Skip to main content

PublicTechnology.netHome

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
Show menu
  • Home
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Features
  • Private Sector Insight
  • Cyber Week
  • White Papers
  • Events
  • On Demand Webinars
  • Partner Directory
  • About
  • Contact
  • Leadership
  • Cloud
  • Contracts
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data
  • Mobile
  • Policy
  • Transformation
  • PublicTechnology Live 2023

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...

More Content

‘We have only scratched the surface’ – Estonia’s CIO on what’s next for the world’s most celebrated digital nation

18 February 2019

PublicTechnology talks to Siim Sikkut about why data embassies and ‘invisible services’ are key to country’s technological future

Why cybersecurity would lead a Labour government’s digital transformation agenda

13 February 2019

As the Government Transformation Strategy enters its final year, PublicTechnology asked shadow cabinet office minister Jo Platt for her views on its rollout so far, and how Labour would deliver reform 

‘Transformation is not something that can just be driven from the centre’ – Q&A with GDS chief Cunnington

8 February 2019

As the three-year vision of the Government Transformation Strategy moves into its final 12 months, PublicTechnology asked the GDS leader about ministerial changes, departmental siloes, and what happens after 2020

Is government ready to abandon GSi?

21 January 2019

As the deadline for ditching the 22-year-old platform draws near, some major government departments are still using GSi email addresses – but all contend that they are on track for the March cut-off

Could Norfolk be the next Netflix?

17 January 2019

Hackathons are a way for Norfolk to drive digital innovation in adult social care. Gill Hitchcock reports on the council’s achievements and aspirations.

How the police wants to use AI and analytics to ‘adopt a public-health approach to crime’

15 January 2019

Critics have claimed that an analytics project being led by West Midlands Police is bringing the dystopia of Minority Report to life. But superintendent Iain Donnelly tells PublicTechnology that he is determined to use tech and data ‘as a force for good’

Companies House aims for 100% digital

11 January 2019

The agency's director of digital tells PublicTechnology how the UK company register is using data science, agile methods – and eyeball tracking – in its transformation journey

Interview: CIO for overseas military operations on the rising nation-state cyberthreat facing the MoD

9 January 2019

Nicholas Lloyd, who oversees technology across 52 global locations, discusses the changing threat landscape

The biggest stories of 2018 – part two

31 December 2018

We revisit the big news and major events from the second half of 2018

The biggest stories of 2018 – part one

28 December 2018

We take a look back at the major developments that shaped the first half of the year

 

What next for the government’s anti-fake news unit?

21 December 2018

Earlier this year, the government loudly heralded the creation of the Rapid Response Unit to tackle misinformation. But two months after its initial funding ran out, it has gone quiet on its future.

Swindon: how a ‘traditional’ council is playing digital catch-up

14 December 2018

Ensuring vulnerable people are not excluded is central to Swindon council’s digital access drive. Gill Hitchcock reports.

Why the NHS needs to ‘take the lead’ on sharing data with the private sector

11 December 2018

A study from Reform finds a haphazard patchwork of data-sharing being led at a local level. The think tank’s director of research Eleonora Harwich tells PublicTechnology why a national strategy is needed

MoJ digital chief: ‘Prisons have been bypassed by the digital revolution – that is our next really big challenge’

5 December 2018

Tom Read, CDIO at the Ministry of Justice, talks to PublicTechnology about how he believes technology and digital services could help turn prisons from a ‘Victorian dungeon to a rehabilitative space’

How the Austrian Digitalization Agency aims to ‘demystify technology’ for SMEs and citizens

27 November 2018

Newly created government organisation aims to help promote the digital economy and work with departmental technology leaders. Its leader Andreas Tschas tells PublicTechnology about his plans

‘It is a lot easier to put the blueberries in the muffin at the beginning’ – how to design a government service

19 November 2018

Leading government design professionals share their thoughts on how to make services as inclusive as possible

Interview: Oliver Dowden on Verify, spending controls, and how ‘GDS is moving into new spaces’

13 November 2018

PublicTechnology talks to the minister for implementation about the challenges and successes of an eventful year for the Government Digital Service, and where the organisation goes from here

How Devo Manc is driving health and social care transformation

7 November 2018

The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership’s chief digital officer talks PublicTechnology through the organisation’s work to drive standardisation and consistency across the NHS and local government

Cambridgeshire’s connectivity mission

5 November 2018

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is investing £13.6m to boost connectivity. Gill Hitchcock reports on the challenging targets and the delivery team working with suppliers to remove barriers and pave the way for success

Full-fibre primary schools and the Mancunian skills gap – 10 tech announcements you may have missed in the Budget

31 October 2018

Although big-ticket technology announcements were largely absent from the chancellor’s speech, the Budget contained a number of initiatives and investments in digital and data

‘Smart working used to be an aspiration – now it is government policy’

29 October 2018

The government has issued a ‘call to arms’ for experts to help Whitehall make a shift to smarter working practices

  • ‹ previous
  • …
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • …
  • next ›

Search form

User login

  • Create new account
  • Request new password

Daily news bulletins

Sign up for our free daily news bulletin, and get all the biggest news stories – as well as features, analysis, and in-depth interviews – sent direct to your inbox every lunchtime:    Sign up now

White Papers

UK Government Digital Transformation Beyond Covid-19

8 August 2022

Digital priorities shift from adapting to pandemic-induced needs to deploying solutions that bolster foundations, creating improved process and cost efficiencies at speed, at scale, and for...

Follow Us On Twitter

 

Tweets by @PublicTech

 

Quick Links

  • Home
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Features
  • Private Sector Insight
  • Cyber Week
  • White Papers
  • Events
  • On Demand Webinars
  • Partner Directory
  • About
  • Contact

Services

Media Events Training

Media & Publishing

PoliticsHome The Parliament Holyrood The House Magazine Civil Service World Training Journal

About Us

Total Politics Group Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions
  • Copyright © 2022 Political Holdings Limited. Registered in England & Wales under No. 07291783.