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
Defra looks to get a grip on pig performance data
Department seeks supplier to help it bring together information
Government supports £1bn deal to make poor mobile signal ‘a thing of the past’
Network operators propose sharing equipment to improve coverage in rural areas
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Highlands and Islands get £3m full-fibre boost
High uptake sees extra money invested
Blackburn looks to business intelligence to support transformation
Council seeks to undertake proof-of-concept exercise to bring together data
Oxfordshire seeks £100k digital leader
Tech chief sought for district and county authorities’ partnership
Scottish and UK governments must work together better on broadband, report finds
Study from The Federation of Small Businesses urges Holyrood and Westminster to ‘bury the hatchet’
Government consults on microchipping for cats
Environment secretary seeks evidence on whether use of technology should be compulsory for pet owners
Devon County Council looks to become ‘data-driven organisation’
Local authority issues contract notice for tech refresh to support better use of data
BEIS urged to sharpen up renewable energy data
Industry group claims information on solar power deployment is inaccurate
Highlands businesses offered funding and support on AI and robotics
Scottish Government entity launches technology and innovation programme for firms in the region
Apps, automation and allotments
Durham County Council's head of digital Alan Patrickson lifts the lid on the authority’s citizen-focused five-year transformation journey
Government backs robot farmers with £6m
Funding will support what is claimed to be the world’s first agri-robotics facility
Dorset Council offers £112k for digital and change chief
Authority seeks leader to oversee transformation of tech estate and digital services
Durham council puts democracy into digital design
Designing a strategy to take digital take-up over the 50% mark means getting to the heart of what the county’s residents really want. Gill Hitchcock writes.
Is government ready to abandon GSi?
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
Defra offers £140k for leader to helm post-Brexit transformation
Department recruiting for COO
The biggest stories of 2018 – part two
We revisit the big news and major events from the second half of 2018
Scottish 4G coverage less than half that of England
Ofcom report shows just 38% of Scotland has good data coverage from all four networks
Government suppliers to be asked to demonstrate sustainability
Waste and resources strategy also reveals plans to create online tool to combat fly-tipping
Border tech and UK sat nav among projects boosted by government’s £2bn Brexit prep package
HMRC, Defra, and the Home Office are the major beneficiaries of departmental funding
Government turns to tech to tackle loneliness
First companies awarded funding through GovTech Catalyst programme
Cambridgeshire’s connectivity mission
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
Defra launches developer recruitment drive
Department advertising 24 vacant tech positions