NHS’s new £450m deal will offer a ‘step change’ in IT for GPs
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Government backs high-tech industry with £930m investment in regional centres
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GDS working with departments to mitigate reported leak of sensitive data
Report reveals that information has been made publicly available online via an information-sharing tool widely used by government developers
Essex resets digital transformation with multimillion pound programme of work
Authority awards a nine-month deal worth £1.9m to Socitm Advisory and launches £2m tender for a longer-term transformation partner
Overambitious transformation plans to cause ‘ugly scrambling for resources’, predicts NAO chief
Auditor general Amyas Morse flags up three key issues that government must focus on to improve its work with private-sector suppliers
Hull to trial smart bins
Council hopes pilot will show potential for enabling more efficient routes and timetables
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New report shows low adoption of next-generation connectivity in some major cities
Newcastle plans to become UK’s smartest city
Council’s cabinet to vote on proposal to work with a technology partner to realise the city’s ambitions
Jeremy Wright named DCMS secretary as Hancock is moved to health
Industry expresses regret as one of government’s most visible digital advocates is given a new job
Government names DeepMind chief as top AI adviser
CognitionX founder and Southampton University professor Wendy Hall also picked for AI-focused roles
Cambridge seeks mobile cashless parking technology
City’s local authority seeks provider for five-year contract
Government dedicates £1.3bn to attracting top science and tech talent
Measures unveiled in bumper research funding package include 100 additional AI PhDs
Norfolk police use drone to rescue man stranded in marshland
Missing man spotted on images provided by flying device
Lack of public support for AI risks ‘concerted backlash’, study suggests
Report from RSA finds that most people oppose use of automated decision-making in various areas of public service
Think tank calls for GDS to move into DCMS
In his foreword to Policy Exchange report on digital government, former Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude opines that ‘progress has slipped in recent years’
CCS starts building first Crown Marketplace portals
Supply-teaching and facilities-management frameworks will be among first to be hosted on new web store, as procurement agency also looks to refresh underlying e-sourcing technology
Loughborough University seeks £1m supercomputer
Institution issues prior information notice announcing imminent replacement of existing Hydra platform
The public sector must be transparent on data use to gain citizens’ trust
While GDPR is right to provide individuals with greater control over how their information is used, the benefits of sharing data should not be overlooked, believes Rose Lasko-Skinner of Reform
Full-fibre rollout will sweep through two million properties each year, chancellor pledges
Philip Hammond vows that every building in the UK will have access to an FTTP network within 15 years
CPS awards £5m PC-support deal to Wipro
Disaggregation work continues but CGI’s dominance is disrupted only by a fellow outsourcing giant
Citizens need rights for algorithm decisions to be explained – and challenged, MPs conclude
Select committee report calls for algorithms to be added to a ministerial brief, and urges departments to publicly declare where and how they use them
AI will save lives of 22,000 cancer patients a year, prime minister announces
Theresa May uses speech in Macclesfield to announce plans to work with technology sector and NHS to improve diagnoses