Government launches £20m contest for agriculture technology
UK businesses can bid for backing for projects that use tech to improve how food gets from field to fork
Government backs high-tech industry with £930m investment in regional centres
Manufacturing and research facilities across eight regions given cash injection
Government proposes charging firms £10m a year for appraisals of healthcare technology
Rising demands and falling government funding prompt NICE to issue proposal for firms to pay for...
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Is the public sector ready for the Web Accessibility Directive?
Bryn Anderson of Siteimprove introduces the incoming EU legislation that will require all government entities to make their online homes more accessible
‘Don’t break things’ and ‘progress is better than stasis’ – GDS sheds light on how the new Government Service Standard is shaping up
Whitehall’s central digital agency lifts lid on feedback gathered so far in its work to revamp the Digital Service Standard
Immersive opera and audience analytics – government unveils digital culture vision
Royal Opera House and National Gallery sign up to technology programmes as DCMS publishes major policy paper
Opening up NHS data across Scotland
NHS National Services Scotland’s data chiefs tell Gill Hitchcock about a mobile-friendly platform to give clinicians, policymakers, and patients up-to-date access to healthcare information
GDS feels the love from civil service chief Manzoni
Whitehall leader praises achievements of digital agency and points to the crucial role it will play in delivering Brexit
Diane Abbott voices Labour concerns over Bitcoin’s ‘gigantic Ponzi scheme’
Shadow home secretary suggests party would look to better regulate cryptocurrency
Public invited to test government-backed driverless vehicles
The GATEway project enters its final phase
Local councils implore government to provide GDPR compliance funding help
Sector organisation writes to Matt Hancock and other MPs to express concerns
RAF satellite aims to ‘beam video directly into the cockpit of fighter jets’
MoD invests £4.5m in space technology designed to help monitor and combat modern threat environment
Public sector research services DPS opened for business
Crown Commercial Service launches £170m contract allowing purchase of online and in-person research, as well as analytics
Rotherham council creates head of digital services role
New digital chief will help council create and deliver online citizen services
Mayor launches £7m digital-skills scheme for women and BAME Londoners
Sadiq Khan unveils Digital Talent Programme to help plug the capital’s skills gap and address issues of underrepresentation
How the UK Space Agency is improving public services from the exosphere
PublicTechnology talks to Sara Huntingdon about the Space for Smarter Government Programme’s work with Whitehall and the wider public sector
LGA helps councils fight fake news
Local Government Association issues advice to citizens
Public sector executive pay should be linked to cybersecurity
James Wickes of Cloudview believes regulators need to take steps to sharpen senior managers’ focus on cybersecurity
London councils’ GDPR-compliance budgets range from £1,000 to £300,000
Policy paper from Parliament Street think tank recommends increased use of shared services
Law to require slaughterhouses to install CCTV
Three months’ worth of footage must be made available to regulators
GDS offers £135k for delivery and support head
Organisation seeks leader of delivery and support functions to manage 550 staff and £85m annual budget
Top-tier data-processing fees rise sixfold to £2,900 in new ICO funding structure
Large organisations that process personal data will see their annual subsidy contribution rise from £500
D5 becomes D7 as Canada and Uruguay join global digital-government collective
Nations join UK and others by signing organisation’s charter
GDS to ramp up programme to encourage Whitehall data-literacy
Courses set to be added to GDS Academy this year, after successful completion of pilot training scheme