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Full fibre goes live in the Outer Hebrides
Rollout will provide five hundredfold boost in connection speeds for residents of Grimsay and Great Bernera
UK Export Finance recruiting a head of IT operations
Candidates could stand to earn £82,547 for Westminster role
HMRC seeks a Head of Cyber Security Operations
New post holder will be part of the Cyber Security Officer’s senior leadership team
TfL awards Sopra Steria £6.5m deal for new control system
Software will be able to ingest more data on congestion, weather, roadworks and bus performance
Government to roll out £5m pan-NHS procurement platform over next three years
Unified system will be implemented across all central NHS and departmental bodies and will also be open to trusts across the country
Start-ups can show the way to public sector transformation
Hanna Johnson of tech accelerator Public believes that transforming citizen services will require government to adopt new ways of buying and using technology
Armed Forces signs Deloitte to £2.5m support deal for new recruiting programme
Launch of initiative follows troubled engagement with Capita
Leicestershire to invest in weight-management app
Council looks to buy commercially available technology
Major digital programmes prompt surge in government spending on temps
Whitehall’s outlay on consultants and temporary workers rose by £267m in FY19
NHS evaluates 70 bidders for GP IT framework
Incoming £500m deal aims to break duopoly of EMIS and TPP
HMRC seeks digital platform for field fraud officers
Tax agency issues procurement alert for ‘notebook application’ for evidence-gathering
Can the GDS innovation strategy deliver a lasting legacy for government?
Government's new Innovation Strategy set out ambitious proposals to update processes, eliminate ageing kit, and embrace emerging technologies. PublicTechnology caught up with GDS innovation head Sue Bateman to find out more
MoJ plans £250k cybersecurity review
Department looks to cultivate ‘modern security stack’
NHS taps Accenture for £40m perimeter security deal
Consulting giant to provide services including firewalls and data-loss prevention
CCS goes live with £5bn Network Services 2 framework despite three missing lots
The last three of the deal's planned 13 sections will be awarded when CCS 'is in a position to do so'
No spending review until next year, chancellor confirms
Technology projects awaiting news of future long-term funding will need to wait until 2020
DfE looks to build streamlined procurement service for schools
Department to spend £400k exploring creation of digital tool
HMRC approved for £112m Microsoft spending
Department was given central government green light for major outlay on licensing, newly published spending data reveals
‘What would we create if we started completely anew?’ – National Archives to revamp online presence
Organisation seeks help to overhaul ‘vast and confusing’ website
Over 300 tech staff return to Birmingham council with Capita JV ‘largely ended’
Authority claims most services have completed process of being brought back in house
HMRC begins prep for major cloud move
Department tasks digital transformation specialist with helping prepare the way for use of AWS and Azure