Overambitious transformation plans to cause ‘ugly scrambling for resources’, predicts NAO chief
Auditor general Amyas Morse flags up three key issues that government must focus on to improve its work with private-sector suppliers
Hull to trial smart bins
Council hopes pilot will show potential for enabling more efficient routes and timetables
Online tool for jurors launched
System for allowing citizens to respond to a summons goes live today
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New digital chief will help council create and deliver online citizen services
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De Montfort University invites bids for £670k project to get on top of legacy data and systems
Institution invites suppliers to help manage process of warehousing, archiving, and deleting data
GDS offers £135k for delivery and support head
Organisation seeks leader of delivery and support functions to manage 550 staff and £85m annual budget
NHS calls for more developers to get involved in apps library
More external assessors likely to be appointed as health service looks to become foremost provider of digital health tools
MPs tell government to invest in Defra IT systems to minimise Brexit disruption to imports and exports
Environment select committee also calls on department to publish ‘sector-by-sector analysis of the impact of Brexit’
NHS organisations planning local IT-integration projects, research indicates
Study from iGov Survey and BT reveals that most technology decision makers expect to integrate IT systems with other local bodies at some point in the next two years
Public-sector AI code of conduct published
Nesta creates 10-strong list of principles it believes should define how government uses artificial intelligence and algorithms
Ex-DWP perm sec Devereux says digitisation got in the way of Universal Credit policy revamp
Departing departmental chief claims that programme to reform welfare while driving services online should have ‘had a twin-track strategy from the start’
Can digital ever replace a handshake?
A recent remote meeting has left Arden University’s Dr Ben Silverstone asking if videoconferencing is an example of technology progressing more quickly than our ability to adapt to it
How the University of Leeds is using digital to ‘break down the barriers’ between teachers and students
The institution’s director of digital learning professor Neil Morris tells PublicTechnology about the range of online courses the university now offers to learners worldwide, as well as how technology is changing the classroom experience
NHSmail to integrate with Office 365 to aid health-service data-sharing
NHS Digital announces plan to integrate health-service email tool with Microsoft SaaS suite
Government agreement to see church spires used to boost rural broadband
Church of England, DCMS, and Defra sign accord to improve connectivity
Mansfield seeks £50k partner for digital transformation
District council looks for specialist firm to help set agenda
Who keeps your organisation secure?
BT's Amy Lemberger argues that having the right security in place to protect your organisation is no longer just an option. It is a necessity.
HMCTS to pilot first ‘fully video courtroom’
All participants in tax-appeal hearings to take part remotely during trial scheme
DWP digital project to manage debts of up to 15 million citizens
Department plans ‘modernisation’ of its work to collect more than £1bn owed to the government each year
Crown Hosting CEO: ‘We have taken away all the cloud excuses’
PublicTechnology talks to Steve Hall about the framework’s achievements so far, its ambitions for its last year, and the secret to a successful public-private joint venture
West Midlands seeks chief digital officer
Metro mayor Andy Street seeks leader to front 'digital revolution'
WATCH: Digital transformation - the key to success or a security risk too far?
BT brought together some their top security experts and CIOs from well known UK organisations to discuss digital transformation and the impact that it’s having on organisations