Government extends local fibre scheme after ‘a number of delays’
Fifteen local projects given until the end of 2021 to conclude rollout
Police leans on online assessment to meet recruitment ambitions
Candidates can now be assessed without any physical contact
Network problems disrupt G-Cloud 12 applications
CCS and GDS work to identify affected firms
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Canterbury Christ Church University to implement lecture capture
Use of technology has become a ‘core aspect of modern blended and part-time learning pedagogies’, the university said
Delays in Emergency Services Network project draining £330m a year from police budget
Report from National Audit Office claims forces are spending money to keep ageing kit in use as the project to implement a new network faces continuing setbacks
West Midlands selected for £50m 5G testbed
Connected ambulances, live streaming CCTV and driverless cars all part of initial plans
BT wins HSCN connectivity services deal for south-east England
Telecoms firm to provide services to 24 trusts and CCGs across the south east
Scottish Government backs world-first ‘LiFi’ pilot in Ayr school
Kyle Academy to trial use of light-based wireless connectivity technology
Reading seeks data analytics tool to assess impact of welfare reform on low-income households
Council interested in deploying product that could help understand economic effect on neighbourhoods, streets, and individual households
Met Police chooses Azure as basis for ‘cloud-first’ transformation
London force to move applications and infrastructure to Microsoft public cloud environment
PM puts £92m into project to explore UK alternative to EU Galileo satellite
Theresa May said that the possibility of the UK withdrawing support for the EU satellite project is ‘not an idle threat’
Northern Irish police pick Civica for £10m criminal justice data-sharing system
IT firm chosen for potential 10-year-plus engagement to build and roll out platform for sharing information between police, prisons, public prosecutors, and forensic teams
Almost half of councils using unsupported server software, FOI finds
Ageing versions of Windows Server remain in widespread use, according to research
Government agency seeks online whistleblower platform
Planning Inspectorate to deploy digital tools to allow confidential reporting and management of staff issues
Leeds trust looks to online consent for school immunisations
Supplier sought to provide digital tool
Crown Hosting given £500m four-year extension as CCS says risk to national infrastructure prevents competitive process
Flagship co-location deal given extra 48 months as CCS says reliance on services has exceeded expectations
NHS’s new £450m deal will offer a ‘step change’ in IT for GPs
The GP IT Futures framework aims to widen supplier base and choice, and could include tools such as video consultations and apps for practices to communicate with patients
Bournemouth University to pick manufacturer of choice for £7m refresh of entire PC estate
Institution wants to appoint a single manufacturer and a handful of reseller partners to undertake potential five-year deployment
Defra offers £130,000 for commercial chief to spearhead disaggregration
Department recruits for head of technology category to manage annual spending of £200m
Leicester seeks suppliers for £2m print framework
Council issues contract notice looking for bidders across four lots
Local government and the NHS do not want outsourced IT, studies find
Research from Dods shows that most public sector workers are not in favour of commercial firms to provide their IT
CCS hints that services will be included in Technology Products 3
In a blog post for techUK, procurement agency predicts that the next iteration of the flagship IT framework ‘could revolutionise commodity tech buying for the public sector’
Gender pay gap digital service to be expanded in £1.6m project
New features to be added in bid to help government and businesses take action on pay inequality
CCS merges four digital projects into one after another Crown Marketplace rethink
Quartet of planned development projects cancelled and new contract notice issued for platform housing five commercial agreements in one place