Brexit withdrawal agreement sets 2021 deadline for UK access to 25 European IT systems
The UK will be shut out of many European networks and databases over the next few years – and will have to pay the EU for access in the meantime, under terms of Brexit deal
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Inside the Canadian Digital Service – why immigration transformation represents its ‘first big opportunity’
In the second of our two-part feature, senior figures at the government transformation agency talk through the services it has built so far and how it intends to be ‘a bit more bold’ in its second year
Finance leaders must help manage the digital hype
Effective digital transformation requires finance professionals, technologists, and senior management to work together, believes Don Peebles of CIPFA
Local government and the NHS do not want outsourced IT, studies find
Research from Dods shows that most public sector workers are not in favour of bringing in commercial firms to provide their IT
Inside the Canadian Digital Service – how the transformation agency began life ‘on the corner of someone’s desk’
In the first of a two-part feature to mark the anniversary of its opening, PublicTechnology talks to a range of key figures from the Canadian Digital Service about how it came to be established, its role and remit, and what it learned from the experiences of GDS
Government proposes banning online trolls from public office
Suggested law change would create a new offence of intimidating political candidates or campaigners
Government opted not to encrypt Cold War Kremlin hotline as £20,000 cost was deemed too high
Newly published former top-secret documents reveal that a direct communications link between Downing Street and Mikhail Gorbachev was not encrypted – despite the wishes of the government’s ‘technical experts’
‘A crisis in our democracy’ – MPs recommend verified sites and online content standards to tackle fake news
DCMS committee claims it has ‘pulled back the curtain on the secretive world of the tech giants’
North Yorkshire gets £11m government boost for rural broadband
Funding comes as Defra commits an extra £45m to support the rollout of superfast connections across the country
UK slips from first to fourth in UN e-government league table
The UK has slipped from first to fourth place in the global digital government rankings published biennially by the United Nations.
CCS smashes targets with £600m savings in FY18
Yearly accounts show increased commercial benefits for central government and wider public sector
Analyse and apologise – the six golden rules of social media in the public sector
A range of organisations from across the public sector share their thoughts and experiences on commuters, creativity, and the pros and cons of ‘Manc humour’
Cabinet Office ‘lacks leverage’ to ensure procurement best practice – PAC
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee believe that the Cabinet Office needs to make its voice ring out more loudly across Whitehall
MPs air more doubts on progress of £1bn courts digitisation scheme
Public Accounts Committee follows the NAO in voicing 'serious concerns' about reform programme
SMEs win £1bn less government business in FY17 as proportion of spending drops for second year in succession
But Cabinet Office said government ‘remains committed to our aspiration’ of awarding £1 in every £3 to smaller firms by 2022
Cisco backs government’s Industrial Strategy with $100m investment pledge
Network manufacturer to fund a number of initiatives, including the establishment of a 250-person AI research facility at University College London
Overambitious transformation plans to cause ‘ugly scrambling for resources’, predicts NAO chief
Auditor general Amyas Morse flags up three key issues that government must focus on to improve its work with private-sector suppliers
Data-sharing initiative and Digital Platform work canned during HMRC transformation project cull
Annual accounts reveal that last year the department stopped, paused, or consolidated more than 100 transformation projects, while reducing the ambition of others
DWP to create departmental content standard
Department works with GDS to create and implement a consistent style for all content
Windrush scandal fallout sees Home Office suspend data-sharing activities
Department to take three-month break from ‘proactive data sharing’ with other government agencies, as well as restricting data shared with financial institutions
Newcastle plans to become UK’s smartest city
Council’s cabinet to vote on proposal to work with a technology partner to realise the city’s ambitions
Why GDS is still losing the ‘parlour game’ of government
Martha Lane Fox and Mike Bracken, two of the key figures in the creation of GDS, believe the organisation remains stymied by major barriers in both the civil service and parliament