DIT sets aside £2m to fund crack data-science policy squad
Department looks to bring in specialist team
Government unleashes counter-drone strategy
Policy contains measures including drone-takedown unit and drive to promote design standards
All NHS prescriptions to be digitised
Electronic prescriptions will be implemented across England from next month
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PM waives fee for settled status applications
Process for EU nationals to apply to remain in the UK will now be free
Non-digital access to Universal Credit needs promotion, minister admits
Critics claim much more help is needed to ensure 'digital-by-default' system does not exclude claimants
Companies House aims for 100% digital
The agency's director of digital tells PublicTechnology how the UK company register is using data science, agile methods – and eyeball tracking – in its transformation journey
BEIS maintains 75% smart meter coverage 2020 target
Department tells select committee that goal is ‘challenging, but not out of the question’
Elderly to showcase smart homes in digital inclusion project
DCMS unveils project to help 'digital boomers' get online
Government targets drones with additional police powers and new technology
Transport secretary Chris Grayling stands up to airborne menace
GDS puts data and standards among priorities for Verify handover period
Digital agency lays out plans for working with private companies and other departments over the next 18 months
The biggest stories of 2018 – part two
We revisit the big news and major events from the second half of 2018
The biggest stories of 2018 – part one
We take a look back at the major developments that shaped the first half of the year
The three public sector technology trends that will define 2019
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
DCMS leader Sue Owen on EU exit, data ethics – and Jordan Pickford
Outgoing departmental boss reflects on a busy year
What next for the government’s anti-fake news unit?
Earlier this year, the government loudly heralded the creation of the Rapid Response Unit to tackle misinformation. But two months after its initial funding ran out, it has gone quiet on its future.
Government suppliers to be asked to demonstrate sustainability
Waste and resources strategy also reveals plans to create online tool to combat fly-tipping
Self-driving cars given cybersecurity standard
Governments funds creation of document newly published by the BSI
Councils picked for geospatial data funding
Quartet of projects will receive backing from the Open Data Institute
Why the NHS needs to ‘take the lead’ on sharing data with the private sector
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’