other
Leicester City Council to roll out body-worn cameras to deter assaults on frontline staff
City looks for supplier to provide as many as 200 devices to record incidents
Collaboration, data, connectivity, skills, and ethics – London CDO previews five core policy areas of smart-city plan
Theo Blackwell discusses how the soon-to-be-published Smarter London Together strategy document will promote common standards and skills, and help councils use planning powers to promote connectivity
The library where councils can borrow the building blocks of a ‘Lego’ government
A number of large local authorities have already signed up to a new library for sharing service-design templates. PublicTechnology finds out more
One year on, have the metro mayors delivered digital devolution?
After 12 months in the job, the digital performance of the heads of the six city regions is assessed by Georgina Maratheftis of techUK
'Now, 65p of every pound we spend is invested back into Manchester'
Manchester City Council's CIO Bob Brown talks to PublicTechnology about the authority's transformation agenda and how it is ensuring the money it spends on IT goes back into the city
Transforming housing services for tenants in South Australia
Alice Lawson from South Australia Housing Trust discusses how housing providers can better target their resources and design citizen-centric services
Surrey seeks digital leader to help drive £250m annual savings
Newly created role comes with brief to ‘transform service delivery’ of county council
Rural broadband often three times slower than neighbouring towns, study reveals
Research from County Councils Network show west country and northern England lagging behind
West Yorkshire looks to build new online home
Combined authority seeks to unite all its disparate websites into newly designed site
Homes England agrees partnership in bid to ‘become digital pioneer’
Housing agency to work with Accenture and FutureGov
Southwark council tenants to get full-fibre network
Council signs deal with internet firm Hyperoptic