Hull to trial smart bins
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London borough commences development process for two digital services
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MPs flag Whitehall’s poor record at delivering critical border programmes
Defra seeks two £90k technology leaders as it centralises group IT function
Department advertises for two deputy director-level posts
Government puts forward changes to surveillance law in light of ECJ ruling
Alterations to so-called ‘snoopers’ charter’ opened for public consultation
PAC censures NHS and DoH after ‘staggering mishandling of data’
Commons committee concludes that NHS England is not doing enough to determine whether patients were harmed by correspondence backlog
NHS Digital offers year-long secondment programme for health and social-care workers
Health-service digital body recruiting for a handful of nurses, pharmacists, therapists, and social workers to take part in pilot scheme
Public sector ‘cannot rely on consent as a legal basis’ for GDPR compliance, warns ICO
Government entities urged to explore one of the four other options available for establishing the lawfulness of data processing
GDS advises against naked domains
Government tells public sector entities to keep ‘www’ in their website URLs
Mobile-voting software and touchscreen-enabled pods – the University of Leeds builds the classroom of the future
Director of digital learning explains how traditional lecture theatres often stymie new teaching methods
Government leads Industrial Strategy with pledge to make UK an AI world leader
White paper also lays out ambition to use technology to address issues of ageing and mobility
UK ‘underperforming’ in government digitisation, EC report concludes
Major study of 34 countries ranks UK is sixth citizen-adoption league table but 19th in terms of digitisation of services
Geospatial Commission launched to 'turn government data into jobs and savings'
Open Data Institute among those to welcome creation of new body
Government offers £190m funding for public sector to install full-fibre networks
Digital minister Hancock continues on quest to lead the UK into a full-fibre future
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An of commentators from tech businesses and industry bodies offer their thoughts on Philip Hammond's Budget
‘Running towards change’ – government uses Budget to bet big on digital and data
A comprehensive round-up of a wide range of measures that commit more funding, create new bodies and programmes, and change the legislative landscape of public sector technology
Data can, and should, inform better policy
David Downing of SAS outlines why the government needs to make better use of its reservoirs of data
Review calls for Treasury to push Whitehall on better use of data
Report from Sir Michael Barber also urges departments to be more receptive to ‘disruptive innovation’
‘You should be able to see your entire interaction with us’ – HMRC promises to put its mountain of data to customer-centric use
Organisation’s first-ever CDO looks to improve how the department processes and uses information
Message to Amber Rudd: Undermining encryption makes us less safe
Craig Stewart of Venafi believes that governments need to stop characterising the security technology as the enemy
Report calls on DVLA to set up website for drivers to check car emissions
Agency urged to set up online resource ahead of launch of clean-air zones
Public sector given March 2019 deadline to ditch .gsi domains and move to public cloud
Government issues edict instructing public bodies to move email and websites to gov.uk and other new domains