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PublicTechnology’s biggest stories of the year

29 December 2022

A reminder of the shocks, scandals and success stories that shaped the world of government technology in 2022

Valuable advice – inside the Government Office for Technology Transfer
21 December 2022

The newly established GOTT aims to help agencies realise the value of their assets. Its chief...

Common complaints – why the ICO is considering revamping FOI casework
7 December 2022

A ‘perfect storm’ of factors helped create a significant backlog of information-access...

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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

Was 2020 a watershed for public sector use of algorithms?

18 December 2020

This year saw public protests about the use of predictive analytics in decision-making. As the technology becomes more widely used in many public services, PublicTechnology asks experts about the implications for government, the law – and the citizens affected

Analysis: how has coronavirus impacted local government IT spending?

7 December 2020

PublicTechnology analysis of government data shows that the volume and value of IT and digital services contracts in the local government sector has been hit this year

How automation and data-sharing enabled DWP to transform the state pension service

3 December 2020

After a digital and data revamp, more than half of claims are entirely self-service, product owner Vicky Coatesworth tells PublicTechnology

‘This year has really made the case for what we’re trying to do’

19 November 2020

At the end of a challenging year, local government chiefs discuss the impact on digital and data

Cyber resilience and the public sector

28 October 2020

The public sector must focus not only on attacks, but on how it responds and recovers from them, Zerto and Cyber Security Scotland told attendees at the recent Local Government ICT Summit

Interview: UK national statistician on how data has helped the PM – and the public – in coronavirus response

20 October 2020

To mark World Statistics Day, Professor Sir Ian Diamond talks to PublicTechnology about how the work of statisticians has been crucial in supporting government’s pandemic response, as well as his thoughts on the media and politicians’ use of numbers, and how the ONS is preparing for the census

How can councils create a digital workplace?

14 October 2020

At the recent Local Government ICT Summit, PublicTechnology talked to Gloucestershire County Council and SAP Concur about how authorities can support new ways of working

What sensitive data did the Home Office lose in Belgrade?

29 September 2020

Department’s annual report shows, for the first time in many years, documents or data lost from a secure government building had to be reported to the ICO. PublicTechnology finds out more.

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