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Boston to allow autonomous vehicle tests across city
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GDS Service Manual adds guidance to help departments ‘make the case for building the right thing’
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ICO slaps enforcement notice on Ministry of Justice over data delays
Department accrued a five-year backlog of requests, notice from watchdog reveals
The government needs a department for data
Whitehall siloes should be broken by creating a centralised body to collate and oversee the use of data, believes Johan Hogsander of Transform
Government seeks professional to ensure UK telecoms law is primed for Brexit
Candidate will also be tasked with leading review of how legislation could be modernised following EU withdrawal
Jeff James of the National Archives on the importance of digital transformation - and real Christmas trees
The keeper of the UK's national archive unlocks its secrets
Ruth McKernan of Innovate UK on why the organisation has reached 'a natural transition point'
The leader of the national innovation organisation looks back on 10 years of work
DCMS head Sue Owen on name changes, superfast broadband, and themed cards
The department's perm sec on a year of change
2017 in review - part one
The first of a two-part recap of 2017 looks at the biggest stories and most significant developments in the first six months of the year
Kevin Cunnington on 2017's successes and difficulties - and why it just isn't Christmas without an outdoor swim
The GDS leader opens up on the organisation's victories, challenges, and priorities
The key public-sector technology trends to look out for in 2018
PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall picks out three topics that may define the year ahead
Government ditches plans for online voter registration check
Despite recommendations from election regulators, the government has decided that such a tool would be overly costly and complex
London mayor names and shames rogue landlords in new online database
Sadiq Khan also hits out at central government’s lack of action
DfT paper urges policy and programme commitments for digital railway signalling
Report acknowledges numerous ‘false starts’ in the past but sets out eight recommendations to ensure digital is placed at the heart of the railway of the future
Former No. 10 policy unit flags up ‘great potential’ of data science
Partially government-owned Behavioural Insights Team publishes results of trial schemes and urges Whitehall to take notice
Who are central government’s highest-earning technology professionals?
Fewer than one in seven digital specialists to feature in annual rundown of Whitehall’s biggest earners are women, as NHS and Network Rail roles dominate
No longer a ‘framework factory’ – inside CCS tech chief’s plans to progress the procurement paradigm
Procurement agency’s technology category director discusses ongoing work to drive Whitehall transformation programmes and ambitions to expand into new areas
Foreign Office launches £350m project to connect embassies in 170 countries
FCO teams up with DFID and British Council to tender for four-year framework to provide networking to 550 sites in the UK and throughout the world
UK Space Agency to offer public sector workers crash course in satellite applications
Space for Smarter Government Programme plans two one-day courses to introduce public servants to satellite technology
‘It would be ludicrous to make digital policy in a way that wasn’t digital’ – Labour MP's crowdsourced plan for the UK’s technology future
Shadow digital minister Liam Byrne launches ‘slightly mad experiment’ to help set the party’s digital agenda
Civil service faces pre-Brexit battle with private sector for 'rare' tech skills
Chief executive Manzoni lifts lid on centralised recruitment drive for digital specialists as Whitehall looks to bring in extra staff ahead of Brexit
Labour may revisit online-voting policy next year
Shadow digital minister Liam Byrne suggests digital polling system is 'something we may look at' in the near future
Real-time information rollout has saved the Exchequer more than £400m but many businesses see it as a burden, HMRC report finds
Department publishes evaluation of benefits and challenges of new system