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A study from Reform finds a haphazard patchwork of data-sharing being led at a local level. The think tank’s director of research Eleonora Harwich tells PublicTechnology why a national strategy is needed
Matt Hancock bans fax machines from the NHS
Trusts will no longer be allowed to purchase the technology from January
EU citizens without Android devices could have to travel 250 miles to scan documents for settlement scheme pilot
EU citizens working in the NHS and higher education sectors can now apply for settled status in the UK – but those with an iPhone could face a long journey if they wish to do so
Government going ‘in the wrong direction’ on SME spending goals, MPs find
BEIS select committee urges the government to act ‘at the earliest opportunity’ to get back on track
MoJ digital chief: ‘Prisons have been bypassed by the digital revolution – that is our next really big challenge’
Tom Read, CDIO at the Ministry of Justice, talks to PublicTechnology about how he believes technology and digital services could help turn prisons from a ‘Victorian dungeon to a rehabilitative space’
MI6 chief calls for tech-enabled ‘fourth-generation espionage’
In rare speech, top spy Alex Younger claimed that ‘the digital era has profoundly changed our operating environment’
NHS trusts given £16m to boost e-prescribing rollout
The government has provided funding to 13 trusts across England
West Midlands gets £19m boost for plans to become ‘global leader’ in driverless cars
Money will be used to test technology on both ‘multi-lane highways and narrow country lanes’
Welsh Government recruits external experts for new ‘digital panel’
Group will advise on the use of technology in public-service delivery
Government expands Google partnership for SME export drive
Department for International Trade to work with internet giant to help small businesses cash in on overseas opportunities
The time is now to bridge the digital divide
Eliminating digital exclusion would reduce inequality and give the economy a multibillion-pound boost, according to Helen Milner of Good Things Foundation
How the Austrian Digitalization Agency aims to ‘demystify technology’ for SMEs and citizens
Newly created government organisation aims to help promote the digital economy and work with departmental technology leaders. Its leader Andreas Tschas tells PublicTechnology about his plans
NAO finds government smart meter rollout behind schedule as a million units 'go dumb'
BEIS-led rollout has focused too much on speed, auditors find
Government to trial self-driving buses
Pilot will take place on Fife-to-Edinburgh route
Government analysts use Google Street View to map urban greenery
Use of search engine’s imagery forms part of the era of ‘data abundance’, according to the UK’s national statistician
Lords tell HMRC to delay Making Tax Digital for VAT rollout by one year
Select committee finds that department is ‘not listening to small businesses’
Japan cybersecurity minister: ‘I have never used a computer’
Yoshitaka Sakurada has responsibility for protecting the technology to be used at 2020 Olympics
Brexit withdrawal agreement sets 2021 deadline for UK access to 25 European IT systems
The UK will be shut out of many European networks and databases over the next few years – and will have to pay the EU for access in the meantime, under terms of Brexit deal
Interview: Oliver Dowden on Verify, spending controls, and how ‘GDS is moving into new spaces’
PublicTechnology talks to the minister for implementation about the challenges and successes of an eventful year for the Government Digital Service, and where the organisation goes from here