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DCMS committee chair bemoans ‘misleading answers’ provided by the tech firm so far

NHS National Services Scotland’s data chiefs tell Gill Hitchcock about a mobile-friendly platform to give clinicians, policymakers, and patients up-to-date access to healthcare information

Nesta creates 10-strong list of principles it believes should define how government uses artificial intelligence and algorithms

Departing departmental chief claims that programme to reform welfare while driving services online should have ‘had a twin-track strategy from the start’

Home Office claims machine-learning software developed in conjunction with ASI Data Science could be of use to smaller platforms such as Vimeo, Telegra.ph, and pCloud

Law Commission asked to analyse whether and how statutes need to be changed to ensure they are fit for the internet age

Ciaran Martin claims that ‘it is a matter of when, not if’ the country suffers a top-level category-one assault

Establishing united team of 400 workers will save each authority an estimated £300,000 a year

Partners of fallen firm pledge that work to roll out networks across the UK will continue as scheduled

MPs claim department faces ‘difficult decisions’ to deliver on schemes including Making Tax Digital rollout and office relocations 

First set of annual accounts for BPDTS Ltd reveal that company delivered more than £12m of IT services to department in first four months of existence

Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire has redesigned its council tax service to better work with ‘the quirks of how we actually think’. Gill Hitchcock finds out more

Care Quality Commission given new powers to rate a range of independent healthcare providers

In a town gaining 40,000 extra citizens each decade, the council's strategy chief Geoff Snelson tells PublicTechnology why smart-city ideas and technology need to be an intrinsic part of planning for the short- and long-term future

PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall picks out three topics that may define the year ahead

Remanufactured computers could provide 95% of the performance of a new PC at a fraction of the cost to the environment; it is time for the civil service to set an examples, argues professor Mark Jolly of Cranfield University

Hampshire’s director of adults’ health and care Graham Allen talks to Gill Hitchcock about using IT to relieve loneliness among the county’s older population and where he finds inspirational digital ideas

Vodafone's Mick Wayman opines that better co-operation with the non-profit sector could help save money and improve service levels

New system will allow HR directors to gain instant access to benchmarking reports

New digital service to be created following £1.5bn support package unveiled in the Budget

Department head in bullish mood in meeting with Public Accounts Committee