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Courts' mobile innovation nominated for national award
Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service digital tool for ushers is ‘foundation for future innovation’ and sole department nominee in its category
DVLA launches search for IT services leader
The £90k role will oversee the delivery of the DVLA's ICT and digital vision
HMRC IR35 tool improvements 'make results worse'
Claims that Employment Status tool cannot accurately determine whether contractors are liable under new IR35 tax rules.
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'New funding models required' for smart cities
Report highlights challenges for public sector in encouraging private investment into smart city technologies.
Salford NHS trust to road test digital control centre model
If successful, data analytics project could be expanded across the NHS.
Scottish councils failing on online social care assessments
Socitm suggests Scottish local authorities lag behind because they are not subject to the UK Government’s Care Act 2015
It’s time for all the parties to do political engagement on social media properly
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Audit Scotland suggests five principles for digital project success
Audit Scotland, the independent body responsible for auditing most of Scotland’s public organisations, has released a new report detailing five key principles that public bodies should use to deliver digital projects.
Land Registry to trial blockchain for property transactions
Land Registry job advert reveals plans to transform the registration of property deals and ownership.
Election 2017: How could an industrial strategy affect public services?
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G-Cloud 9 supplier list revealed
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NHS cyber attack forces week-long council email block
A council was forced to block all emails from the public and external organisations for a week following the NHS cyber attack, it has emerged
ICT industry demands cybersecurity boost
Government must triple the funding for securing its online services, according to industry body TechUK in the wake of last week’s cyberattack which affected the NHS.
ICO launches investigation into use of data analytics in political campaigning
UK data watchdog says tools used in targeted advertising ‘have a significant potential impact on individuals’ privacy'
UPDATED: General election 2017: Manifesto round-up
After the Tories released their manifesto,PublicTechnology takes a look at the three main parties' plans for digital and technology ahead of next month's general election.
Half of councils fail to provide a good online service for social care support
Charity Independent Age says Socitm survey results - which show a lack of easy-to-access information on care for older people - are ‘concerning’
€5m project to trial blockchain tools aimed at giving people greater control of their data
EU-funded project Decode to look at how distributed ledgers could help people better control their personal data in a bid to build trust around data ownership
Socitm’s advanced accessibility test passed by 134 councils
IT association says results of second stage of website accessibility test indicate ‘ongoing challenge’ for councils