MoD brings in Amazon to boost tech skills of Armed Forces leaders
Ministry claims that MoU is a first-of-its-kind deal
DWP brings in digital support for Universal Credit programme in £5m deal
Contract covers improvements to existing services and supporting migration for millions still...
Scottish Prison Service doubles digital team
Organisation has also made significant use of contractors
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Shredded government docs turned into toilet paper
Contract for secure disposal signed with social enterprise
Whitehall procurement pros told to look beyond lowest bid
New guidance urges buying teams to prioritise social value
DWP signs £27m Crown Hosting contract extension due to ‘security requirements’
Department claims that dedicated datacentre space remains essential
GDS recruits managers for cross-government digital identity work
Organisation advertises three senior roles for ‘One Login for Government’ project
NHS Test and Trace discloses new consultancy deals
Ernst and Young and James Harvard won just-reported contracts in March and April
Councils to pilot interactive maps for local planning
Government-funded trial with 14 English councils will aim to modernise planning processes
Defra picks £55m ‘digital delivery partner’
Department appoints firm to support delivery of key services
NHS Covid app signs £10m six-month contract extension with developer Zühlke
Supplier will provide support for technology that could be scaled to 50 million users
10 Downing Street spends £1m on Microsoft licences
Reseller Insight to fulfil Enterprise Agreement
Test and Trace signs £9m one-year AWS deal
Contract – which is not signed under the terms of the public sector-wide OGVA – covers provision of cloud services
Government in-house Consulting Hub to employ 60 officials
Cabinet Office to proceed with plans
GOV.UK Verify to continue until 2023 with £11m-a-year funding
Cabinet Office to offer further backing to identity-assurance tool while work takes place to develop government-wide login system
EXCL: Government agreement offers public sector up to 20% discount on AWS hosting
PublicTechnology can reveal the terms of a public sector-wide MoU, under which more than contracts worth more than £300m have already been awarded
‘Bonkers’ and ‘baffled’ – Cameron’s increasingly incredulous texts on fintech firm
The ex-prime minister’s sent more than 70 messages to ministers and officials regarding Greensill Capital
UK players line up against US heavyweights on £750m hyperscale cloud framework
Four UK firms to be given the chance to compete with US giants
SMEs’ share of government direct spend drops in FY20 – although overall percentage rises
Departments spent an additional £1.3bn with smaller firms overall
G7 leaders to get £400k internet connection
Vodafone selected to deliver connectivity for major events
DWP to move Universal Credit data-analytics platform to AWS cloud in £2.5m deal
Department to move system for analysing Universal Credit information to public cloud
Unwrapping government’s £300m Amazon package
Since a public sector-wide agreement with AWS was introduced six months ago, departments have signed contracts worth hundreds of millions with the cloud firm. PublicTechnology takes a closer look.