Military innovation unit seeks to improve diversity in STEM hiring spree
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Procurement framework to meet public sector’s growing need for big data and analytics
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Existing operations chief to switch to post heading up organisation’s Brexit team
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GPs across England to get tool to help direct patients to hospitals with sufficient capacity
How the Parliamentary Digital Service is working to keep the Commons secure
Following a major cyberattack and revelations of shared passwords, the team charged with protecting Parliament has been on a drive to help MPs stay safe
ONS begins work to help ‘can’t do digital’ group get online for 2021 census
Statistics agency appeals from charity and private sector in promoting digital inclusion
Government to foster 70 start-ups at £13m London cyber centre
Development in Stratford could create 2,000 jobs, government claims
NCSC picks IoT, cloud, and cryptojacking among UK plc’s biggest future threats
Cybersecurity agency issues report looking forward to coming dangers and back at year in which DDoS and ransomware hogged the headlines
Government's top science and tech advisor starts work
New government chief scientific adviser Dr Patrick Vallance takes up post
Parliament's digital team just revealed its gender pay gap - and the results may surprise you
Parliamentary Digital Service chief Tracey Jessup says she is "delighted" with new figures on pay by gender
UK-wide right to fast broadband moves ahead - but councils warn 60,000 could miss out
LGA tells digital department that cost threshold plan means rural premises could undermine legal guarantee
Scottish Government inverts tech procurement to help public sector buy ‘what you do not know exists’
The CivTech scheme starts with a problem, not a solution, and encourages public sector agencies to work with start-ups and entrepreneurs to develop ideas
Whitehall analysis function aims to promote data-science skills across government
Office for National Statistics to spearhead new civil-service profession
Drones and the city of the future
Nesta’s Flying High Challenge is working with five UK cities to explore the use of drones in the delivery of public services. PublicTechnology talks to programme manager Nishita Dewan to find out more
Thirteen UK cities picked to receive up to £95m for full-fibre rollouts
Government unveils first recipients of Local Full Fibre Network funding
Southend looks to smart-city future
Borough council looks to start process with three-month consultancy to develop strategy
Government puts £25m into six 5G test bed projects
Schemes across the UK looking at 5G use cases including farming, tourism, and transport receive funding from government scheme
Southampton Solent University to build £4m maritime simulator
Institution seeks supplier to develop and roll out technology for training naval officers
ONS extends open invite to potential new sources of data
Office for National Statistics is looking for partners in the private and public sector as it seeks to identify and make use of ‘data we don’t know about’
BEIS seeks head of DevOps to lead new desktop and cloud strategies
Department hiring for senior development role
RAF satellite aims to ‘beam video directly into the cockpit of fighter jets’
MoD invests £4.5m in space technology designed to help monitor and combat modern threat environment
Public sector research services DPS opened for business
Crown Commercial Service launches £170m contract allowing purchase of online and in-person research, as well as analytics
HMRC gets back on track with digital customer service in 2018
Department’s monthly figures show improvements in response times across the board, despite far greater volume of enquiries