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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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DCMS taps consultancy to help build transformation plan

21 September 2020

Digital department is expecting ‘increased responsibilities’ as government works on coronavirus recovery

‘Unless you get the ethics of data right, you'll fail on the effectiveness as well’

17 September 2020

The head of the Royal Statistical Society Stian Westlake talks algorithms, politicians and the current ‘favourable wind’ gathering in government behind his profession

Spending watchdog to probe ‘transparency’ of government procurement during pandemic

17 September 2020

Auditor general says NAO will produce ‘detailed piece of work’

Doctors’ union to review use of video consultations

17 September 2020

BMA board will examine how best to use technology going forward and calls for government to take heed of its findings

Hancock urges citizens not to ‘game the system’ as people find local coronavirus tests by claiming to live 500 miles away

16 September 2020

Twickenham MP claims her constituents have been able to book local tests only by entering an Aberdeen postcode

The coronavirus ‘infodemic’: truth and conspiracy online

15 September 2020

The spread of online misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated a public health crisis. PublicTechnology digs into a recent parliamentary inquiry to find out more about the response from social media companies and government

Scottish Government urges uptake of digital inclusion fund

15 September 2020

Funding increased for programme that offers devices and connectivity

HMRC to connect 27 offices with £2m wide-area network

14 September 2020

Tax agency invests in connectivity

National Data Strategy promises to ‘tackle government culture of risk-aversion’

11 September 2020

Document sets out ‘transforming government’s use of data’ as one of five missions 

Government gives £44m boost to development of electric aeroplanes

11 September 2020

Money will also be invested in robots for nuclear power stations

Home Office tightens measures to prevent ‘political’ social media posts

11 September 2020

Department installs ‘extra checks’ on civil servants’ tweets after reference to ‘activist lawyers’

New civil service chief issues call for government to ‘unlock the potential of data’

10 September 2020

Incoming cabinet secretary Simon Case praises ‘innovative’ response to coronavirus

Policymakers must start asking difficult questions on the ethics of AI in healthcare

9 September 2020

Government needs to begin working with citizens and industry to address the risks created by the use of new technology, according to Jessica Morley and Luciano Floridi of the Oxford Internet Institute

Digital sector accounts for one in five workers in Scotland’s major cities

9 September 2020

Stats show healthy tech industry blossoming in Edinburgh and Glasgow

Order for NHS to share confidential patient data extended to March 2021

7 September 2020

All parts of the NHS instructed to share information as required to support coronavirus response

 

UK’s ‘next cyber crisis’ likely to come from mistake or misfortune – outgoing NCSC head

7 September 2020

Ciaran Martin believes major security incident is still more likely to come from ‘unintentional consequence’, rather than attackers’ expertise

Lifesaving data – how NHS Digital has worked with researchers to support coronavirus response

4 September 2020

Research director Tom Denwood explains how the national digital services agency has helped use information to better understand issues including effective treatments for Covid-19 and the impact on patients suffering from other conditions

Hancock pledges to ‘innovate our way out of this crisis’ as government puts £500m into rapid tests

4 September 2020

Trials of ‘next-generation technology’ could support the rollout of a mass testing programme

Williamson made ‘fundamental mistake’ on algorithms, says Ofqual chair

3 September 2020

Roger Taylor tells select committee that government repeatedly overlooked regulator’s guidance

Where do digital professionals rank on the Whitehall salary league table?

3 September 2020

Education and training inspectors have the highest median pay packet

Parliamentary officials warned of cyberthreat from Extinction Rebellion

1 September 2020

Civil servants working on select committees were given security advice in expectation of possible attack

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