Interview: NHS CCIO on why transformation needs to be driven locally
Simon Eccles talks to Gill Hitchcock about AI, apps, open APIs and uniting innovative SMEs with clinicians to transform the health service
Rail minister instructs train firms to get on board with smart ticketing by next year
Companies asked to send details of plans to make digital options the default by next year
Public Health England offers £118k for ICT leader
Executive agency recruits for leader to spearhead tech operations
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Government to build digital service to connect top public sector leaders
Recently launched National Leadership Centre to create online platform allowing leading officials to seek each other out
GDS ministerial brief still awaiting sign-off
Two weeks on from reshuffle and responsibilities remain yet to be officially confirmed
Start-ups chosen for govtech accelerator programme
Latest round of Public scheme picks 14 companies – including eight from the UK – to participate
Warwickshire seeks transformation and digital head
Role comes with remit to deliver immediate savings
How open data is helping Falkirk halt summer ‘holiday hunger’
Scotland’s Falkirk Council is using open geospatial data to help families find school lunch clubs and other resources. Gill Hitchcock reports
Kingston and Sutton jointly seek digital chief
London boroughs recruiting senior manager to spearhead transformation
Former tech journo Matt Warman appointed digital minister
Boston and Skegness MP joins DCMS ministerial line-up
Interview: Singapore’s digital chief on redesigning government around ‘moments of life’
After signing a cooperation agreement with GDS, GovTech Singapore’s CEO Kok Ping Soon tells PublicTechnology about how the two agencies can learn from one another
Lambeth Council seeks digital chief
London borough seeks leader to create digital roadmap
Digital top jobs vacant after ministerial shake-up
Replacements for Oliver Dowden and Margot James yet to be announced
Government shelves plan for targeted pay hike for senior digital professionals
Cabinet Office minister David Lidington reveals that government will not carve out allowance for new pay rate for certain important roles
HMRC annual report shows online growth but acknowledges Brexit peril
More people are accessing more online services, department claims, but 'large amount of uncertainty' remains around Brexit
Digital minister James resigns after voting to block parliament suspension
DCMS minister one of a number of Tory rebels
Home Office ramps up tech training
Research shows number of staff taking courses has more than trebled in last three years
Government puts £12m into AI-powered vacuum cleaners and dolphin-protection tech
Money invested in four partnerships between business and academia
Making digital dementia-friendly
Gill Hitchcock reports on how government, councils and tech developers can remove the obstacles to digital inclusivity for people with dementia
MPs call for government to ‘clarify GDS’s role’ to regain lost momentum
Select committee report asks whether tech agency needs new powers, and calls for ministerial digital champions
HMRC hubs to be ‘most digitally advanced buildings in government’
Department signs ‘digital charter’ with 15 companies