HMRC praised for use of public consultations on Making Tax Digital programme
Lords committee commends tax agency for process used to develop and roll out digitisation project
Experts pour cold water on digital services tax proposal
Onlookers predict tax on tech titans will be ineffective
‘Cracks are showing’ as HMRC juggles Brexit prep and day-to-day business, MPs find
Fraud and error rates predicted to rise and IT system to manage exports ‘very unlikely to be...
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Three things UK cities can do right now to become smarter
Melanie Pittham of digital transformation specialists The BIO Agency outlines the key considerations in transforming cities for the benefit of citizens
Interview: techUK head on the ‘leaders and laggards’ of government digital transformation
Industry body's public services programme leader discusses the 'cultural barriers' keeping SMEs out of the government IT landscape
Analysis: HMRC tops central government digital league table
Collation of performance-dashboard stats shows department is conducting almost all its transactions digitally, while other departments struggle to reach two thirds
Two in five civil servants check email over the weekend - study
Survey from union Prospect also hints at culture of unpaid overtime
Digital Economy Act will 'underpin radical transformation of government services'
Digital minister Matt Hancock signs into law act intended to promote connectivity across the country and make the online world safe for children
Ordnance Survey releases database of every green space in England, Scotland, and Wales
Comprehensive map allows public to locate parks, children's play areas, playing fields and more, and use the data to create business ventures
Why the government should protect IT spending
IT reseller Insight's public sector chief argues that failing to invest in digital could hurt the government's ability to deliver services
Could the UK become the Silicon Valley of government technology?
Former No. 10 policy adviser Daniel Korski tells Sam Trendall about his plans to create an armada of UK tech players to compete with the best California has to offer – and why he needed to leave Whitehall to do so
Public facilities should do away with downtime
Ensuring spaces can be booked by the public and other bodies can bring in revenue and create efficiencies, argues Chris Smith of Kajima
Hillingdon council on the hunt for telecare system provider
London borough to replace council-operated 24/7 monitoring service for elderly residents
Three London borough councils to co-develop families’ case management ‘app store’
The London boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster City and Hammersmith and Fulham to create digital tools to improve communication between families and children’s services and allow social workers to work ‘on the go’
Scottish Government seeks views on its eHealth strategy
Government wants to know about successes and failures of telecare and telehealth plans to ensure its vision is on the right path
Half of councils fail to provide a good online service for social care support
Charity Independent Age says Socitm survey results - which show a lack of easy-to-access information on care for older people - are ‘concerning’
Councillors aren’t ‘digital dinosaurs’ - but have yet to speak with one voice
Camden councillor Theo Blackwell’s research finds most councillors are positive about technology but warns that delivery will lag behind without a clear framework for transformation
DWP minister: Government ‘carefully considering’ wider blockchain benefits trial
House of Lords told small-scale trial using blockchain technology to help benefits claimants manage spending had yielded ‘encouraging results’
Digital tools could help Whitehall tackle its ‘poor institutional memory’, says think tank
Whitehall urgently needs to improve the way it uses existing evidence in policymaking and make better use of digital records to keep track of what is already known, so civil servants do not reinvent the wheel, a report has said.
EXCL: GDS boss reveals latest plans for spend controls
The Government Digital Service is planning to review around 30% of departments' digital projects based on "continuous interactions" with tech teams rather than set spending limits.
Political upheaval, Blockchain and data protection: What does 2017 have in store for tech?
As the New Year approaches, PublicTechnology takes a look at what we might expect in the world of digital government in 2017.
Social workers face arduous data entry and difficulties sharing information, says NHS Digital
A lack of interoperability between social care organisations’ IT systems and burdensome data entry processes are holding back technology adoption by social workers, a study has found.
Constabulary inspectorate tells police forces to urgently address digital skills gap
Police forces are failing to put IT at the centre of their work, set data-sharing plans or ensure staff have good digital skills, a review has said.
Digital caution let government meet state pension policy deadline, says NAO
The UK's spending watchdog has said that the government’s decision to postpone complex digital reforms in creating the new state pension allowed it to meet its implementation deadline - but that operational savings have been slashed.