'At least as important as profit and loss’ – how the ONS is assigning value to the environment
PublicTechnology sits down with ONS statisticians to learn more about the organisation’s Environmental and Natural Capital accounts, green jobs, and the value of a view
Shredded government docs turned into toilet paper
Contract for secure disposal signed with social enterprise
Defra picks £55m ‘digital delivery partner’
Department appoints firm to support delivery of key services
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Government funds £1.2m AI project to help planning for protected areas
Initiative aims to make better use of data
Report identifies crucial role of satellite data in combatting climate change
Academic network publishes briefing on role of data in dealing with issues such as floods and wildfires
Defra buys £1m ‘safe workplace’ software to support return to office
Technology offers functions including managing PPE inventories and keeping tabs on staff vaccinations
Met Office and Microsoft’s £1bn machine to be ‘world’s most powerful weather computer’
Platform to launch next summer
Defra revamps recruitment to reduce reliance on consultants
Digital chief Harriet Green tells PublicTechnology Live event that department has focused on specialisms, rather than the generalist skills the civil service recruitment process is designed to find
Defra seeks leader to realise potential of HR data
Lead sought for transformation programme that aims to make better use of workforce data
Companies House bins paper reminder letters
Ending service will save £1.2m as organisation moves to end paper communications by 2025
Parliamentary officials warned of cyberthreat from Extinction Rebellion
Civil servants working on select committees were given security advice in expectation of possible attack
Government extends local fibre scheme after ‘a number of delays’
Fifteen local projects given until the end of 2021 to conclude rollout
‘We are a British company with only British datacentres – and a commitment to pay our taxes’
UKCloud has joined the major cloud players in signing a public-sector wide agreement. The firm’s CEO Simon Hansford tells PublicTechnology why it’s important for government to have choice.
Defra hunts £135k operations chief to push on with transformation
Department advertises for vacant senior managerial position
Virtual voting, remote working and fake news – the tech legacy of coronavirus
Experts discuss what the lasting impact of the pandemic might be for government and the public sector
Government website to recruit fruit pickers crashes on launch
Web platform to support Pick for Britain campaign goes down
How sustainable is the world and how can we know?
Fiona Dawe of the ONS explains how the organisation is using existing data and new techniques of gathering information to better understand sustainability across economic, environmental, and public health factors
HMRC experiments with ‘sound masking’ to reduce staff distraction
Tax agency spends £30,000 on proof of concept
Government commits £1.2bn for supercomputer to predict extreme weather
High-tech system will be managed by the Met Office
Anti-food waste app wins government innovation prize
Cross-government team wins Reimagine Challenge
Environment Agency sets aside £30k to provide staff with mindfulness app
Arm’s-length body looks to offer program to about one in seven employees
Election 2019: Which party has most to say on digital, data and technology?
Examining the language of each party’s manifesto reveals significant differences in the amount and focus of proposals related to technology and data policy – as well as in the wider themes of each document
Wolverhampton councillors approve paperless meetings
Local authority to use app across the board in bid to save money, decrease environmental impact and improve members’ IT skills