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The relaunched annual GDS event shone a light on the government’s key digital-transformation strategies and initiatives for the coming months and years. PublicTechnology went along to find out more

Oliver Dowden, whose ministerial brief contains responsibility for GDS, has claimed that the recent move of data policy to DCMS ‘should not be seen as a change of direction’

Suppliers sought to build and support digital resource

Successful pilot saw process expedited and number of errors greatly reduced

Competition launched for IT and digital specialists to propose solutions to societal problems

HM Courts and Tribunals Service remains confident it will deliver on reform plan, despite auditors warning of financial, technological, and legislative challenges

Department advertises for vacant post as head of digital capability

Mapping agency looks for external developer to help with project to replace printing platform

BT's Mike Pannell argues that organisations should get rid of data they no longer need

Department warns that, if the UK exits the EU without a trade deal, it may need to make some ‘clunky fixes’ to deliver necessary IT systems

Two-year process of picking supplier reaches fruition

Kent County Council’s care leaders tell Gill Hitchcock about the IT system which flags pressures on services, identifies spare capacity, and helps avoid a crisis

Ahead of next week’s Sprint 18 event, GDS director general Kevin Cunnington outlines the organisation’s focus areas for the coming months, and its achievements of the past two years

BT's Mike Pannell on why any organisation that holds personal data should have a compliance strategy in place 

Gavin Williamson wants technologists and journalists to sign up to help fight against the ‘age of disinformation’ 

Senior managers sought for Whitehall department and arm's-length agencies

London attraction looks to tech to engage audience and generate revenue

Manchester City Council's CIO Bob Brown talks to PublicTechnology about the authority's transformation agenda and how it is ensuring the money it spends on IT goes back into the city

Prominent US cardiologist Dr Eric Topol is to lead a review

Agency looks for four senior coders to spend six months in Whitechapel as identity-assurance service looks to hit key targets

Paul Heath of McAfee believes Scottish NHS bodies could show lead the way in adopting a new form of purchasing