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Hospital shines a light on long-forgotten tale of its ‘most unusual employee’
Home Office to revamp communications infrastructure
Department issues contract notice seeking external supplier for two-year contract to install unified communications environment
NHS explores options for training staff on AI and robotics
Prominent US cardiologist Dr Eric Topol is to lead a review
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Parliamentary Digital Service chief Tracey Jessup says she is "delighted" with new figures on pay by gender
UK-wide right to fast broadband moves ahead - but councils warn 60,000 could miss out
LGA tells digital department that cost threshold plan means rural premises could undermine legal guarantee
CCS chief executive Harrison to leave Whitehall
Head of government buying agency will exit in July to take post with Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply
West Yorkshire Police to roll out mobile scanners for on-the-spot fingerprint checks
Devices are designed to check against national criminal and immigration databases and return results in under a minute
Liverpool CCG plans telehealth pilot with hospital consultants
As part of a mission to grow its use of healthcare technology, the city will trial the expansion of telehealth referrals in secondary as well as primary care
Government launches review of online trolling laws
Law Commission asked to analyse whether and how statutes need to be changed to ensure they are fit for the internet age
Department for International Trade floats £120k for new digital chief
New director of digital, data and technology skills expected to set future digital strategy in the department leading on post-Brexit trade deals
Government recruits for ‘public face’ of AI
BEIS and DCMS seeking head for new jointly run Office for Artificial Intelligence
MoJ’s bungled tagging project hurt by needless ‘all-singing, all-dancing procurement approach’, PAC finds
As ambitious scheme continues to see delays, department accepts that it ought to be more willing to buy off-the-shelf technology
Government to ramp up social-media skills in bid to ‘tackle false information’ online
Cabinet Office to build team of online experts to help ‘harness power of technology for good’
Eduserv datacentre closure to leave public-sector clients in need of a new hosting home
Public sector ICT charity to migrate all customers – understood to include local and central government bodies – by the end of 2018, after deciding public cloud is the way forward
Ian Bell named as new Police ICT Company CEO
Current CIO for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Hertfordshire forces appointed to top job at national technology organisation
Regulator urges government to mandate NHS compliance with surveillance camera code
Commissioner Tony Porter tells PublicTechnology about continued efforts to get the Home Office to recognise the need for a surveillance camera code of practice that applies to NHS and education bodies
Only one in 60 local authorities using DfT funding pot for electric-car charging points
Local Government Association believes that the supply of ‘adequate funding’ will likely come from the private sector
Government superfast broadband plans will suffer ‘minimal impact’ from Carillion collapse
Partners of fallen firm pledge that work to roll out networks across the UK will continue as scheduled
Oliver Dowden given ministerial responsibility for GDS
Hertsmere MP’s brief as minister for implementation also includes IPA, CCS, and cybersecurity initiatives
Failure to renew security certificate fells Conservative website
Party makes IT gaffe on day of major reshuffle
Online GPs and pharmacies to be made subject to regulator ratings
Care Quality Commission given new powers to rate a range of independent healthcare providers