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Five weeks after taking on role as capital’s first-ever chief digital officer, Theo Blackwell unveils his three top priorities

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

Plans to build 16-strong centralised team to head digital strategy

Surrey and Sussex forces describe current set-up as "unstable" and "poor at delivering internal communications"

Leeds and London events set to show councils the result of collaborative work on identity assurance platforms

Department for Work and Pensions seeks someone to head up 150-strong infrastructure services group

Theo Blackwell joins Greater London Authority with 20 years’ experience working in technology

Some 20 authorities to test service over next few months

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

The culture department wants staff who will be “proactively working” with the key Brexit departments

Charity Independent Age says Socitm survey results - which show a lack of easy-to-access information on care for older people - are ‘concerning’

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

Project plans include using distributed ledger technology to give healthcare workers secure access to biometric data from wearables

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

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

Job offered at £107,000 as London Office for Data Analytics pilot indicates initial successes

HMRC, Crown Commercial Service and Whitehall’s use of data come under fire in Meg Hillier’s annual report

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

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

As parliament dissolves and the date of the poll marches closer, parties of all colours are working up their manifestos. Rebecca Hill asks what they could, or should, have in store for tech.

Shake-up at top of Government Digital Service becomes more apparent as former director of digital engagement Wendy Coello announces new role at the Co-op