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Three-quarters of GOV.UK content is looked at by less than 10 people a month, according to figures from the Government Digital Service.

Local authorities are being asked to partner in the development of a service that will manage and monitor people’s consent to data-sharing, in a bid to ease compliance with new European Union data protection rules.

The Information Commissioner’s Office has named former British High Commissioner to Malta Rob Luke as its new deputy commissioner for policy.

Political leaders need to become more digitally savvy if they are to properly represent the electorate, digital inclusion charity Doteveryone has said. 

The Government Digital Service has extended Digital Outcomes and Specialists past its closing date of 2 December.

Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service is looking for a delivery partner for its £1bn digital overhaul of the UK’s justice system.

The government needs a unified approach to front and back office functions if it wants to make the cost savings digital promises, argues Jane Roberts of TopLevel.

Teams building government digital services will have regular visits from an assessor during development under a new approach to standards assessment being trialled by the Government Digital Service.

The Ministry of Defence has delayed the go live date of its new online procurement system due to problems with data migration, leaving suppliers to wait for invoices to be processed or resort to paper.

A TechUK survey has revealed that 94% of smaller companies don’t think civil servants understand how their services can help meet government needs.

Twenty-six IT experts and privacy advocates have urged the government to improve protections around the personal data sharing proposals in the Digital Economy Bill – or remove them entirely.

James Stewart, the director of technical architecture at the Government Digital Service, has said that he will step down in January, after six years at the service.

The director general of digital technology at the Department for Work and Pensions Mayank Prakash has written an article praising his team’s work after media reports that it has overspent its budget and cancelled a number of its projects.

The healthcare arm of Google’s artificial intelligence company DeepMind has published the details of its latest data-sharing agreement with the NHS as it relaunches work to develop a patient-monitoring app.

The network for digital staff in councils across the UK has announced plans to become a more formal organisation with a co-operative membership model and more clarity on its aims.

The Department for International Trade has created a platform to help UK businesses get better export deals in a bid to meet trade targets.

The Department of Health is seeking a deputy director of digital and technology strategy to help create a digital first healthcare system.

GDS team on promotional trip to South Korea as minister announces Digital Marketplace sales top £1.5bn.

The government is to cut back on a number of official environment, farming and food statistics – despite a consultation revealing concerns about a “downgrading” of data.

What opportunities could there be for digital n the UK as it exits the European Union? Digital consultant William Perrin is on a mission to find out. Here, he tells PublicTechnology about his latest research project.

The Government Digital Service has said that the meaning of the buzzwords and phrases it uses have faded as the people who came up with them have left the service.