Ex-GDS and DIT digital leader Holly Ellis joins AWS
Formerly head of DDaT skills across government, Ellis has taken on public sector-focused post at cloud heavyweight
Guernsey doctors to offer digital medical certificates
Patients will be able to present electronic forms to employers and government agencies
DfT lays groundwork for interactive mapping platform for transport data
Department seeks to decide which data should be included in tool or whether buying or building...
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Survey shows public support for Labour free broadband plan
Poll from YouGov finds close to two thirds endorse plan to offer free broadband to citizens and businesses
Paramedics offered live streaming from 999 callers’ phone cameras
London Ambulance Service deploys technology allowing medical professionals to assess injuries and decide on appropriate response
Industry gives Labour’s free broadband plan mixed reaction
Focus on importance of connectivity is welcomed but tech groups oppose renationalisation
World wide web creator: ‘Describing data as the new oil is really wrong’
Sir Tim Berners-Lee tells event why data is a completely different type of commodity
‘There is a strong suspicion that optimism is designed to get project approval’
NAO head claims many government programmes are dogged by unrealistic costings and creeping scope
Royal Navy seeks digital services partner
Transformation programme looks to appoint supplier to two-year contract worth up to £10m
Stevenage relaunches bid for digital transformation chief ahead of move to ‘public sector hub’
Hertfordshire town seeks senior manager to reshape service delivery
National Archives to roll out digital mentoring scheme
Organisation seeks to cultivate ‘skills transfer’ across sector
Labour Party hit with two DDoS attacks
Party reports double cyber incursion to NCSC
New MHCLG finance chief to oversee digital and data drive
Department advertises £140k position as CFO
Tech helps Whitehall cuts three-fifths of greenhouse gas emissions
Use of mobile devices, cloud, and conferencing has played a major role in helping the public administration sector to slash its carbon footprint in the past 30 years
NHSX to appoint citizens to act as ‘patient voice’
Tech organisation seeks to bring in two part-time advisors to help make services as useful and accessible as possible
Defra looks to get a grip on pig performance data
Department seeks supplier to help it bring together information
Government promises ‘regular and robust dialogue’ with social networks on election disinformation
Representative points to steps taken so far but says ‘there is clearly much more to be done’
HMCTS reforms ‘risk disadvantaging people with poor IT skills’
MPs warn of potential impact on access to justice
Stats watchdog to probe HMRC’s £7bn tax data gaffe
Office for Statistics Regulation will – at HMRC’s behest – examine error that saw tax contributions double-counted
DWP in-house IT company doubles in size
Over two-year period BPDTS will have grown staff numbers from 451 to 1,124
Data chiefs warn party leaders to keep election campaigns on the right side of the law
Heads of ICO and UKSA remind Corbyn, Johnson et al to remain legally compliant in use of data and statistics
CCS sets up £166m purchasing system for IT testing
Procurement agency seeks suppliers for quality assurance vehicle
Cornwall offers £110k for transformation leader
County council recruiting digital chief
Whitehall tech temps top 3,000
Minister reveals that, at most recent count, about 3,500 DDaT freelancers were employed by government