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Departments are among government’s leaders, with some organisation posting averages of just nine months
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City council seeks partner to build website
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ONS data scientists are supporting the DIT in applying AI techniques to public responses
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Home Office pledges to clear two-year backlog of spend control data
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How Companies House Data is helping fight economic crime
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Cabinet Office works to manage fallout of honours data leak calamity
Security advice reportedly offered to those whose details were leaked – which included celebrities such as Ben Stokes and Nadiya Hussain
Bus Open Data Service to go live this month
Operators across England to follow Transport for London in publishing data on routes, fares and bus locations
Student Loans Company to upgrade online data for graduates
More frequent information from HMRC allows update to technology criticised by education officials last year
Fighting food crime and improving analytics - a year at the FSA
Emily Miles of the Food Standards Agency reflects on 2019 and looks forward to the year ahead
NAO head Davies on the organisation's new strategy and the joy of a Bond film on Christmas Day
Auditor general Gareth Davies offers his early reflections on the role and insights into the year ahead
The biggest government tech stories of 2019 – part one
We round up the events and trends that shaped the year
‘Government’s major policy problems require a cross-departmental approach’ – National Statistician
The government's new statistics guru Ian Diamond discusses how government can make best use of data
Why ‘changes in technology and society’ prompted a review of Scottish FOI laws
The Scottish Information Commissioner discusses the impact to date of freedom of information legislation and how he wants the law to operate in the future
Legal Aid Agency looks to end ‘reliance on USBs and CDs’
Organisation issues guidance on use of removable media
EXCL: Councils across UK in race to update four in 10 PCs as Windows 7 death knell nears
PublicTechnology research reveals that, as authorities entered the last weeks of Windows 7 support, vast swathes of their computers were still running the decade-old OS
Nesta launches fund to stimulate ‘everyday democracy’
Innovation charity to award grants to projects that can combat fake news and promote transparency
DWP seeks leader to drive use of tech to combat fraud and error
Deputy director position comes with salary of £90,000
TfL looks to implement real-time data on capital car journeys
Transport authority seeks supplier that can provide live map of information on journey times
Calls to update electoral law for digital age
Open Knowledge Foundation urges politicians to ‘stop playing fast and loose with the truth’
DfT lays groundwork for interactive mapping platform for transport data
Department seeks to decide which data should be included in tool or whether buying or building is the best option
Government service performance platform closes 'for maintenance'
No timeframe on when work will conclude but plans are being made for information to be temporarily republished elsewhere, PublicTechnology understands
HMRC seeks input for £4.5m business data deal
Tax agency publishes prior information notice