‘What would we create if we started completely anew?’ – National Archives to revamp online presence
Organisation seeks help to overhaul ‘vast and confusing’ website
Government urged to take action on data literacy
Non-profit the Open Knowledge Foundation flags need for more skills and access to data
Law Commission to recommend legal reforms for online harassment
Statutory body asked to conduct a secondary review of internet abuse law
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CCS to launch Digital Outcomes and Specialists 3 this summer
After G-Cloud 10 launch was brought forward, procurement agency confirms agile development framework will follow suit
ICO promises to ‘invoke all our powers’ in Cambridge Analytica probe
Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham confirms warrant has been served on UK company
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Study lifts lid on most prolific central government departments and those with highest levels of engagement
Government to develop anti-online bullying strategy
Whitehall departments to work on promoting worldwide consensus on how to tackle problem
Immersive opera and audience analytics – government unveils digital culture vision
Royal Opera House and National Gallery sign up to technology programmes as DCMS publishes major policy paper
Local councils implore government to provide GDPR compliance funding help
Sector organisation writes to Matt Hancock and other MPs to express concerns
Public sector executive pay should be linked to cybersecurity
James Wickes of Cloudview believes regulators need to take steps to sharpen senior managers’ focus on cybersecurity
New cybersecurity regulators to be given power to fine critical services providers £17m
Organisations offering water, energy, health, or transport services must implement effective preventive measures or face serious consequences
Government publishes Digital Charter to promote ‘same rights and behaviour online as offline’
Document lays out six guiding principles and seven programmes of work
Nine in ten businesses and charities have done nothing to prepare for GDPR, government research finds
DCMS study finds majority of organisations in private and third sectors have never even heard of soon-to-be-implemented legislation
V&A museum mulls outsourced data-protection officer model ahead of GDPR
Art-and-design museum claims GDPR audit is well underway as it seeks market input on possible DPO-as-a-service implementation
Government’s top digital roles vacated in PM’s reshuffle
New jobs for former GDS minister Caroline Nokes and digital minister Matt Hancock, with no word yet on if they will be directly replaced and by whom
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue to spend £30,000 to combat ‘misuse of social media’
Organisation puts out contract notice seeking provider of management tool for up to 25 Facebook and Twitter accounts
DCMS looks to help local radio get out of the analogue age
Consultation launched in a bid to support 400 community and small commercial stations in moving from analogue to DAB signals
National Infrastructure Commission urges government to lead the way on digital twin projects
Report also encourages the codification of data standards
National Army Museum to build six new interactive audiovisual exhibits
Museum seeks software supplier to create games and video platforms for £70,000 project as part of new exhibition to open in March
DCMS fund backs West Sussex £50m fibre framework
County council becomes one of the first recipients of money from government scheme as it looks for provider to roll out connections to public sector-owned sites over the next two decades
VisitBritain seeks SEO supplier to deliver multilingual marketing
Tourism agency turns to search-engine marketing to boost efforts to market the UK to travellers
Government opens up data on £100bn of annual grant awards
Publication of departmental information is intended to help design policy and prevent fraud
How The National Archives is digitising 1,000 years of history
Digital director John Sheridan tells PublicTechnology how new technology is changing not only how the UK’s official archive operates, but is altering the very nature of archiving
British Library turns to tech to manage 150m-item collection
Library puts out request for information from potential suppliers