Local government lacks the understanding, budgets and leadership to create smart cities, a report has said....
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More than 1,000 gov.uk domains found in breach of government rules
An audit of gov.uk domains has identified more than 1,000 breaches of government guidance and has led to the closure of 471 local government domains....
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Defra exceeds open dataset target
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has made more than 11,000 datasets open for anyone to access, use and share, exceeding a self-imposed target set last year....
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Road-test: DVSA tech director on how the agency passed its digital MOT
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency digital services director James Munson tells Rebecca Hill that open-minded attitudes and iterative design have been crucial to the agency’s success....
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The G-Cloud dream is dying for SMEs, says Memset director
Kate Craig-Wood, managing director of Memset, one of the original technical leads of the government’s G-Cloud framework, was a strong believer in the initiative, but now says her mind has changed. ...
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GDS updates code of practice for government digital projects
The Government Digital Service plans to update its Technology Code of Practice to encourage a more adaptive and innovative approach to technology use in government....
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Hancock backs open address register
Moves to create a new open register of property addresses has the ability to improve public services, according to Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock....
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Open Data Institute voices Land Registry privatisation worries
Privatising the Land Registry risks “repeating the same mistakes” of previous outsourcing arrangements and could undermine the government’s bid to make more data publicly accessible, according to the Open Data […]...
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Socitm conference: GLA outlines work on ‘private’ datastore for councils
The Greater London Authority is working on a secure, private version of its London Datastore that will allow boroughs to share sensitive information to help improve services....
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Socitm conference: councils must insist on open data for smart cities wins
Local authorities must demand open access to data generated via service contracts if they are to maximise the potential benefits of the smart cities agenda, the Socitm spring conference heard....
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