No way of determining value or efficacy of Universal Credit – but DWP has ‘no practical alternative’ but to press on, NAO concludes
Auditors acknowledge some progress has been made in the last five years and department insists programme is providing value
Government to implement £70m satellite tracking system for immigration offenders
Home Office seeks software and hardware platform for monitoring those being prosecuted for...
Ordnance Survey opens up MasterMap data to boost UK tech sector
More data likely to be made available under government licence in due course
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The library where councils can borrow the building blocks of a ‘Lego’ government
A number of large local authorities have already signed up to a new library for sharing service-design templates. PublicTechnology finds out more
DCMS picks online hate speech, sexting, and social media in politics among key policy-research areas
Department picks out a range of issues as ‘areas of research interest’ for the coming years
‘The government was correct not to bail out Carillion’, MPs conclude
Parliamentary select committees publish report revealing that fallen outsourcer sent a £160m ‘ransom note’ to the government days before its collapse
Zuckerberg snubs MPs again
DCMS committee continues to pursue Facebook CEO as chair says ‘we expected detail – we got excuses’
Report claims facial recognition is 95% inaccurate
Police defends technology’s deployment as ICO increases scrutiny and campaign group calls for immediate cessation of use
Ending the ‘brogrammer’ culture – how to close the gender gap
Lucy Hocking of RAND Europe looks at the three main barriers preventing women from thriving in the STEM sector – and how they can be overcome
Voice activation, service transformation, and deliberately delayed mortgages – six things we learned at Sprint 18
The relaunched annual GDS event shone a light on the government’s key digital-transformation strategies and initiatives for the coming months and years. PublicTechnology went along to find out more
GDS will remain within Cabinet Office, minister pledges
Oliver Dowden, whose ministerial brief contains responsibility for GDS, has claimed that the recent move of data policy to DCMS ‘should not be seen as a change of direction’
One year on, have the metro mayors delivered digital devolution?
After 12 months in the job, the digital performance of the heads of the six city regions is assessed by Georgina Maratheftis of techUK
‘Time and technology move on’ – GDS explains spend-control overhaul
Government Digital Service reveals new model was road-tested with four departments
Government explores UK-built satnav as Brexit threatens role in European project
Taskforce formed to ‘quickly develop’ alternative options after EC warns that the UK may be frozen out of secure elements of Galileo project
The core mission of GDS is to help government work better for everyone
Ahead of next week’s Sprint 18 event, GDS director general Kevin Cunnington outlines the organisation’s focus areas for the coming months, and its achievements of the past two years
Cabinet Office revamps technology spend controls
Newly updated policy implements a 15-month pipeline model which could make it easier for departments to self-approve 'business-as-usual' spending, but GDS pledges the new policy will bring the 'same rigour'
High court gives government six months to amend data-retention law
Both the government and human rights group Liberty claim victory after judges agree that the so-called snoopers' charter is incompatible with EU legislation
Government places £1bn bet on AI
The government has published its AI Sector Deal, including details of major funding from the public, private, and research sectors
Brexit demands see Defra extend IBM deal to near £1.5bn total worth
Department’s 17-month extension takes contract length to cumulative tally of 17 years
Whitehall team uniting policymakers with academics to be expanded after digital successes
The Cabinet Office is looking to grow its Open Innovation Team and bring in new partners and policy areas
County Durham and Darlington becomes latest NHS trust to achieve paperless referrals
Ahead of the 1 October deadline, a growing band of trusts have gone fully electronic – but overall utilisation rate is still at 70%
Driving test marking to go digital this year
Examiners will swap clipboards for iPads and use a digital tool for marking, as part of a wider DVSA transformation programme
Parliament considers options for Hansard’s online future
Supplier feedback sought on possible creation of new publishing system for parliament’s official record
Government puts forward law to crack down on robot-toting ticket touts
Legislation will punish offenders with a fine of no maximum value