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NHS’s £500m HSCN deal goes live with nine suppliers
Nonet of firms become first providers to be added to dynamic purchasing system for NHS’s new network
Lincolnshire seeks antisocial behaviour case-management platform for multi-agency use
Technology could also be deployed in other areas, such as domestic abuse and offender management
Leicester to move electronic documents from central storage to line-of-business systems
Council appoints provider to convert many documents to PDFs
Environment Agency revamps digital tool for waste exporters
Non-departmental body redesigns online platform
Driverless cars set for Budget boost
Chancellor set to propose changes to regulation to help the UK ‘take full advantage’ of emerging technology
‘You should be able to see your entire interaction with us’ – HMRC promises to put its mountain of data to customer-centric use
Organisation’s first-ever CDO looks to improve how the department processes and uses information
Stoke council picks SCC for £8m four-year contract
Council awards IT supply and support deal to Birmingham-headquartered IT services heavyweight
GDS offers £100k each in hunt for deputy director digital double act
Organisation looking for leaders to fill two senior roles
Another delay for MoJ’s troubled satellite tagging project
Technology will not be rolled out until next year, ministry admits
Whitehall needs cross-government robotics R&D approach – PAC
Government needs to make sure it does not lose its ‘edge as a research power’, MPs warn
Extra 1,000 tech visas and £20m govtech fund among PM’s measures to boost UK digital sector
Government details a range of programmes designed to promote the UK technology sector
DfT report: 700mph hyperloop pods still 20 years away
New technology is still a long way off, despite inherent skills base and potential for economic benefits, according to department report
Calamitous Concentrix cost HMRC £38m, Treasury documents reveal
Mistakes of IT and BPO outfit cost department millions of pounds, it has emerged
South Yorkshire Police invests £55,000 in social media monitoring technology
Force agrees two-year licensing deal for Cosain ‘listening platform’
Which UK councils are leading the ‘urbantech’ revolution?
Local authorities must invest in AI and smart technology to overcome a multibillion-pound funding gap, a new report claims. Which cities and regions are ahead of the pack?
West Midlands seeks start-ups to solve four key public-service challenges
Authority launches competition offering small tech firms £10,000 cash and three-month pilot project with access to data and mayoral feedback
Fast-track scheme for ‘breakthrough’ technology could speed up NHS adoption by four years
Government puts £86m funding into programme to accelerate health-service adoption of innovative medicines and tech
MoJ talks up potential blockchain benefits for criminal-justice system
Department suggest DLT could have a crucial role in securing and verifying the evidence of the future
Government reinforces commitment to ‘full-fibre future’ for UK broadband
Digital minister Matt Hancock says existing copper-to-the-home infrastructure is ‘not fit for the future’
Welsh Government launches ‘innovation directory’ resource for policymakers
Arloesiadur website will open up a range of data sets to help civil servants design economic policy
Pepper the robot joins Southend’s social care team
Essex town to deploy humanoid robot to help deliver services