DCMS keeping tabs on child-safety implications of Apple updates
New versions of the vendor’s operating systems include support for DNS over HTTPS
DCMS taps consultancy to help build transformation plan
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GDS tells public sector to 'be bold and unpublish' unnecessary web pages
Government Digital Service lifts lid on success of project to simplify process of starting a business online
Data, demonyms, and 'focus colours' - the GDS blueprint for building a successful digital service
Digital engagement lead explains how the department's Service Toolkit can help public bodies create new online services for citizens from scratch
Science Museum Group seeks partner for data-discovery quest
Museum group seeks software application to help it map and analyse data
Digital Economy Act will 'underpin radical transformation of government services'
Digital minister Matt Hancock signs into law act intended to promote connectivity across the country and make the online world safe for children
Government backs space technology sector with £100m investment in testing facilities
New sites in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire will reportedly allow UK players to build bigger and better satellites and engines
Government invests £16m in three sites for 'world's first' 5G trial project
University of Surrey, Bristol University, and King's College London join forces to become 5G hub
#CultureisDigital – DCMS asks for your tweets as it looks to help art and tech unite
Department asks for representatives from both IT and culture to help solve four main challenges
IT titans commit to follow government's lead on 30-day payment-terms pledge
Firms including Microsoft, IBM, Fujitsu, and HP sign up for new Prompt Payment Code
Government scraps tax on fibre investments
New bill offers full tax relief, saving businesses an estimated £60m
DCMS gets new name in digital rebrand
Renaming the ministry the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport acknowledges how its responsibilities have changed, says minister
Government tasks Google and Apple with aiding Digital Strategy rollout
Digital Economy Council, which meets for first time today, also features Cisco, Facebook, and BT
‘The new blue-collar job is coding’ – digital minister Matt Hancock
DCMS minister also claims planned Digital Charter will be world’s first such framework
Public facilities should do away with downtime
Ensuring spaces can be booked by the public and other bodies can bring in revenue and create efficiencies, argues Chris Smith of Kajima
Whitehall must change its hierarchical workforce mentality and embrace technology, says Reform think tank
The public sector needs to use technology to reform its workforce by disrupting hierarchies, adopting new recruitment processes and automating administrative roles, a think tank has said.
Political upheaval, Blockchain and data protection: What does 2017 have in store for tech?
As the New Year approaches, PublicTechnology takes a look at what we might expect in the world of digital government in 2017.
If position in the civil service is everything, where does digital really sit?
As the UK’s first director general for digital heads for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, and the Government Digital Service struggles to maintain its footing at the centre, David Walker asks what the reality is for government digital.
Former GDS boss calls for more detail on government data-sharing rules
The government needs to offer much more clarity on how it plans to up departmental data sharing in its Digital Economy Bill, MPs have been told.
Council set to procure partner for £20.5m superfast broadband programme
North Yorkshire County Council has agreed to procure a delivery partner to increase its superfast broadband coverage to 96% of homes by 2019.
Ofcom stops short of ordering BT and Openreach split
The communications regulator Ofcome has said that BT’s Openreach should become a distinct company with its own board as part of reforms aimed at improving work to expand broadband coverage in the UK.
Labour's Chi Onwurah urges government not to lose sight of data ethics in post-Brexit turmoil
Chi Onwurah, shadow minister for the digital economy, has called on the government to establish a joined-up data ethics framework - and not to lose focus because of Brexit.
MPs slam BT investment in Openreach amid concerns for broadband roll-out
BT Openreach’s lack of transparency over the cost and deployment plans for the Broadband Delivery UK programme is stifling local competition, the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee has said.