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Government appoints champion to promote ‘UK’s answer to Silicon Valley’
Local MP Iain Stewart handed post working to drive tech innovation in the Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford corridor
Kevin Cunnington on 2017's successes and difficulties - and why it just isn't Christmas without an outdoor swim
The GDS leader opens up on the organisation's victories, challenges, and priorities
GLA seeks provider to help analyse city-simulator exercises
Greater London Authority looks for supplier of system dynamics software
London mayor names and shames rogue landlords in new online database
Sadiq Khan also hits out at central government’s lack of action
DfT paper urges policy and programme commitments for digital railway signalling
Report acknowledges numerous ‘false starts’ in the past but sets out eight recommendations to ensure digital is placed at the heart of the railway of the future
The government should be a role model on IT reuse
Remanufactured computers could provide 95% of the performance of a new PC at a fraction of the cost to the environment; it is time for the civil service to set an examples, argues professor Mark Jolly of Cranfield University
UK Space Agency to offer public sector workers crash course in satellite applications
Space for Smarter Government Programme plans two one-day courses to introduce public servants to satellite technology
First care providers connect to HSCN
Devon Doctors and Earl Mountbatten Hospice connect to new network
Civil service faces pre-Brexit battle with private sector for 'rare' tech skills
Chief executive Manzoni lifts lid on centralised recruitment drive for digital specialists as Whitehall looks to bring in extra staff ahead of Brexit
CCS expands ‘technology expense management’ across public sector with £8m framework
Procurement body seeks two suppliers for three-year deal
IoT, gamification, and blockchain in focus for second cohort of GCHQ Cyber Accelerator
Nine companies to make the cut given the chance to present their technology to digital minister
Hampshire County Council uses tech to tackle loneliness
Hampshire’s director of adults’ health and care Graham Allen talks to Gill Hitchcock about using IT to relieve loneliness among the county’s older population and where he finds inspirational digital ideas
DCMS fund backs West Sussex £50m fibre framework
County council becomes one of the first recipients of money from government scheme as it looks for provider to roll out connections to public sector-owned sites over the next two decades
VisitBritain seeks SEO supplier to deliver multilingual marketing
Tourism agency turns to search-engine marketing to boost efforts to market the UK to travellers
MoJ lays out £45m to retain Atos for up to 18 months while it finishes disaggregation work
Department claims that giving French SI a contract extension – without competitive process – is ‘only viable route’ to completing decoupling process
Take this tablet - GPs to offer apps on prescription
The first app library to be integrated in the workflow of GPs is shortly to launch. Rachel Pugh finds out more
GDS advises against naked domains
Government tells public sector entities to keep ‘www’ in their website URLs
Think tanks call on government to invest in blockchain
Two reports – from Reform and Lord Holmes – flag up the transformational potential of the distributed ledger technology
Government leads Industrial Strategy with pledge to make UK an AI world leader
White paper also lays out ambition to use technology to address issues of ageing and mobility
Universal Credit claimants to get online option to apply for advances in ‘spring 2018’
New digital service to be created following £1.5bn support package unveiled in the Budget