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Ex-GDS and DIT digital leader Holly Ellis joins AWS

12 December 2019

Formerly head of DDaT skills across government, Ellis has taken on public sector-focused post at cloud heavyweight

Transparency concerns raised over NHS deal with Amazon Alexa
10 December 2019

Privacy International criticises decision to redact details of the health service’s agreement...

Conservative manifesto: five tech takeaways
9 December 2019

Rounding up the Tories’ key pledges in the area of digital and data, including a new cybercrime...

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GDS seeks more Verify developers in latest bid to get service working at scale

9 May 2017

Advert for team of six with a £600,000 budget comes as former privacy adviser calls for a total review and reset of the government’s identity assurance services

‘More than an acronym’: Authorities set out plans for a London Office of Technology and Innovation

5 May 2017

Scoping exercise launched for an organisation to cut down duplication and add value to a tech ecosystem that ‘drifts too readily’ towards tech solutions in search of problems

Local government Verify pilot hit by council departures

3 May 2017

Commentators say scale of work was ‘underestimated’ by both sides - but smaller scale pilots offer opportunity to boost collaboration between central and local government

Councils have ‘limited understanding’ of digital skills needed by frontline staff

28 April 2017

Eduserv report finds that just 3% of local government HR leaders rate digital literacy of frontline staff as ‘good’ - and that traditional, formal training programmes might not be the best option

TechUK: City mayors should commit to making digital the 'new norm'

25 April 2017

Industry body calls on mayors to appoint a chief digital and innovation champion and use their influence to boost smart procurement, open data and digital skills

More than a third of public servants say their organisations are missing digital opportunities

18 April 2017

Survey finds public sector isn’t making the most of digital, with costs, culture and legacy systems identified as major barriers to transformation

GDS research reveals procurement bugbears

13 April 2017

Government to test ‘model contracts’ in a bid to bring procurement into the digital age

G-Cloud 9 deadline reached with almost 3,000 completed applications

13 April 2017

Data reveals last minute flurry of activity, as more than 1,500 completed in final two days

Home Office plans integration of back-office processes

10 April 2017

Department to replace enterprise resource planning system, business intelligence tool and payroll system with integrated cloud-based system called Metis

Former Cameron adviser launches scheme to get tech start-ups into Whitehall with big-name backers

4 April 2017

GovStart programme gives small companies the chance to learn from GDS leaders past and present and access part of £320bn global market

Demos: Whitehall needs to understand the limitations of big data tools

4 April 2017

Think tank says data dashboards have the potential to mislead and urges government to boost staff’s data science skills

Contracting site claims half of contractors could be caught inside IR35 as deadline looms

31 March 2017

Analysis comes amid reports that the contractors behind HMRC’s own tax status assessment tool are set to leave the public sector because of the clampdown

A digital front door: Cornwall council’s plan to make up for underinvestment and a failed supplier partnership

23 March 2017

At the start of the year, Cornwall Council’s cabinet approved an £18m digital improvement plan that aims to fix years of IT underinvestment. Gill Hitchcock reports.

Scottish digital strategy set out plans for assurance, training and common platforms

22 March 2017

The Scottish government will implement a “tough” assurance process for digital projects, mandate the use of common technologies and offer training to make sure civil servants “get digital”.

Councils told to embrace ‘radical outcomes’ of smart technology

21 March 2017

Councils should be in the “driving seat” of technological change, but need to rethink the role they play in their locality and invest in long-term planning, a report has said.

Government bodies still need to be PSN compliant, says GDS

17 March 2017

Public sector organisations have been told they still have to meet the common Public Sector Network assurance standards while work is carried out to move away from the network.

Crown Hosting Service moves to CCS to gain specialist procurement talent

17 March 2017

The number of public sector bodies using the Crown Hosting Framework for data centres is set to increase, as the Crown Commercial Service takes over responsibility for the service.

Budget 2017’s focus on innovation and technology welcomed, but industry calls for ambition to be matched by action

9 March 2017

Tech companies have welcomed the focus on innovation and IT skills in yesterday’s Spring Budget, but called for the government to follow up its ambition with targeted actions.

In it for the long-run: Why Luton council signed a 10-year ICT deal

7 March 2017

Luton Borough Council chose to renew its IT contract rather than go with a new provider. The council’s technology lead tells Gill Hitchcock how it shifted to an outcomes-based approach – and why a flexible 10-year contract can still be a good deal.

Cloud hosting ‘critical’ to sustainability, says Defra CTO

2 March 2017

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has opened a procurement drive for its hosting and application support services as part of the exit from its IBM and Capgemini contracts.

Keeping tabs on transformation: Why tracking progress will be crucial for success

2 March 2017

A lack of benchmarking data on digital transformation programmes in government makes it hard to evaluate success at a time when it has ever been more important, says Jane Roberts, strategy director at TopLevel. 

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