Inspectors to assess schools’ remote-learning set-ups
Education Scotland will examine how institutions across the country are responding to need for online learning
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Government invests £16m in three sites for 'world's first' 5G trial project
University of Surrey, Bristol University, and King's College London join forces to become 5G hub
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IT reseller Insight's public sector chief argues that failing to invest in digital could hurt the government's ability to deliver services
Disappointing digital drags on UK civil service world ranking
Whitehall places only fourth, behind Canada, New Zealand, and Australia
Could the UK become the Silicon Valley of government technology?
Former No. 10 policy adviser Daniel Korski tells Sam Trendall about his plans to create an armada of UK tech players to compete with the best California has to offer – and why he needed to leave Whitehall to do so
'It's not a choice between privacy or innovation', ICO tells NHS trusts
After Royal Free is found to have breached Data Protection Act, information commissioner Elizabeth Denham offers four-point checklist for other trusts in their use of technology and data
How the public sector can remove barriers to cloud
James Butler of software and IT services firm Trustmarque examines how to ‘bridge the gap’ between private and public sector adoption
DVLA sets target for abandoning legacy systems
The DVLA has announced plans to move off the majority of its legacy systems within three years.
Public facilities should do away with downtime
Ensuring spaces can be booked by the public and other bodies can bring in revenue and create efficiencies, argues Chris Smith of Kajima
Virtual ID cards mooted for settled EU citizens
The UK would introduce an Estonia-style virtual identity card for EU nationals who settle in the UK following Brexit, according to reports.
Is hybrid IT worth the hassle?
Joe Kim of SolarWinds looks at what government IT pros can expect from hybrid IT, and whether implementing it will provide any benefits
Scottish NHS invites bids for £65m managed services framework
Four suppliers expected to tender to supply patient administration and clinical systems to primary care providers
WannaCry NHS attack - busting the myths
Des Ward, information governance director at Innopsis, reflects on the real story behind the WannaCry cyber-attack.
DVLA launches search for IT services leader
The £90k role will oversee the delivery of the DVLA's ICT and digital vision
Turning the tide: how the public sector can win the battle against shadow IT
Tackling shadow IT should be an urgent priority for government in the wake of the WannaCry breach on the NHS, says Julian Cook.
What the doctor ordered
An NHS-wide cloud for sharing diagnostic images and intelligence across the health service could mean huge economies of scale, stronger collaboration, and rapid digitisation, according to Jane Rendall and Fredrik Gustavsson.
Head in the Cloud?
The UK government says that it wants to move to the Cloud. Here’s why it’s not happening yet.
Tony Singleton to leave the civil service
- G-Cloud pioneer will leave his current job at the Institute for Apprenticeships at the end of July.
G-Cloud 9 supplier list revealed
The new iteration of G-Cloud launches today, with changes intended to make it easier to find relevant services – view the list of 2,847 suppliers making it onto the framework.
NHS cyber attack forces week-long council email block
A council was forced to block all emails from the public and external organisations for a week following the NHS cyber attack, it has emerged
GDS seeks more Verify developers in latest bid to get service working at scale
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
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