Digital minister James resigns after voting to block parliament suspension
DCMS minister one of a number of Tory rebels
Home Office ramps up tech training
Research shows number of staff taking courses has more than trebled in last three years
Government puts £12m into AI-powered vacuum cleaners and dolphin-protection tech
Money invested in four partnerships between business and academia
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Civil service Mentor Match site to close
Users express sadness at loss of digital platform for forging relationships
Essex offers £119k for tech services head
Role comes with remit to serve as ‘internal change partner’
Hancock warns social media sites to remove harmful content or face new legislation
Health secretary writes letter after families accuse internet firms of hosting material promoting self-harm
Military research unit looks to ‘get faster on cyber and AI’
Tech is becoming more prominent in the threat posed to the UK’s security, according to the CEO of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Could Norfolk be the next Netflix?
Hackathons are a way for Norfolk to drive digital innovation in adult social care. Gill Hitchcock reports on the council’s achievements and aspirations.
Whitehall digital scene a ‘merry-go-round’ as departments scrap for skills – IfG report
Internal competition is rife for in-demand tech talent, think tank finds
Capita-led recruitment project hamstrung by Army’s ‘antiquated IT system’, MPs told
The MoD and the Army made a number of errors during the troubled project to help meet the Army’s recruitment targets, officials have admitted
GDS offers £130k for service design head
Organisation seeks manager to replace Nic Harrison in role spearheading design, standards, and controls
How the police wants to use AI and analytics to ‘adopt a public-health approach to crime’
Critics have claimed that an analytics project being led by West Midlands Police is bringing the dystopia of Minority Report to life. But superintendent Iain Donnelly tells PublicTechnology that he is determined to use tech and data ‘as a force for good’
Ministers urge airports to ‘step up’ in face of drone threat
Defence select committee considers launching inquiry into military response
Which IT heavyweight has won a deal to supply servers to Number 10?
Prime Minister’s Office awards one-year hardware contract
Interview: CIO for overseas military operations on the rising nation-state cyberthreat facing the MoD
Nicholas Lloyd, who oversees technology across 52 global locations, discusses the changing threat landscape
DWP in-house IT firm BPDTS shakes up management
New chair and board member appointed as annual accounts show GovCo delivered £40m of IT services in FY18
National statistician John Pullinger on the 'marvellous opportunity' of the Digital Economy Act
The head of the government statistical service looks back on 2018
DWP digital chief picks AI, data sharing, and digital identity as 2019 priorities
Interim CDIO Simon McKinnon provides insight into department's agenda for the year ahead
Local Digital Fund dishes out £1.25m to 16 councils in first investment round
One sixth of £7.5m available funding pot is allocated after first tranche of applications
Defra offers £140k for leader to helm post-Brexit transformation
Department recruiting for COO
Innovate UK head looks back on 'a year of incredible change'
Ian Campbell discusses the Industrial Strategy and the opportunities ahead for UK Research and Innovation
Government urges .eu domain owners to begin looking at other options
Newly published Brexit advice encourages websites to consider transferring their address
BEIS chief on revamping the department’s tech and rolling out the Industrial Strategy
Department chief on the challenges and triumphs of the past year
Scottish Government CIO and London’s digital chief garlanded in New Year honours
A handful of public sector technologists were recognised in the annual list