Hull to trial smart bins
Council hopes pilot will show potential for enabling more efficient routes and timetables
Online tool for jurors launched
System for allowing citizens to respond to a summons goes live today
Southwark plans tools to monitor affordable housing
London borough commences development process for two digital services
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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
Local councils implore government to provide GDPR compliance funding help
Sector organisation writes to Matt Hancock and other MPs to express concerns
Government must ensure digital services work on Samsung Internet
GDS adds technology to list of browsers on which services must be tested
Public sector research services DPS opened for business
Crown Commercial Service launches £170m contract allowing purchase of online and in-person research, as well as analytics
Mayor launches £7m digital-skills scheme for women and BAME Londoners
Sadiq Khan unveils Digital Talent Programme to help plug the capital’s skills gap and address issues of underrepresentation
BSI works with libraries to offer online standards database
Libraries to be offered discounted version of standards body’s registry to help support local SMEs
Public sector executive pay should be linked to cybersecurity
James Wickes of Cloudview believes regulators need to take steps to sharpen senior managers’ focus on cybersecurity
De Montfort University invites bids for £670k project to get on top of legacy data and systems
Institution invites suppliers to help manage process of warehousing, archiving, and deleting data
London councils’ GDPR-compliance budgets range from £1,000 to £300,000
Policy paper from Parliament Street think tank recommends increased use of shared services