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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

Long-term goal is for site to operate as a social enterprise run by young care-leavers

Local authority membership body urges government to devolve the programme of work set out in the Industrial Strategy

MPs call on the Treasury to devote enough cash to ensure that both the outgoing system and its replacement can handle post-Brexit requirements

Resilience and efficiency minister Caroline Nokes discusses the UK’s progress to date in the digital government space, and where its priorities lie now

Scottish city announces big plans to ramp up online transactions, bring analytics into healthcare, and issue all children aged nine and over with tablets

Mistakes of IT and BPO outfit cost department millions of pounds, it has emerged

Government introduces various measures to make process simpler

Wandsworth and Richmond pick Northgate to deliver software

Essex town to deploy humanoid robot to help deliver services

Government spends £2m on equipping 5,600 staff with technology designed to improve safety

Study from Navigant Consulting recognises West Country city’s work in areas such as access to data and energy innovation