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Police chiefs look to address ‘inconsistent’ use of social media with nationwide strategy
National body looks to draw up an ‘evidence-based strategy’ for forces’ use of social platforms
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GDS seeks supplier to map PSN-migration best practice
Research programme to explore how moves to the internet can be made to best effect
Adzuna’s contract for government jobs service valued at £5.8m
Outsourced deal to replace Universal Jobmatch worth almost £3m a year, award notice reveals
Home Office to revamp communications infrastructure
Department issues contract notice seeking external supplier for two-year contract to install unified communications environment
Oracle-migration specialists sought for £500m police ERP framework
Potential 10-year deal will be open to all police and fire services and will feature up to 20 suppliers of back-office technology
NHS Digital creates £1m adult social care fund
Local authorities given chance to bid for slice of funding
Report finds little progress in ensuring ethical standards among government outsourcers
Civil servants urged to find reserves of ‘moral courage’ to call out irregularities
Lincolnshire to create online directory of care services
Suppliers sought to build and support digital resource
DWP offers £105k for leader to drive digital recruitment and development
Department advertises for vacant post as head of digital capability
Ordnance Survey seeks tech to ‘print any map, in any size, on any surface’
Mapping agency looks for external developer to help with project to replace printing platform
Defra preps ‘manual workarounds’ for major IT projects amid fears of no-deal Brexit
Department warns that, if the UK exits the EU without a trade deal, it may need to make some ‘clunky fixes’ to deliver necessary IT systems
Met Police picks Northgate to supply £44m IT system
Two-year process of picking supplier reaches fruition
‘Time and technology move on’ – GDS explains spend-control overhaul
Government Digital Service reveals new model was road-tested with four departments
Using IT to unblock beds in Kent
Kent County Council’s care leaders tell Gill Hitchcock about the IT system which flags pressures on services, identifies spare capacity, and helps avoid a crisis
DWP seeks ‘innovative solutions’ for benefit-payment disruption
Department kicks off early-engagement exercise for new system of managing problems
NHS £150m Microsoft deal will banish Windows XP
Health secretary announces investments in cybersecurity, including pledge to install Windows 10 across the board by 2020
Plans unveiled for £20m national police cybersecurity centre
Centralised facility will allow forces to acquire security services while offering a nationwide view of the threat landscape
Cabinet Office revamps technology spend controls
Newly updated policy implements a 15-month pipeline model which could make it easier for departments to self-approve 'business-as-usual' spending, but GDS pledges the new policy will bring the 'same rigour'
National Gallery to deploy data analytics
London attraction looks to tech to engage audience and generate revenue
GDS seeks external developers for project to increase Verify adoption
Agency looks for four senior coders to spend six months in Whitechapel as identity-assurance service looks to hit key targets
Brexit will prompt greater reliance on private sector suppliers, many civil servants believe
Research from Dods ranks the performance of 29 of the government’s biggest IT suppliers
Brexit demands see Defra extend IBM deal to near £1.5bn total worth
Department’s 17-month extension takes contract length to cumulative tally of 17 years