Brexit withdrawal agreement sets 2021 deadline for UK access to 25 European IT systems
The UK will be shut out of many European networks and databases over the next few years – and will have to pay the EU for access in the meantime, under terms of Brexit deal
Canadian PM: People are anxious about tech – we need to empower them
At GovTech Summit in Paris, Justin Trudeau speaks of need for government to ensure technology...
MSPs probe data privacy concerns over Police Scotland’s cyber kiosks
Law enforcement earlier this year bought 41 of the devices for use across the country
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Hancock vows 'social media companies are not above the law' after Facebook meeting
Culture secretary talks to executives from embattled internet firm in London in 'robust but constructive' meeting
Interview: Surveillance Camera Commissioner discusses his mission to protect privacy and human rights
As an ever-greater volume of increasingly sophisticated devices watch us all, PublicTechnology talks to regulator Tony Porter about his office’s role in ensuring surveillance is always used ‘proportionately and sensitively’
ICO to make ‘clear policy recommendations’ in light of Facebook data probe
Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham issues update acknowledging changes made by social network but stressing ‘it is too early to say whether they are sufficient under the law’
Government's top science and tech advisor starts work
New government chief scientific adviser Dr Patrick Vallance takes up post
DHSC takes to Twitter to canvas public opinion on organ donation
Department uses social-media conversation as part of consultation on potential move to opt-out model
London Grid for Learning looks to work with 1,000 new schools in UK expansion
CEO of capital-based not-for-profit trust that helps schools to get the most out of technology discusses plans to expand into the education space outside London and the wider public sector
One in four people now use online GP services
The number of patients using an online account has grown 42% in the last year
Will the government’s latest shared services strategy deliver delight or despair to Whitehall?
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