South Kesteven innovation centre gets go-ahead
University of Lincoln to operate new centre providing degrees, apprenticeships and short courses, alongside services to businesses, as part of bid to boost local economy
GDS seeks digital delivery advisor for Brexit work
Post will involve working with Cabinet Office and a range of departments
Diversity in cybersecurity projects offered £600k in government funding
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Stevenage offers £75k for digital transformation leader
Borough council advertises senior-management post with remit to drive online services and smart working
Sharing civil service smart-working secrets
HMRC has been lauded for its adoption of flexible working tools and practices. Luke Heselwood of think tank Reform believes the department’s Whitehall peers could learn from the tax agency’s example
How can the public sector manage cyberthreats?
In the wake of last year's WannaCry ransomware attack and a range of high-profile threats since then, PublicTechnology and Trend Micro invited a panel of experts to discuss how the public sector can build resilience and protect itself. Geoffrey Lyons reports.
Defra launches developer recruitment drive
Department advertising 24 vacant tech positions
US senators introduce legislation to boost government’s use of AI
Although ‘C-3PO isn’t yet a reality’, cross-party quartet wants to make it easier for federal agencies to adopt new technologies
HMRC picked out as Whitehall paragon of smart working
Report from think tank Reform praises initiatives such as equipping large numbers of the department’s workforce with tablet computers
GDS pops up in Birmingham
GDS and HM Courts and Tribunals Service to set up digital presence in the second city as region plans to become ‘the UK’s number one hub for public sector digital services’
Universities unveil £650m plan to make Edinburgh ‘data capital of Europe’
Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt universities launch scheme designed to provide data-skills training to 100,000 people
DWP digital chief Prakash to leave civil service
Peers pay tribute as CDIO announces he will depart Whitehall around the end of the year
Whitehall suffers from ‘a culture of denial when a project is going badly’, says PAC chair Hillier
The head of the Public Accounts Committee has lamented a lack of transparency and information sharing across the civil service
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
Government should use National Data Strategy to address ‘serious problems’ with outsourcing data, think tank urges
The Institute for Government wants to see more and better data on contracts and the civil service workforce
Police prepare contingency plans for post-Brexit loss of European data-sharing systems
New national unit established to help forces mitigate impact of EU exit
HMRC seeks squad of IT managers
Department reveals it is currently recruiting for 23 separate positions
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’
GDS seeks engagement lead to make government ‘destination of choice for digital professionals’
Post as marketing chief for DDaT profession comes with salary of up to £65,000
MoJ trying to ‘break down the cultural boundaries’ between digital and technology
The department’s chief digital and information officer Tom Read sees addressing a historic ‘lack of trust’ between the two disciplines as a key part of his role
Government transformation projects ‘promise too much at the outset’ – IPA chief
Civil service project delivery leader Tony Meggs preps guidance for departments ahead of Spending Review
One Team Gov goes global
The government reform movement has snowballed to include both counterparts in other countries and the wider public sector. PublicTechnology went along to its first global event to find out more
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