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PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall picks out the topics and trends that will dominate the year ahead, and revisits the predictions of a year ago to see any of them came to pass

Defence Business Services seeks tech professional to create and implement digital strategy

Governments funds creation of document newly published by the BSI

Technology chief Dave Pearce explains how the two local authorities are working together to share data, technology, and services

Supplier sought to support rollout of advance border control service

Home Affairs committee says it will be ‘near impossible’ to reach agreement on access to criminal databases

Health-service workers were shut out of their accounts for large parts of Saturday

In rare speech, top spy Alex Younger claimed that ‘the digital era has profoundly changed our operating environment’

Forces can sign up to send their officers on courses run by IT firm’s training scheme

A serjeant-at-arms was dispatched to a London hotel room to take papers believed to include emails from Mark Zuckerberg​

Adopting the blockchain will help Scotland achieve its vision of becoming a fully digital nation and usher in an unprecedented era of economic growth, believes Neil McEvoy of DigitalScot.net

MPs and Lords find ‘absence of political leadership’ in government response to cyberthreats

After being hit with enforcement notice, the London force is working with the regulator to improve its practices

Yoshitaka Sakurada has responsibility for protecting the technology to be used at 2020 Olympics

Responding to a joint select committee report, government fails to commit to mandate ongoing training

Sajid Javid and Microsoft host hackathon to create program that will be rolled out to tech firms for free

Law enforcement earlier this year bought 41 of the devices for use across the country

Central cybercrime agency wants to employ more officers overseas

Cabinet Office-based post is ‘a high-profile role at the centre of key strategic decision making’

Labour MP Jo Platt criticises government ‘incompetence’ as Cabinet Office relaunches bid to appoint someone to head up government security profession

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