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 machinery of government may require some help from Jason Bourne
Cambridge NHS trust signs £100m IT deal
Belfast-based IT company Novosco picked for seven-year engagement
CCS starts building first Crown Marketplace portals
Supply-teaching and facilities-management frameworks will be among first to be hosted on new web...
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London boroughs team up to roll out £1.7m hosted housing management platform
Wandsworth and Richmond pick Northgate to deliver software
Government opens up data on £100bn of annual grant awards
Publication of departmental information is intended to help design policy and prevent fraud
HMRC chief defends tax agency’s data storage deal with Amazon Web Services
Agreement means that HMRC ‘has got out of the data business’, MPs told
Pepper the robot joins Southend’s social care team
Essex town to deploy humanoid robot to help deliver services
Barnsley council looks to unite security in £1m package as part of supplier-rationalisation drive
South Yorkshire authority issues contract notice for three year-plus deal
Government invests £51m in driverless car schemes
Projects to build testing facilities across the UK receive chunks of £100m funding pot
DWP to lead project to create digital platform to manage all pensions
Government confirms pensions dashboard programme will go ahead, with launch scheduled for 2019
Derbyshire looks to live online lessons for pupils outside mainstream education
County council seeks supplier of live and asynchronous web-based classes for eight-year engagement
Bids invited for £500m HSCN dynamic purchasing system
November launch scheduled for platform allowing buyers to purchase connectivity services for incoming NHS network
Liverpool looks to £600k IT platform to manage licensing and public protection services
Council invites bids for potential six-year contract to unite disparate range of technologies managing individual services
‘We default to frameworks, but there are many other models’ – CCS looks to the future
With five major IT contracts set to go live in the space of nine months, the government’s procurement arm is seeking to evolve
MoD and Home Office put £1.6m into robot and drone projects for hazardous environments
Four UK tech SMEs have received backing for technologies designed to safely assess the potential presence of dangerous matter
NHS clears path for £45m rollout of online GP consultations across England
Health service readies procurement process for framework allowing GPs and CCGs to buy digital-consultation services
'Officers can spend thousands more hours out in the community' – inside Manchester police's mobile revolution
Chief superintendent of information services transformation tells PublicTechnology how tech has allowed GMP to do 8,000 hours of extra policing and become 'the only force in the country' to equip officers with devices for both personal and police use
Walsall schools to deploy electronic pupil education plan
West Midlands town looks to acquire £70,000 software platform for teachers to track children’s progress
UK and Canada agree to work together on digital government
Respective ministers sign memorandum of understanding
Ministry of Defence signs £400k paging services deal
Ageing communications platform gets another boost from the UK public sector
GDS focuses on staff mental health with range of initiatives
Organisation takes various steps to help employees support themselves and each other
Cameron cleared for ‘brand ambassador’ role with US tech firm
Appointments watchdog ACOBA approves former PM’s request to work for electronic-payments company
Newcastle University to issue digital degree certificates
Institution signs £150,000 contract for electronic issuance of various academic documents
No paper tickets needed by 2019 – government spends £80m on smart railways
Digital travelcards and mobile barcodes set for widespread introduction