Are government's major tech projects on track?
The annual report on the Government Major Projects Portfolio includes assessments of a range of big-ticket IT initiatives. We take a closer look at three experiencing differing fortunes
Rotherham plans town-centre public WiFi
Local authority seeks to engage with potential commercial partners
Report finds outsourced IT typically more efficient – but failures ‘cost taxpayers dearly’
Institute for Government says permanent secretaries should spearhead commercial efforts
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Prime Minister’s Office awards one-year hardware contract
DfE seeks digital partner to help it ‘transform from a policy to a delivery department’
Department embarks upon drive to deliver 250 digital services in a more ‘joined-up way’
New £450m framework will break GP IT systems duopoly, Hancock claims
Health secretary claims the GP IT Futures deal will break dominance of EMIS and TPP
MoJ plans £10m rollout of in-cell telephones for prisoners
Justice secretary claims move could help reduce reoffending and ‘turn prisons into places of decency’
Global Digital Marketplace rollout given £11m funding
Platform to be rolled out in countries including Mexico and South Africa
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MoD shared services unit seeks £80k CIO
Defence Business Services seeks tech professional to create and implement digital strategy
London picks new tech for election vote counting
Local authority opts for software from Smartmatic
Capita-led project saw Army website launched four years late and at triple the planned cost
Programme has consistently fallen well short of recruitment goals, NAO report finds
CCS launches £550m education tech framework
Up to 100 suppliers sought for five-lot contract
Some government departments spending over half their budget with outsourcers, report finds
Study from IfG finds that outsourcing accounts for a third of all Whitehall spending
Devon spends £750k on low-code platform
County council believes software can expedite the launch of new services
Eduserv to merge with Jisc
Not-for-profit organisations claim union will create ‘public sector technology powerhouse’
Bidding opens on £5bn Network Services 2 framework
Second iteration of comms and networking procurement vehicle adds three new lots and more than doubles in value
Home Office seeks £20m partner for border threat assessments
Supplier sought to support rollout of advance border control service
Government to help build local industrial strategies
BEIS to help regions cultivate plans in areas such as artificial intelligence and mobility
Criminal checks agency concludes that new IT system is ‘not suitable for further rollout’
Disclosure and Barring Service will relaunch procurement exercise after calling time on IT refresh led by Tata Consultancy Services
Is G-Cloud broken?
For all its good intentions, the government's flagship digital services framework remains hamstrung by the wrong strategy and technical challenges, believes Romy Hughes of Brightman
HMRC releases £5m fund for firms to prep for post-Brexit customs system
Government cash will be used to help businesses buy software and train staff
Government going ‘in the wrong direction’ on SME spending goals, MPs find
BEIS select committee urges the government to act ‘at the earliest opportunity’ to get back on track