GDS Service Manual adds guidance to help departments ‘make the case for building the right thing’
New section on measuring benefits on agile projects added to document that helps government create services that comply with GDS standards
Liam Maxwell: ‘Transformation is nothing to do with tech – it is about a change of business model’
Government's national technology adviser discusses why getting digital reforms through the...
Cambridge NHS trust signs £100m IT deal
Belfast-based IT company Novosco picked for seven-year engagement
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Stoke council picks SCC for £8m four-year contract
Council awards IT supply and support deal to Birmingham-headquartered IT services heavyweight
GDS offers £100k each in hunt for deputy director digital double act
Organisation looking for leaders to fill two senior roles
Another delay for MoJ’s troubled satellite tagging project
Technology will not be rolled out until next year, ministry admits
Digital sentencing used to bring justice to thousands of London fare dodgers
Magistrates in the capital deploy paperless system developed by TfL and HMCTS
Bexley seeks provider of free public WiFi
London borough offers use of street furniture in return for helping it to build ‘world-class digital infrastructure’
DfT report: 700mph hyperloop pods still 20 years away
New technology is still a long way off, despite inherent skills base and potential for economic benefits, according to department report
Glasgow aims to transform digital services with seven-year CGI deal
Scottish city announces big plans to ramp up online transactions, bring analytics into healthcare, and issue all children aged nine and over with tablets
Calamitous Concentrix cost HMRC £38m, Treasury documents reveal
Mistakes of IT and BPO outfit cost department millions of pounds, it has emerged
Digital transformation reaches the parish council
Some 42.6% of all gov.uk domains are now owned by the lowest rung of government. PublicTechnology examines the data to find out what else is new - and what has disappeared from view - in a busy year of comings and goings for government websites
Government warns Whitehall departments that IT disaggregation projects could take four years
Document from Government Commercial Function offers advice on how to best to decouple from monolithic contracts
DWP spends £50k on ‘financial accounting made easy’ software
Department invests in company search tool on behalf of Pensions Regulator
Government pledges data-led digital process for EU citizens to apply for post-Brexit rights
Platform aims to be as streamlined as possible and call on existing data to verify users’ identity and details
South Yorkshire Police invests £55,000 in social media monitoring technology
Force agrees two-year licensing deal for Cosain ‘listening platform’
The pros and cons of dynamic purchasing systems
Ian Fishwick of Innopsis argues that, while the DPS model is imperfect, the government should be commended for trying new procurement ideas
Cardiff launches citywide smart-parking scheme
Welsh capital launches the Park Cardiff app, providing data on parking spaces across the city
West Midlands seeks start-ups to solve four key public-service challenges
Authority launches competition offering small tech firms £10,000 cash and three-month pilot project with access to data and mayoral feedback
Government reinforces commitment to ‘full-fibre future’ for UK broadband
Digital minister Matt Hancock says existing copper-to-the-home infrastructure is ‘not fit for the future’
NHS seeks tech platform for 360-degree-feedback scheme
Health service issues contract notice for suppliers to provide tool allowing for wide-ranging staff assessments
Digital Marketplace team leads project to ‘radically’ simplify government contracts
New set of much shorter terms being developed by team of digital, legal, commercial, and policy heads
Worcester seeks commercial partner to provide free public WiFi in city centre
Council wants bidder willing to provide connectivity and footfall monitoring at its own expense
Consistency, transparency, and an end to gerrymandering – what government IT suppliers want
A range of IT providers tell PublicTechnology what they would like to see during a defining period for the Crown Commercial Service