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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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 provides a ‘positive alternative’
Digital professionals and projects recognised at Civil Service Awards
GOV.UK Notify, DVSA’s MOT Reminders and the Ministry of Justice were among those to take home gongs
NCA cybercrime unit looks to deepen ties with Russia’s neighbours
Central cybercrime agency wants to employ more officers overseas
Haringey, Islington, and Camden councils to ditch shared ICT service
After two years of cooperation, London boroughs will return to individual IT and digital services arrangements after concluding they have ‘diverging priorities’
Government seeks leader for ‘data-led transformation’ of civil service workforce
Cabinet Office-based post is ‘a high-profile role at the centre of key strategic decision making’
NHS Digital expected to lose 500 staff in restructure
Health secretary announces that all 3,100 employees will be required to apply for roles, with about one in six ultimately expected to leave
Glasgow launches pioneering ‘smart canal’
City’s £17m project will see sensors and software rolled out to manage drainage
Government admits failure of bid to recruit chief security officer
Labour MP Jo Platt criticises government ‘incompetence’ as Cabinet Office relaunches bid to appoint someone to head up government security profession
MPs team up with Canadian counterparts in final attempt to grill Zuckerberg
An international committee hosted in London later this month will be attended by representatives of a number of governments around the world – but will they be joined by the Facebook CEO?
DfT survey lifts lid on widespread public fears over drones and autonomous vehicles
A government study has revealed that UK citizens harbour a range of concerns about emerging technologies in the transport space
Departing DWP digital chief Prakash to take transformation role at British Gas owner
Mayank Prakash will lead digitisation of Centrica Consumer
Universal Credit tech leader joins Home Office as CTO
Rob Thompson take position as department’s technology leader after four years at DWP
GDS seeks head of campaigns
Salary of £60k on offer for professional to drive long-term comms projects
Ill-conceived business cases stymieing government digital transformation, IfG report finds
Think tank claims that Treasury guidance encourages ‘unreasonable certainty’ when projects are launched
Select committee: ‘Policing’s lack of digital capability is now a systemic problem’
MPs on the Home Affairs Committee have called for more funding and leadership after publishing damning appraisal
Border IT systems face no-deal Brexit threat
National Audit Office warns that 11 of the 12 IT systems in use at the UK border are at risk of being unready if the country leaves the EU without a deal
Home Office seeks 'police and public protection tech' leader
Deputy director role set to pay up to £105k a year
DHSC publishes ambitious digital vision for healthcare
Department call matched by new NHS Digital framework on data and technology standards
‘GDS’s future mission needs clarifying’
A House of Commons inquiry into the work of GDS to data and the state of digital government has begun publishing its findings. PublicTechnology looks at what a range of experts have had to say
We all need to utter the F word sometimes
PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall looks at the public sector’s vexed relationship with failure
South Kesteven innovation centre gets go-ahead
University of Lincoln to operate new centre providing degrees, apprenticeships and short courses, alongside services to businesses, as part of bid to boost local economy