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NHS cyber attack a 'wake-up call' for government
Governments must start taking cyber security as seriously as physical military security, according to Microsoft’s president, in the wake of the attack which affected the NHS on Friday.
Liberata to reimburse Hounslow residents after IT error led to early council tax collection
Payment system error comes just months after the pair signed a new 10-year deal
Cambridge academic calls on health sector to stop using term ‘data ownership’
Lydia Drumright argues for a more accurate common language will help boost public trust
DWP’s Mayank Prakash nominated for Digital Leader of the year award
This year's DL100 shortlist sees Defra’s fishing licence service competing with DWP’s Check Your State Pension and Scottish government’s CivTech initiatives for digital public service innovation of the year
Local election 2017: Changing council colours might not earn digital any go-faster stripes
Last week’s local elections saw a swing to the Conservatives, with a few successes for Labour in the city mayoral polls. But, if the political landscape has shifted, David Walker says it remains to be seen if local government tech will move beyond business as usual.
GDS seeks more Verify developers in latest bid to get service working at scale
Advert for team of six with a £600,000 budget comes as former privacy adviser calls for a total review and reset of the government’s identity assurance services
IfG: Government needs to urgently redesign residency application process as Brexit looms
Think tank warns that Home Office systems are a “long way from a fully digital service” that is needed to deal with the surge of permanent residency applications from EU nationals as the UK leaves the union
University of Surrey bags £1.1m to trial blockchain for healthcare, voting and digital archives
Project plans include using distributed ledger technology to give healthcare workers secure access to biometric data from wearables
NHS Digital to push back targets for Child Protection Information Sharing scheme
Board papers reveal a lack of sufficient funding for the plan and that original business case underestimated time for software suppliers to gain accreditation
‘More than an acronym’: Authorities set out plans for a London Office of Technology and Innovation
Scoping exercise launched for an organisation to cut down duplication and add value to a tech ecosystem that ‘drifts too readily’ towards tech solutions in search of problems
Sadiq Khan seeks first chief digital officer for London
Job offered at £107,000 as London Office for Data Analytics pilot indicates initial successes
Government privacy advisor quits, saying officials ‘repeatedly ignored’ guidance
Jerry Fishenden fires parting shot at Cabinet Office for lack of support and engagement after six years on the government’s Privacy and Consumer Advisory Group
Local government Verify pilot hit by council departures
Commentators say scale of work was ‘underestimated’ by both sides - but smaller scale pilots offer opportunity to boost collaboration between central and local government
Election 2017: Party manifestos urged to focus on IT systems for Brexit and championing digital leadership
As parliament dissolves and the date of the poll marches closer, parties of all colours are working up their manifestos. Rebecca Hill asks what they could, or should, have in store for tech.
Co-op bags another ex-GDS staffer as extent of changes to service’s top team revealed
Shake-up at top of Government Digital Service becomes more apparent as former director of digital engagement Wendy Coello announces new role at the Co-op
Digital Economy Bill gets Royal Assent
TechUK says act lays ‘good groundwork’ for transforming government use of data
Councils have ‘limited understanding’ of digital skills needed by frontline staff
Eduserv report finds that just 3% of local government HR leaders rate digital literacy of frontline staff as ‘good’ - and that traditional, formal training programmes might not be the best option
MPs question whether HMRC’s estate plans are future-proofed
Report says tax authority’s plan doesn’t take into account potential changes in technology or the shift to provide services through digital channels
Socitm Spring 2017: IT professionals association to team up with CCS
G-Cloud contract term to be extended from two to four years as Socitm president says Crown Commercial Service “is really listening” to local government
Minimum broadband speed set at 10Mbps as Digital Economy Bill rushed through parliament
Government rejects peers’ amendment to boost minimum level to 30 Mbps, citing “serious concerns” about ability to deliver on that speed
Making good use of NHS data ‘vital for UK plc’, says Royal Society
Machine Learning report says the government needs to recognise the value of public sector data and properly balance this against concerns about privacy and access