Serious Fraud Office uses artificial intelligence to crack real crimes
Chief technology officer Ben Denison discusses how the organisation is using technology to get on top of increasingly vast and complex cases of bribery, fraud, and corruption
Constituents report MP to ICO over alleged data-protection breach in Facebook post
Data-protection watchdog ‘making enquiries’ after Conservative Gordon Henderson publishes names...
Digital-identity policy function shifted from GDS to DCMS
Move follows the earlier transfer of data policymakers
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One in four people now use online GP services
The number of patients using an online account has grown 42% in the last year
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Former senior civil servant Andrew Greenway looks at the reasons for both optimism and scepticism as the government embarks on another shared-services rollout
‘Students don’t necessarily want more digital – they just want it used better’
The innovation leaders of higher-education technology body Jisc talk to Gill Hitchcock about spreading digital excellence and developing shared services for UK universities and colleges
Homes England agrees partnership in bid to ‘become digital pioneer’
Housing agency to work with Accenture and FutureGov
More than just mail – inside NHSmail’s O365 integration
Neil Bennett of NHS Digital details the organisation’s improvements to its communications and productivity tools
PM moves government data function from GDS to DCMS
Department also takes over BEIS remit for digital signatures in policy shake-up
Transport for London explores algorithm-powered buses
Capital’s public transport agency seeks market feedback ahead of planned trial
£75k up for grabs as civil service HR chiefs hunt digital big-hitter
Civil Service HR seeks new head of strategy and architecture to set the digital and transformation strategy for key cross-government team
GDPR: Five things we will only discover after 25 May
However well versed the public sector is in the text of the incoming regulation, some questions will not be answered until the law is a living, breathing – and enforcing – entity. With two months until GDPR becomes law, PublicTechnology examines the biggest known unknowns
GP contract promises improved data-collection service and £10m for e-referral uptake
Doctors also set 30% target for amount of patients using online services
DWP seeks £36m partner to develop and support child-maintenance platform
Department looks to blend in-house with external teams as support contract with existing supplier approaches conclusion
Whitehall analysis function aims to promote data-science skills across government
Office for National Statistics to spearhead new civil-service profession
MPs summon Zuckerberg to explain ‘catastrophic failure of process’
DCMS committee chair bemoans ‘misleading answers’ provided by the tech firm so far
ICO promises to ‘invoke all our powers’ in Cambridge Analytica probe
Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham confirms warrant has been served on UK company
Government to roll out big data at the border
Home Office issues tender for £2m project
ONS takes the lead on UN project to gather data on ageing population
United Nations accepts proposal for ONS-led team to build evidence on shared challenges related to ageing
Open University seeks partner for £12m digital-transformation programme
University seeks to implement digital services to improve teaching and operations
Immersive opera and audience analytics – government unveils digital culture vision
Royal Opera House and National Gallery sign up to technology programmes as DCMS publishes major policy paper
Opening up NHS data across Scotland
NHS National Services Scotland’s data chiefs tell Gill Hitchcock about a mobile-friendly platform to give clinicians, policymakers, and patients up-to-date access to healthcare information
ONS extends open invite to potential new sources of data
Office for National Statistics is looking for partners in the private and public sector as it seeks to identify and make use of ‘data we don’t know about’
DWP seeks £140k digital delivery director to lead major projects
Role comes with a remit to oversee the development and rollout of a number of big-ticket products and services