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Hampshire’s director of adults’ health and care Graham Allen talks to Gill Hitchcock about using IT to relieve loneliness among the county’s older population and where he finds inspirational digital ideas

County council becomes one of the first recipients of money from government scheme as it looks for provider to roll out connections to public sector-owned sites over the next two decades

Tourism agency turns to search-engine marketing to boost efforts to market the UK to travellers

Department claims that giving French SI a contract extension – without competitive process – is ‘only viable route’ to completing decoupling process

The first app library to be integrated in the workflow of GPs is shortly to launch. Rachel Pugh finds out more

Government tells public sector entities to keep ‘www’ in their website URLs

Two reports – from Reform and Lord Holmes – flag up the transformational potential of the distributed ledger technology

White paper also lays out ambition to use technology to address issues of ageing and mobility

New digital service to be created following £1.5bn support package unveiled in the Budget

Nonet of firms become first providers to be added to dynamic purchasing system for NHS’s new network

Technology could also be deployed in other areas, such as domestic abuse and offender management

Council appoints provider to convert many documents to PDFs

Non-departmental body redesigns online platform

Chancellor set to propose changes to regulation to help the UK ‘take full advantage’ of emerging technology

Organisation’s first-ever CDO looks to improve how the department processes and uses information

Council awards IT supply and support deal to Birmingham-headquartered IT services heavyweight

Organisation looking for leaders to fill two senior roles

Technology will not be rolled out until next year, ministry admits

Government needs to make sure it does not lose its ‘edge as a research power’, MPs warn

Government details a range of programmes designed to promote the UK technology sector

New technology is still a long way off, despite inherent skills base and potential for economic benefits, according to department report