Tech firms given chance to work with computing teachers on curriculum
Companies including Amazon, Adobe, and PwC take part in Glasgow ‘Digital Critical Friend’ scheme
Scores of GDS staff moved to new Central Digital and Data Office
Responsibility for controls and standards has been taken on by new entity
UK players line up against US heavyweights on £750m hyperscale cloud framework
Four UK firms to be given the chance to compete with US giants
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DWP buys 11,000 iPhones and IBM software support services
Department uses CCS framework agreements for two deals worth up to £8.43m
‘We’ve launched 18 new digital services since the start of the pandemic’
Worcestershire County Council’s digital delivery leader Jo Hilditch tells PublicTechnology about how apps and digital platforms have supported the authority’s coronavirus response
Government funds new UK Cyber Security Council
Former DWP chief security officer Claudia Natanson to chair new professional body
The pandemic has exposed the government’s broken digital promises
While other countries adapted seamlessly to digital doctors' consultations and online teaching, coronavirus showed how little progress the UK has really made, believes Jack Perschke of netcompany
Government should aim Catapults higher says Lords committee
Report recommends changes to funding rules to help innovation centres collaborate with universities and industry
HMRC offers two days of homeworking each week in standard contract
Document will bring working conditions in line
How digital is helping Defence Medical Services re-imagine HM Armed Forces healthcare
Defence Medical Services (DMS) is pursuing ground-breaking digital, data and technology transformation which will revolutionise Tri-Service healthcare provision to over 135,000 Armed Forces personnel.
Parliamentary committee to investigate civil service churn
MPs request years of data to support probe
Digital skills gaps remain despite civil service adding 10,000 people last year
Study from IfG shows heavy recruitment across first three quarters of 2020
DfE programme evaluating long-term outlook for online learning
Minister says pandemic has provided ‘valuable intelligence’ on the role technology can play
NCSC recognises cyber expert universities
Eight institutions across UK named centres of excellence
EXCL: Digital minister says government will pass law to make smart devices safer ‘as soon as we can’
Matt Warman tells PublicTechnology event that government wants products and services to be secure ‘from the ground up’ – reducing burden on consumers and businesses
Report calls for ‘more power’ in Whitehall to be centralised
UK’s top two civil servants should be handed more responsibility as part of drive to make Cabinet Office more effective, says IfG
DfE laptops for home-schooling found to contain malware
Government says a ‘small number’ of machines are affected by what users say is a worm that contacts Russian servers
Training aims to boost ‘technical and analytical skills’ of civil servants
Programme looks to reduce reliance on consultants
Review of departmental delivery signals Whitehall reform drive still in effect
Exercise led by Michael Barber suggests civil service shape-up remains a target for the PM
Inspectors to assess schools’ remote-learning set-ups
Education Scotland will examine how institutions across the country are responding to need for online learning
Will local government transformation be set back by coronavirus?
Having long suffered from a scarcity of funding, councils could be forgiven for deprioritising investments in new tech. But public and private and sector leaders tell PublicTechnology that digital has never been more important.
Microsoft ‘a few weeks away’ from fixing issue affecting Scottish digital learning platform
Education Scotland stresses there is a ‘manual workaround’
Seven in ten civil servants want to work from home at least three days a week
Survey conducted by FDA union finds 97% of officials want option of working remotely
Government spends £87m on extra 460,000 laptops to support remote learning
Procurement documents show DfE awarded another deal to Computacenter in November