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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PM moves government data function from GDS to DCMS
Department also takes over BEIS remit for digital signatures in policy shake-up
Parliament's digital team just revealed its gender pay gap - and the results may surprise you
Parliamentary Digital Service chief Tracey Jessup says she is "delighted" with new figures on pay by gender
UK-wide right to fast broadband moves ahead - but councils warn 60,000 could miss out
LGA tells digital department that cost threshold plan means rural premises could undermine legal guarantee
Diversity must be the driving force behind our industry
Sheila Flavell of FDM Group explains why diversity needs to be much more than just a tick-box exercise
£75k up for grabs as civil service HR chiefs hunt digital big-hitter
Civil Service HR seeks new head of strategy and architecture to set the digital and transformation strategy for key cross-government team
GDPR: Five things we will only discover after 25 May
However well versed the public sector is in the text of the incoming regulation, some questions will not be answered until the law is a living, breathing – and enforcing – entity. With two months until GDPR becomes law, PublicTechnology examines the biggest known unknowns
Scottish Government inverts tech procurement to help public sector buy ‘what you do not know exists’
The CivTech scheme starts with a problem, not a solution, and encourages public sector agencies to work with start-ups and entrepreneurs to develop ideas
Border Force seeks head of digital passenger services
Role comes with pay packet of up to £87,000 and remit to oversee rollout of ePassport gates
GP contract promises improved data-collection service and £10m for e-referral uptake
Doctors also set 30% target for amount of patients using online services
Whitehall analysis function aims to promote data-science skills across government
Office for National Statistics to spearhead new civil-service profession
HMRC explores use of AI for compliance and complex tax cases
Department also claims that drive to automate is employee-led
Government to roll out big data at the border
Home Office issues tender for £2m project
GDS soups up Notify to cope with hundredfold increase in usage
The messaging platform can now cope with a million messages per hour – 100 times higher than its previous peak of 10,000
Thirteen UK cities picked to receive up to £95m for full-fibre rollouts
Government unveils first recipients of Local Full Fibre Network funding
ONS takes the lead on UN project to gather data on ageing population
United Nations accepts proposal for ONS-led team to build evidence on shared challenges related to ageing
Global Digital Marketplace aims to create international opportunities for UK SMEs
GDS seeks feedback on project to offer services-procurement platform overseas
Police ethics body to look at use of facial-recognition technology
London mayor Khan announces examination of digital policing to see if it affects principle of policing by consent
Government puts £25m into six 5G test bed projects
Schemes across the UK looking at 5G use cases including farming, tourism, and transport receive funding from government scheme
Government to develop anti-online bullying strategy
Whitehall departments to work on promoting worldwide consensus on how to tackle problem
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