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Features

14 Minutes
Features Government and politics

Secret clouds, returnship schemes and machine-readable spend data – what’s in government’s digital roadmap?

Sam Trendall January 23, 2026
A year on from an initial blueprint, GDS has published its full roadmap of objectives for the next few years. PublicTechnology runs through the key plans, priorities and programmes included. […]...
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6 Minutes
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