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Citizens need rights for algorithm decisions to be explained – and challenged, MPs conclude
Select committee report calls for algorithms to be added to a ministerial brief, and urges departments to publicly declare where and how they use them
How to ensure cloud does not become the new outsourcing
Just as with outsourcing before it, cloud will not fix underlying operational complexity,...
Councils reaching for the cloud, new study shows - but legacy IT keeping them grounded
Socitm/Eduserv research finds that councils are increasingly shifting to a hybrid of cloud and...
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Long-awaited G-Cloud 10 gears up for July launch
Provisional timetable represents slip of one month on plans outlined at the start of March
G-Cloud 10 to open for business in June
CCS brings launch date forward by almost a year, with sources indicating Digital Outcomes deal may follow suit
BEIS seeks head of DevOps to lead new desktop and cloud strategies
Department hiring for senior development role
Crown Hosting CEO: ‘We have taken away all the cloud excuses’
PublicTechnology talks to Steve Hall about the framework’s achievements so far, its ambitions for its last year, and the secret to a successful public-private joint venture
SMEs gain a greater share as Digital Marketplace spending tops £3bn
Government figures reveal that 48% of revenue has gone to smaller firms
‘This does not feel like a good thing’ - G-Cloud suppliers see opportunity and alarm in framework’s extension
Providers ambivalent as CCS and GDS head into a crucial period - one that will bring a potential £1.5bn opportunity, but lots of uncertainty too
Leicester to move electronic documents from central storage to line-of-business systems
Council appoints provider to convert many documents to PDFs
NHS looks to move data-analytics platform into the cloud
NHS Business Services Authority issues RFI seeking feedback on potential benefits and challenges of moving Oracle-based system off premises
HMRC chief defends tax agency’s data storage deal with Amazon Web Services
Agreement means that HMRC ‘has got out of the data business’, MPs told
‘We default to frameworks, but there are many other models’ – CCS looks to the future
With five major IT contracts set to go live in the space of nine months, the government’s procurement arm is seeking to evolve
One-on-one – Digital Marketplace boss discusses plans to expand the platform internationally
Warren Smith also opens up on how the launch of the Crown Marketplace will reshape central government procurement
DfE invests in cloud platforms and looks to build out DevOps credentials
Department awards duo of contracts designed to help it create and deploy digital services
Why field service management is vital for public sector organisations
Kirona explains what field service is and why public sector organisations need to implement an effective field service management solution
After long gap, GDS vows to resume quarterly publication of Digital Marketplace spend data
Digital Marketplace Director says delay down to migration of data and reaffirms commitment to openness
Government's SME digital spend tops £1bn
Government claims £1.39 in every £3 it spends on digital and cloud is going to smaller firms
Home Office puts up £75k salaries for new cloud and end-user-computing leaders
Two senior technology posts on offer at central government department
DWP seeks £130k tech chief to lead digital service delivery and major hybrid cloud rollout
Department recruiting for senior digital professional to oversee development and design teams
'No mission longer than 11 weeks' - GOV.UK adopts new way of working
Projects can vary in scope, but must always wrap up inside a quarter
‘It was always difficult to get local authorities to use G-Cloud’ – former GDS chief Singleton
Framework’s ease of use contributed to misconceptions about its security, its founder believes
Ambulance data-sharing and smart speakers for carers receive chunk of £5m Welsh innovation fund
The Innovate to Save scheme has picked its first eight initiatives to support
Canterbury raises its barriers to digital delivery
Peter Davies, Canterbury City Council’s head of digital transformation, talks to Gill Hitchcock about cloud, SaaS, big data, and delivering 85% of services digitally by 2019