How can local government get it right on shared services?
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DfE to gather data on thousands of pupils and parents to support coronavirus policy response
Department is to set up an online research hub to conduct regular surveys
Government agrees cross-public sector deal with Google Cloud
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‘Government’s major policy problems require a cross-departmental approach’ – National Statistician
The government's new statistics guru Ian Diamond discusses how government can make best use of data
Bury to grow online public service directory
North west town looks to increase scope of web platform to include sections on the NHS and carers
Cummings' Whitehall transformation must put people at the centre of policy and delivery
Any government reform must empower policymakers to consider the needs of both citizens and their digital colleagues, according to Sam Menter of Mace&Menter
Tech ministers returned with increased majorities
Simon Hart, Oliver Dowden, and Matt Warman all regain their seats and win more votes than in 2017
Government service performance platform closes 'for maintenance'
No timeframe on when work will conclude but plans are being made for information to be temporarily republished elsewhere, PublicTechnology understands
University of Nottingham to launch £7m ‘digital engagement’ programme
Institution looks to tech to revamp the way it recruits students
Conservative manifesto: five tech takeaways
Rounding up the Tories’ key pledges in the area of digital and data, including a new cyber force and tax incentives for investing in cloud computing
Manchester City Council seeks £100k director of IT
Post comes with remit to spearhead tech transformation and manage £55m planned investment
Largest NHS trust preps £10m deal to modernise virtual desktops
Barts Health to launch procurement for supplier to host and maintain VDI environment
Wolverhampton councillors approve paperless meetings
Local authority to use app across the board in bid to save money, decrease environmental impact and improve members’ IT skills
Could AR/VR augment the public sector?
Government has only dabbled with augmented and virtual reality so far, but the technology has a range of potential use cases, according to Jeremy Dalton of Immerse UK and PwC
Powys gets £1m backing for digital transformation
County council gets Welsh Government funding to implement tech
UK Statistics Authority issues warning on ‘unclear’ schools spending election claims
Watchdog claims figures quotes by two main parties could offer inaccurate picture
Facebook upholds BBC complaint over Tory election ad
Video that incorporated footage of high-profile journalists is taken down
Home Office looks to implement ‘user-centred design’
Department seeks partners to ‘avoid shortfall of essential skills’
MoD hunts for head of profession for military and civilian techies
Postholder will provide a ‘focal point’ for IT, cyber and digital workers
University of Sheffield to install 3D bioprinter
Institution shops for machine that could work with ‘technological and biological’ matter