Jersey kicks off major restructure to create ‘modern, agile, and digital public service’
Island’s local authority recruits for a range of leaders to fulfil transformation plan
Norfolk police use drone to rescue man stranded in marshland
Missing man spotted on images provided by flying device
Sally Meecham unveiled as GDS interim COO
Civil servant returns to organisation to take operational reins
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Government’s top digital roles vacated in PM’s reshuffle
New jobs for former GDS minister Caroline Nokes and digital minister Matt Hancock, with no word yet on if they will be directly replaced and by whom
MPs to examine fallout of HMRC childcare website failings
Investigation will form part of wider Treasury Committee probe into impact of childcare policy
Driverless pods, smart sensors, and citizen apps – inside the plan to future-proof Milton Keynes
In a town gaining 40,000 extra citizens each decade, the council's strategy chief Geoff Snelson tells PublicTechnology why smart-city ideas and technology need to be an intrinsic part of planning for the short- and long-term future
GDS seeks new cybersecurity chief
Organisation recruiting for role heading up ‘small, but growing team’
Government seeks professional to ensure UK telecoms law is primed for Brexit
Candidate will also be tasked with leading review of how legislation could be modernised following EU withdrawal
Ruth McKernan of Innovate UK on why the organisation has reached 'a natural transition point'
The leader of the national innovation organisation looks back on 10 years of work
Car tax, Alexa, and Elf - DVLA boss Oliver Morley reflects on 2017
The CEO of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency talks 2017 and Christmas traditions
2017 in review - part one
The first of a two-part recap of 2017 looks at the biggest stories and most significant developments in the first six months of the year
The key public-sector technology trends to look out for in 2018
PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall picks out three topics that may define the year ahead
Government ditches plans for online voter registration check
Despite recommendations from election regulators, the government has decided that such a tool would be overly costly and complex
GDS Academy looks for new leader to oversee ‘transformation and expansion’
Current academy leader Sweeney reveals impending move to Australia, as skills and training organisation also lifts lid on plans to collaborate more with other governments
Why a stint in Whitehall is a 'massive career-maker' for digital leaders
Stephanie Wilson of public-sector recruiter GatenbySanderson tells PublicTechnology about the challenges and rewards of looking for the talent to drive the government's digital transformation
The government should be a role model on IT reuse
Remanufactured computers could provide 95% of the performance of a new PC at a fraction of the cost to the environment; it is time for the civil service to set an examples, argues professor Mark Jolly of Cranfield University
National Infrastructure Commission urges government to lead the way on digital twin projects
Report also encourages the codification of data standards
Who are central government’s highest-earning technology professionals?
Fewer than one in seven digital specialists to feature in annual rundown of Whitehall’s biggest earners are women, as NHS and Network Rail roles dominate
No longer a ‘framework factory’ – inside CCS tech chief’s plans to progress the procurement paradigm
Procurement agency’s technology category director discusses ongoing work to drive Whitehall transformation programmes and ambitions to expand into new areas
IoT, gamification, and blockchain in focus for second cohort of GCHQ Cyber Accelerator
Nine companies to make the cut given the chance to present their technology to digital minister
NHS seeks input of digital ‘lost tribes’ to guide £6m skills investment
Health and care workers invited to take part in consultation
CCS tech chief: ‘We need one marketplace for the future’
Crown Marketplace will ultimately supplant Digital Marketplace, technology category director asserts
Why some UK local authorities are stuck in in a digital Stone Age
Ross Harling of Netitude lifts the lid on the findings of a study which shows UK councils are failing to recognise some major opportunities of digitisation