The Crown Commercial Service has awarded two contracts – for enterprise application software and corporate software solutions across the public sector – worth more than £100m....
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Panel calls for data sharing presumption
A government-commissioned panel has called for a debate on the introduction of a general presumption that information on individuals will be shared across public services if it improves outcomes....
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Labour digital review rejects Local GDS
An independent review of digital government for the Labour Party has rejected the idea of a local Government Digital Service in favour of a network of new “local digital factories”....
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Platform for success
Senior managers in the public sector need to take social media more seriously, says professor Zahir Irani....
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Public sector puts increasing faith in digital savings
Public sector organisations have almost tripled the amount they are aiming to save through shifting transactions to online channels over the past year, according to new research....
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Questions raised over public sector security leadership
Three quarters of public sector ICT decision makers believe their chief executive doesn’t take digital security seriously, according to new research....
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Forcing the pace
On the eve of the Labour Party’s Digital Government Review final report, Julian David calls for politicians to increase the speed of public sector digitisation....
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Council G-Cloud purchases rise again
Purchases by local authorities through the G-Cloud framework totalled £1.86m in October, up 6.3% on the figure for August....
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Weekly tenders update
Arun District Council has launched a tender for a unified financial management system....
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‘Hack-ney-thon’ provides new apps for council
London Borough of Hackney says it will implement a number of apps based on a Hackathon held over the weekend....
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