The Government Digital Service’s notification service has gone live across all central government departments, with local government – and letters – next on the team’s list....
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GOV.UK roadmap for 2017-18 aims for flexibility of scope and more robust metrics
The Government Digital Service has said it will use “more robust metrics” for GOV.UK as its 2017-18 roadmap reveals plans to improve email subscription, content search and user journeys....
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EXCL: GDS leader Kevin Cunnington: ‘We’re on track to finish Mike’s strategy, this is the next step’
The government has achieved “just about everything” that was in its first digital strategy and now needs a different approach to make bigger savings, the director general of the Government […]...
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Data privacy and lack of skills preventing public sector from making the most of digital, survey says
Senior managers in the public sector have said that data privacy, security and increasing regulations are all barriers to their organisations benefitting from mobile and digital technologies, according to a […]...
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Whitehall must change its hierarchical workforce mentality and embrace technology, says Reform think tank
The public sector needs to use technology to reform its workforce by disrupting hierarchies, adopting new recruitment processes and automating administrative roles, a think tank has said....
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National Cyber Security Centre: Password managers ‘good for now, but not forever’
Password managers may offer advantages in the short-term, but password-based authentication has “outstayed its welcome”, the National Cyber Security Centre has said....
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Industrial strategy promises boost for data infrastructure, skills and R&D
The government’s industrial strategy has emphasised the importance of data-sharing by Whitehall, as well as a push to improve digital skills training and boost funding for technologies like robotics and […]...
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‘Ambitious’ target date for delivering Emergency Services Network ‘unlikely to be met’, say MPs
MPs have called on the Home Office to step up its contingency planning in case a new emergency communications system for the police, fire and ambulance services is not ready […]...
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Former GDS staffer Mark O’Neill named chief digital officer at Department for Education
Mark O’Neill, one of the founders of the Government Digital Service, has been appointed chief digital officer at the Department for Education....
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NHS England moots regional-level data collection to support national analytics
Regional NHS bodies could soon be asked to collect patient information to create a ‘data-lake’ for use at a national level, according to an NHS England consultation document....
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