Birmingham moves away from Capita JV and plans to ‘become a systems integrator’
As long-term outsourcing arrangement is phased out, authority looks to engage with wide array of new suppliers
Lords urge government to develop national AI strategy
Select committee claims opening up public data could 'curb power of tech giants'
GDS hunts for head of strategy
Role comes with remit to spearhead strategic vision and oversee rollout of Government...
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Government reinforces commitment to ‘full-fibre future’ for UK broadband
Digital minister Matt Hancock says existing copper-to-the-home infrastructure is ‘not fit for the future’
NHS seeks tech platform for 360-degree-feedback scheme
Health service issues contract notice for suppliers to provide tool allowing for wide-ranging staff assessments
Digital Marketplace team leads project to ‘radically’ simplify government contracts
New set of much shorter terms being developed by team of digital, legal, commercial, and policy heads
Worcester seeks commercial partner to provide free public WiFi in city centre
Council wants bidder willing to provide connectivity and footfall monitoring at its own expense
Consistency, transparency, and an end to gerrymandering – what government IT suppliers want
A range of IT providers tell PublicTechnology what they would like to see during a defining period for the Crown Commercial Service
UK Hydrographic Office seeks trio of leaders to steer it into digital waters
Executive agency of MoD recruiting £117,000 CTO and two other senior posts
London boroughs team up to roll out £1.7m hosted housing management platform
Wandsworth and Richmond pick Northgate to deliver software
Government opens up data on £100bn of annual grant awards
Publication of departmental information is intended to help design policy and prevent fraud
HMRC chief defends tax agency’s data storage deal with Amazon Web Services
Agreement means that HMRC ‘has got out of the data business’, MPs told
Pepper the robot joins Southend’s social care team
Essex town to deploy humanoid robot to help deliver services
Barnsley council looks to unite security in £1m package as part of supplier-rationalisation drive
South Yorkshire authority issues contract notice for three year-plus deal
Government invests £51m in driverless car schemes
Projects to build testing facilities across the UK receive chunks of £100m funding pot
DWP to lead project to create digital platform to manage all pensions
Government confirms pensions dashboard programme will go ahead, with launch scheduled for 2019
Derbyshire looks to live online lessons for pupils outside mainstream education
County council seeks supplier of live and asynchronous web-based classes for eight-year engagement
Bids invited for £500m HSCN dynamic purchasing system
November launch scheduled for platform allowing buyers to purchase connectivity services for incoming NHS network
Liverpool looks to £600k IT platform to manage licensing and public protection services
Council invites bids for potential six-year contract to unite disparate range of technologies managing individual services
‘We default to frameworks, but there are many other models’ – CCS looks to the future
With five major IT contracts set to go live in the space of nine months, the government’s procurement arm is seeking to evolve
MoD and Home Office put £1.6m into robot and drone projects for hazardous environments
Four UK tech SMEs have received backing for technologies designed to safely assess the potential presence of dangerous matter
NHS clears path for £45m rollout of online GP consultations across England
Health service readies procurement process for framework allowing GPs and CCGs to buy digital-consultation services
'Officers can spend thousands more hours out in the community' – inside Manchester police's mobile revolution
Chief superintendent of information services transformation tells PublicTechnology how tech has allowed GMP to do 8,000 hours of extra policing and become 'the only force in the country' to equip officers with devices for both personal and police use
Walsall schools to deploy electronic pupil education plan
West Midlands town looks to acquire £70,000 software platform for teachers to track children’s progress