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With the annual worldwide cost of cybercrime set to double from $3tn in 2015 to $6tn by 2021, BT offers advice on how chief information security officers can better protect their organisations
The third sector must play a key role in ‘social digital government’
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Why the public sector should work more closely with charities
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London Councils to upgrade citywide online HR platform
New system will allow HR directors to gain instant access to benchmarking reports
GDS readies new centralised design platform for GOV.UK services
New offering, which is entering beta testing, will combine elements of current platforms such as the Service Manual and GOV.UK Elements
Bristol moves past London to be named UK’s top smart city
Study from Navigant Consulting recognises West Country city’s work in areas such as access to data and energy innovation
‘The main challenge is how we get London to collaborate better’ – city’s first CDO Blackwell unveils top priorities
Five weeks after taking on role as capital’s first-ever chief digital officer, Theo Blackwell unveils his three top priorities
UK among 32 signatory countries to Tallinn eGovernment Declaration
All 28 EU member states plus the four EFTA countries gathered in Estonia capital to agree deal to work together to drive digital-government policy
The only way is digital – Essex County Council to set up mini-GDS
Plans to build 16-strong centralised team to head digital strategy
Police forces team up to procure £150k joint intranet
Surrey and Sussex forces describe current set-up as "unstable" and "poor at delivering internal communications"
GDS and councils to showcase joint work on local Verify service
Leeds and London events set to show councils the result of collaborative work on identity assurance platforms
£120k on offer as DWP hunts for head of infrastructure services
Department for Work and Pensions seeks someone to head up 150-strong infrastructure services group
Sadiq Khan appoints Camden councillor as London’s first chief digital officer
Theo Blackwell joins Greater London Authority with 20 years’ experience working in technology
GOV.UK Notify begins local government rollout
Some 20 authorities to test service over next few months
Kent Police seeks multimillion pound overhaul of crime scene info systems
South East police force is looking for a supplier to build a new digital asset management system that could be rolled out right across the UK
DCMS on the hunt for digital policy advisors as Brexit looms
The culture department wants staff who will be “proactively working” with the key Brexit departments
Half of councils fail to provide a good online service for social care support
Charity Independent Age says Socitm survey results - which show a lack of easy-to-access information on care for older people - are ‘concerning’
Implied consent ‘not an appropriate legal basis’ for sharing 1.6 million patient records with DeepMind
Leaked letter from government's national data guardian Fiona Caldicott says patient records were being used to test and develop Streams app - not for direct care
University of Surrey bags £1.1m to trial blockchain for healthcare, voting and digital archives
Project plans include using distributed ledger technology to give healthcare workers secure access to biometric data from wearables
Election 2017: ODI calls for commitments to data infrastructure, standards and engagement
Funding for open innovation, the Information Commissioner’s Office and data skills also feature on Open Data Institute’s wish list as the UK prepares to head to the polls
‘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
Sadiq Khan seeks first chief digital officer for London
Job offered at £107,000 as London Office for Data Analytics pilot indicates initial successes
PAC chair identifies government data, contracts and shared services as areas of concern
HMRC, Crown Commercial Service and Whitehall’s use of data come under fire in Meg Hillier’s annual report
Government privacy advisor quits, saying officials ‘repeatedly ignored’ guidance
Jerry Fishenden fires parting shot at Cabinet Office for lack of support and engagement after six years on the government’s Privacy and Consumer Advisory Group