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Digital minister: ‘I’m one up from a Luddite – but I am grasping this enthusiastically’

15 June 2022

PublicTechnology met with the recently appointed Heather Wheeler, who reveals that overcoming difficulties with tech has been ‘an absolute joy’ – although she still appears to have some challenges with unfortunate remarks

Great expectations: Government unveils new digital and data strategy
9 June 2022

A new three-year plan sets out ambitious objectives for departments’ use of tech, including a...

Technology vs ideology: what will define the future of government work?
7 June 2022

A recent PublicTechology webinar discussion saw an expert panel examine the major...

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'At least as important as profit and loss’ – how the ONS is assigning value to the environment

2 July 2021

PublicTechnology sits down with ONS statisticians to learn more about the organisation’s Environmental and Natural Capital accounts, green jobs, and the value of a view 

'Being accessible isn't a badge of honour; it's the minimum we should be doing'

20 May 2021

To mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day, PublicTechnology caught up with Craig Abbott from the DWP to discuss how the department incorporates inclusion into its services, and why inaccessibility equates to discrimination

How Covid has revealed public sector transformation’s greatest strengths – and weaknesses

17 May 2021

Discussing the findings of a Dods and SAP Concur report, experts from government and industry reflected on the achievements of the past year, and the areas that have been shown to need the most improvement. PublicTechnology learns more.

Unwrapping government’s £300m Amazon package

7 May 2021

Since a public sector-wide agreement with AWS was introduced six months ago, departments have signed contracts worth hundreds of millions with the cloud firm. PublicTechnology takes a closer look.

A closer look: what now for the government’s vaccine passport plans?

29 April 2021

PublicTechnology examines the government’s strategy for offering a digital certification tool, and its key advantages and challenges

PublicTechnology research: five things we learned about the future of digital government

22 April 2021

A recent study finds that the pandemic has boosted budgets – but legacy tech remains a big barrier to progress

Faster Indicators: Why the ONS is checking CCTV footage for hints about the health of the economy

22 March 2021

PublicTechnology sits down with ONS statisticians to learn more about the organisation’s Faster Indicators programme

Q&A: HMRC tech chief on how the department is ‘leading the way on government cloud adoption’

17 March 2021

Daljit Rehal tells PublicTechnology about his priorities for the tax agency’s digital services and its programme to reform billions of pounds of tech procurement

IWD 2021: Female tech heroes and why inclusion matters

8 March 2021

A range of experts from across the public sector digital and data scene tell us about their inspirations and the changes they would like to see before IWD 2022

Interview: deputy national statistician on legacy tech, lockdowns and a ‘leap forward’ for government’s use of data

8 March 2021

Alison Pritchard talks to PublicTechnology about plans for the 2021 census, ensuring public trust in statistics – and her next epic boat journey

Does data science have a dangerous gender gap?

8 March 2021

A new report from the Alan Turing Institute identifies a worrying gender imbalance in a fast-growing and significant sector. PublicTechnology talks to the report’s authors about the scale of the problem and how it might be addressed.

Making contact: inside the project to build the NHS Covid-19 app

3 March 2021

More than 20 million UK citizens have downloaded the NHS Covid-19 app. One of the leaders of the development process tells PublicTechnology about its impact and future plans.

Analysis: gaps in procurement transparency are nothing new

26 February 2021

The health secretary cited the demands of coronavirus response after being rapped for failing to meet publication deadlines for major contracts. But perusing procurement databases suggests this is no anomaly, PublicTechnology finds

 

‘We’ve launched 18 new digital services since the start of the pandemic’

11 February 2021

Worcestershire County Council’s digital delivery leader Jo Hilditch tells PublicTechnology about how apps and digital platforms have supported the authority’s coronavirus response

Vendor view: The impact of Covid on local government’s supplier relationships

10 February 2021

PublicTechnology talks to David Hipwell from SAP Concur about the role of the public sector’s commercial partners in supporting transformation and how it has changed in the past year

Interview: How digital had 'a ringside seat' in Singapore's pandemic response

4 February 2021

The Singaporean government’s response to Covid-19 has made extensive use of digital, devices, and data – not always uncontroversially. PublicTechnology talks to Kok Ping Soon, the head of GovTech Singapore, to find out more.

‘When coronavirus struck, we accelerated, because citizens were struggling’ – how DWP revamped the Budgeting Loans service

26 January 2021

The pandemic illustrated the importance of work to improve a service offering support for society’s most vulnerable, product owner Sharron Wise tells PublicTechnology

Will local government transformation be set back by coronavirus?

15 January 2021

Having long suffered from a scarcity of funding, councils could be forgiven for deprioritising investments in new tech. But public and private and sector leaders tell PublicTechnology that digital has never been more important. 

Has the High Court outlawed mass computer surveillance?

12 January 2021

Privacy campaigners have hailed a major victory as a judgement declares the use of general warrants unlawful. PublicTechnology takes a closer look.

The biggest stories of 2020 – part two

31 December 2020

PublicTechnology completes our round-up of the most read and significant stories of 2020

The biggest stories of 2020 – part one

30 December 2020

PublicTechnology rounds up the most-read and significant stories we covered this year

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