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Nine in ten prescriptions now fulfilled electronically
Minister says paper options will remain available
Bradford to create ‘brick-for-brick virtual clone’ of city centre
Open-source project hopes to improve policy design and service delivery
Test and Trace hired £40,000-a-day digital team after failure ‘to source civil servants with these skills’
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Commission calls for app for citizens to track government money – and no more spending reviews
Paper urges overhaul of financial planning system
Cabinet Office to ask million-strong online panel of citizens for views on government policies
Market research contracts worth £15m awarded
Government abandons proposals for algorithm to calculate housing need
MHCLG announces it will not proceed with plans
Data governance is fundamental to our post-pandemic world
Coronavirus has shown the power of data and, according to Sue Daley of techUK, it is crucial that the UK implements the right laws to govern its use and protection
Government leases office space around the country to support hybrid working
Model intended to allow for civil servants to mix homeworking with time in the office
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There are many reasons to keep your Oracle workloads running on local servers. But there are even more reasons to move them to the cloud as part of a wider digital transition strategy. Six Degrees gives six benefits of moving legacy Oracle workloads to the cloud.
DHSC expands Test and Trace cloud support deal to improve data flow
Extra £367k added to deal in support of isolation payments
Government to trial coronavirus ‘status certification’
Plans include use of NHS Covid-19 app to display vaccination or test results
Government plans £5m trial of apps that reward healthy behaviour
Citizens may be financially remunerated for their diet and exercise habits
HMRC offers £150k for chief data officer
Department looking to fill ‘one of the biggest roles in the UK’
HMRC awards £10m deal to support customs and border services
Mastek swipes one-year contract
Scotland’s AI strategy stresses role of ethics and trust
Plan includes establishment of national AI alliance
Leader sought for coronavirus data and analysis unit
Role as director general of Joint Biosecurity Centre offers £130k salary
Coronavirus Act review: Government ends extended storage of individuals’ biometric data ‘for national security purposes’
Assessment of emergency law also reveals successful use of tech in justice system and for registering deaths
Civil service chiefs vow ‘no return to normal’
Memo from top brass preps officials for world in which government is more data-driven and less risk-averse
Defra seeks leader to realise potential of HR data
Lead sought for transformation programme that aims to make better use of workforce data
The National Data Strategy needs a shot in the arm
The national plan for the UK’s data needs could learn from the successful vaccine rollout by prioritising experts and practitioners, according to Dan Klein of Zühlke UK
Test and Trace spends £1.2m on user-survey platform
Government invests in customer experience software
Faster Indicators: Why the ONS is checking CCTV footage for hints about the health of the economy
PublicTechnology sits down with ONS statisticians to learn more about the organisation’s Faster Indicators programme
Data shows rise in honours candidates deemed ‘high-risk’ over tax affairs
HMRC vetting procedure identifies possible concerns