The Ministry of Justice has published a set of nine principles it will stick to as it updates outdated hardware that is making work difficult for employees....
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GOV.UK Pay ticks payment card industry’s security box
The government has announced that its payment system GOV.UK Pay is compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard....
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Leadership continuity for Digital Marketplace team as interim takes on full-time position
Warren Smith, interim director of the Digital Marketplace programme at the Government Digital Service, has been officially given the position full-time. ...
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Mark Dearnley to leave HMRC in “day of the digital long knives”
HMRC’s chief digital officer Mark Dearnley is to leave the department when his contract runs out in September, it has been announced....
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Mid Essex trust aims at faster record back-up
Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS trust has chosen provider MCSA to revamp its IT infrastructure in a bid to save money and make backing-up records more reliable....
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Tenacity and navel-gazing: Wigan’s road to digital success
Around 18 months ago, senior leaders at Wigan Council decided to take digital seriously. Since then the authority has won multiple awards for its transformation. Rebecca Hill asks Alison McKenzie-Folan, […]...
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Matching vision with investment: How councils can benefit from IoT
Council IT chiefs tell Sooraj Shah that, although the Internet of Things has huge potential for local government, it’s still early days for the technology....
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Three-year digital health project says online skills could save NHS millions
A training programme to help vulnerable people how to use the internet to access healthcare services has saved the NHS as much as £6 million in avoided GP and A&E […]...
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From analysis to action: Next steps for doteveryone’s digital exclusion heatmap
At the end of last year, the charity doteveryone launched its heatmap of digital exclusion across the UK to help communities take control of the situation. But where is the project […]...
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Digital Economy Bill lays path for greater public data sharing
Public authorities will be granted more powers to share their data with other bodies through proposals set out in the Digital Economy Bill, which was laid before Parliament yesterday....
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