Transformation
‘Does GDS still have a role to play?’ – Cunnington faces MPs
The ongoing select committee inquiry into digital government did not pull any punches when it heard oral evidence from GDS director general Kevin Cunnington. But was the digital government chief left on the ropes?
“It’s a discipline in demand”: BEIS CDIO Karl Hoods on hiring data scientists in government
‘Future is bright for data scientists in public sector,’ says department’s IT leader
Prisoners to be taught coding in £1.2m government scheme
CODE 4000 pilot aims to help under-represented groups get jobs as developers
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Bank of England spends one-third more on IT than other central government departments
PAC laments central bank’s continued use of legacy systems and manual processes
Shetland gets £1.9m broadband upgrade for council and NHS buildings
Funding from DCMS will see network upgraded and extended across Yell and Unst
Online VAT collection system at heart of government’s no-deal Brexit planning for Irish border
Plan would waive Northern Ireland border checks and slash tariffs if the UK leaves the EU without a deal
Why box-ticking won’t help the NHS achieve our 10-year plan for digital
Sam Shah, director for digital development at NHS England, discusses how single-problem healthtech solutions do not align with the wider health technology vision
BT to deliver the latest SD-WAN and cyber security services for IXOM
New BT SD-WAN and cyber security services will help the leading chemicals manufacturer and distributor drive its digital transformation
DHSC plans £30m refresh of ambulance computing devices
Department plans to install new routers and tablets in emergency vehicles
‘No longer a welcoming environment’ – web giants criticise government’s digital services tax plan
Industry body representing Facebook, Google and Microsoft responds to consultation
How Leeds is improving care by breaking out of 'NHS-only systems'
Leeds digital chief Dylan Roberts tells Gill Hitchcock about how the city is joining up records and trying to help 10,000 Loiners get online each year
DfT moves ticketing data application to Google Cloud
Department’s LENNON software is migrated to off-site environment
Edinburgh backs electric cars with multimillion-pound infrastructure rollout
Council to install 200-plus charging points across city
University of Exeter kicks off £2.5m digital transformation drive
Institution wants to become one of the top 10 in the UK
DWP legacy migration ‘will take many years’
Departmental CDIO says shift away from old technology ‘needs to be done very, very carefully’
Interoperability and funding remain barriers to healthcare transformation
The problems facing digital and data initiatives in the NHS are only ‘10% technical’, conference told
Defence secretary invests £66m to get robots on the front line
Chunk of Transformation Fund will be used to fast-track development of technologies including driverless logistics vehicles and miniature drones
NAO report finds Verify exemplifies ‘failings we often see in major programmes’
Auditors flag up a range of targets missed and benefits not delivered
Transforming to a digital network – How are you measuring success?
CEOs are adopting a digital first approach to match customer needs. BT asks how they're measuring success
‘Clear parallels with Windrush’ – concerns raised on EU settlement scheme reliance on digital
Lords urge Home Office to widen promotion and ensure EU citizens have physical documentation of status
DVLA offers £120k for new CTO
Role comes with remit to design strategy to ‘modernise IT architectures and systems’
Digital tax deadline looms as HMRC pledges ‘light-touch approach’ to enforcement
With one month to go until HMRC system comes into effect, only 30,000 firms have signed up so far
Temps account for 98% of staff building £250m immigration platform
Minister reveals just eight out of 360 workers on Home Office project are civil servants
DfE buys 500 extra Surface devices at £900 each
Department awards £444,000 contract to Computacenter