Inside DWP’s digital coronavirus response – APIs, reuse and micro-services
In the face of huge demand for its services, the DWP was able to call on a library of reusable tools, the department’s integration lead Jacqui Leggetter tells PublicTechnology
NHS collates data from symptom-tracker apps
NHSX works with jHub to gather and analyse information collected by third-party software
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NHS Digital boss Andy Williams resigns
The chief executive of the body helping drive forward the NHS’s digital transformation is to step down in March 2017, after three years at the helm.
Welsh government told to ‘be brave’ on digital
Governments across Wales have been told to make bold decisions and lead by example in order to make the most of digital in a report from digital services provider Atos.
Brexit for good? Seeking facts on the digital opportunities of leaving the EU
What opportunities could there be for digital n the UK as it exits the European Union? Digital consultant William Perrin is on a mission to find out. Here, he tells PublicTechnology about his latest research project.
GDS to merge technical and data panels for assessing open standards
The Government Digital Service has revealed plans to simplify the processes for assessing open standards.
Constabulary inspectorate tells police forces to urgently address digital skills gap
Police forces are failing to put IT at the centre of their work, set data-sharing plans or ensure staff have good digital skills, a review has said.
GOV.UK accessibility survey identifies problems with PDFs and search
The Government Digital Service has started addressing accessibility issues with PDFs on GOV.UK following a survey of assistive technology users.
Department of Health creates ‘lo-fi’ version of service assessment
The digital strategy team at the Department of Health has revealed it is piloting a new, “leaner” approach to assessing its digital services, which focuses on just three core questions.
UK must not let progress on autonomous vehicles be derailed by lack of public support
As the UK moves closer to seeing autonomous vehicles on its roads, Antonios Tsourdos, an engineer at Cranfield University, says the government must not forget the importance of public acceptance of the technology.
Digital transformation ‘struggling to meet ambition’, as automation threatens public sector jobs
Study claims that 850,000 jobs could be lost to automation by 2030 and suggests that public servants’ patience is running thin over delays to digitisation.
G-Cloud 9 discovery phase finds users often resort to manual processes
The discovery phase of the next iteration of the cloud procurement platform has found that users struggle with ineffective searches, producing audit trails and difficulty comparing suppliers.
Government claims open data successes
The government has hailed its work to create data registers as a major milestone in its move towards improving transparency, as set out in its action plan on open government.
Lessons from Seoul: How eGovernment can drive citizen engagement
Scott Moore, business analyst for the Scottish Improvement Service, won a Socitm scholarship to research digital public service trend in Seoul during the summer. Here he looks back on he learnt during his summer investigating the city’s digital transformation.
Digital needs to come off the sidelines, Solace conference told
Local government needs to move away from piloting digital services on the periphery of their work and focus on building digital in from the start, a conference has heard.
GDS loses third leader as open data champion Maltby confirms departure
Paul Maltby, the Government Digital Service’s director of data, has become the latest in a line of senior leaders to leave the service.
GDS job adverts mount up as PaaS team explains new hand signals
The Government Digital Service is continuing its recruitment drive – as its Platform as a Service team resorts to hand signals in ‘frustrating’ team meetings.
EXCLUSIVE: Rotherham council merges ICT and customer access in £7m digital strategy
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council has set out plans to bring all digital activity under one roof in a new digital strategy.
NHS Digital to change how it collects and publishes health stats
NHS Digital has confirmed it is making changes to some of its health statistics, but has rowed back on plans to stop a number of datasets.
GDS offers departments a richer platform for designing campaign sites
The Government Digital Service has created a template to create Whitehall promotional campaign websites that follows the GOV.UK design principles.
‘It’s cheaper, democratic and what users want’: Why councils need to think about accessibility
RNIB inclusion guru Steve Tyler tells Gill Hitchcock that it makes sense for councils to build accessibility into their digital services.
Scottish government offers £92,500 for CDO to oversee benefits devolution
The Scottish government is advertising for a chief digital officer for social security for the second time this year as it gains control of benefit systems.
UK lagging behind European peers on digital government, says Capgemini
The slow roll-out of the government’s identity assurance programme Verify is holding the UK’s progress towards e-government back, according to Cagemini.