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Matt Hancock also rebuffs criticism of virtual GP service

But Cabinet Office said government ‘remains committed to our aspiration’ of awarding £1 in every £3 to smaller firms by 2022 

Network manufacturer to fund a number of initiatives, including the establishment of a 250-person AI research facility at University College London

The creation of a Digital National Asset Register forms part of the newly published Government Estate Strategy

Auditor general Amyas Morse flags up three key issues that government must focus on to improve its work with private-sector suppliers

Department to take three-month break from ‘proactive data sharing’ with other government agencies, as well as restricting data shared with financial institutions

Martha Lane Fox and Mike Bracken, two of the key figures in the creation of GDS, believe the organisation remains stymied by major barriers in both the civil service and parliament

Commissioner’s progress report includes revelations about UKIP’s non-compliance and a six-figure penalty for a pregnancy website that supplied data for Labour Party marketing

Industry expresses regret as one of government’s most visible digital advocates is given a new job

A total of 3,505 firms are on the latest iteration of the framework with the government claiming more than 90% are SMEs

Director general Kevin Cunnington gives speech detailing how the organisation has ‘changed the way we work with departments’

Department celebrates big uptick in number of deactivations in past year

Meg Hillier says in annual report that some suppliers are becoming ‘secretive sub-departments of government’

Two weeks on from the publication of the strategy to make London the world’s smartest city, the capital’s chief digital officer Theo Blackwell talks PublicTechnology through the plan and the key challenges ahead

Liz Truss claims technology could help reduce waste and banish ‘gremlins’ of government

David Lidington says Carillion collapse shows need to increase range of suppliers working with public sector

Island’s local authority recruits for a range of leaders to fulfil transformation plan

The cautionary tale of the Leicestershire teenager who hacked high-ranking officials of NATO allies shows the need for improved password security

Civil servant returns to organisation to take operational reins

Publicly owned broadcaster asks for market input

Government's national technology adviser discusses why getting digital reforms through the machinery of government may require some help from Jason Bourne