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Will local government transformation be set back by coronavirus?

15 January 2021

Having long suffered from a scarcity of funding, councils could be forgiven for deprioritising investments in new tech. But public and private and sector leaders tell PublicTechnology that digital has never been more important. 

Scotland curbs click-and-collect services
15 January 2021

Option can only be used for essential goods

Microsoft ‘a few weeks away’ from fixing issue affecting Scottish digital learning platform
14 January 2021

Education Scotland stresses there is a ‘manual workaround’

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‘This year has really made the case for what we’re trying to do’

19 November 2020

At the end of a challenging year, local government chiefs discuss the impact on digital and data

Scottish care homes to be equipped with iPads

19 November 2020

Public funding of £1m will support two devices in every care home

Parliament ‘urgently exploring’ remote tech options after MP with cancer excluded from debate

18 November 2020

Tracey Crouch was unable to join a debate about breast cancer – for which she is currently being treated

Dominic Cummings, PM adviser who sought ‘unusual’ tech skills for government, to leave No.10

13 November 2020

High profile adviser who had vision for civil service reform and technology reported to be leaving by Christmas

Courts service looks to tackle digital exclusion

12 November 2020

HMCTS looks to appoint provider of support service

Civil servants' relationship with technology is on uneasy ground

11 November 2020

After some high-profile tech blunders, Whitehall leaders need to ensure civil servants have the requisite digital skills and understanding, believes Daniel Korski of Public

Commission cites need for ‘fundamental reform’ of Whitehall

6 November 2020

Panel featuring former government chiefs opines that UK civil service is 'no longer world-class'

Camera clampdown catches 10,000 tailgaters

4 November 2020

Technology trial run by Highways England shows signs of success

Government claims bringing nuclear warheads in house will enable investment in technology

3 November 2020

AWE will become an arm’s-length body

Digital has enormous potential to reduce reoffending

2 November 2020

Controlled access to technology can play a major role in supporting rehabilitation and reducing recidivism, according to Aidan Shilson-Thomas of Reform

Marriott to pay £18.4m ICO fine over cyberattack that affected 339 million records

30 October 2020

Penalty is 82% lower than was originally intended

Funding boost for Scottish geospatial sector

30 October 2020

UK and Scottish governments back project

Government backs plan to assemble ‘digital army’ in Kilmarnock

29 October 2020

Funding for scheme to provide training and employment opportunities

Cyber resilience and the public sector

28 October 2020

The public sector must focus not only on attacks, but on how it responds and recovers from them, Zerto and Cyber Security Scotland told attendees at the recent Local Government ICT Summit

Parliament offers £120k for digital leader

27 October 2020

PDS managing director will be tasked with ‘reimagining and reshaping’ use of digital

Civil service COO finds ‘common ground’ with Cummings on need for digital skills

27 October 2020

Alex Chisholm flags up tech expertise and better data as key goals

Reform adviser Maude dismisses ‘myth’ of UK civil service supremacy

26 October 2020

Former Cabinet Office minister claims Whitehall has an ‘odd combination of insecurity and complacency’

Think tank brings in Westminster heavyweights to look at government reform

21 October 2020

Policy Exchange recruits two former secretaries of state alongside senior civil servants

Scottish Government offers support for local online firms

20 October 2020

Local traders can bid for grants of up to £5,000

Interview: UK national statistician on how data has helped the PM – and the public – in coronavirus response

20 October 2020

To mark World Statistics Day, Professor Sir Ian Diamond talks to PublicTechnology about how the work of statisticians has been crucial in supporting government’s pandemic response, as well as his thoughts on the media and politicians’ use of numbers, and how the ONS is preparing for the census

HMRC sets out plan for £5m rollout of EU-wide import IT system

16 October 2020

The Import Control System 2 will be rolled out in three phases over 16 months

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