Police database: Home Office retains Fujitsu for £48m mainframe support after ‘lack of response’ from alternative suppliers
Contract-award notice reveals IT heavyweight has been signed to a four-year deal
Incoming G-Cloud and Digital Outcomes frameworks formally delayed as work continues on new buying platform
Procurement agency says public bodies can continue to use incumbent vehicles
Legacy costs take spending on digital border programme to £700m
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Service will be made available to small number of applicants
Transformation minister excoriates ‘broken system’ of Whitehall
Lord Agnew says the civil service stymies many ‘good people’
DWP buys £4m of devices to support development of non-Windows services
Department signs deal with IT reseller XMA
Civil servants quizzed on ‘priorities for change’
Annual People Survey seeks Whitehall-wide input to help guide reform plan
DWP in-house IT firm BPDTS Ltd to merge with digital function
Department cites desire to unify management and reward structures
GDS opens recruitment for chief executive
Digital agency offers salary of £168k in search for first permanent head in more than a year
‘Hybrid working’ will become the norm, predicts civil service chief
Operations leader Alex Chisholm says that a model where civil servants work from home for part of the week is likely to become more common long beyond the coronavirus pandemic
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Department’s annual report shows, for the first time in many years, documents or data lost from a secure government building had to be reported to the ICO. PublicTechnology finds out more.
Why it is time to change our approach to cybersecurity
Organisations need to understand that a single cybersecurity solution alone is not infallible and instead should move towards a multi-layered approach to security, according to experts from Switchshop
Scotland proposes more virtual courts
Increased use of technology is among ‘basket of measures’ considered to clear case backlog
East Suffolk looks to smart towns
Felixstowe, Beccles and Saxmundham are to benefit from increased connectivity and data-gathering
Contact-tracing app downloads top 10 million
Government claims almost half a million businesses have printed QR-code posters
Government suppliers asked to show social value
New procurement measures introduced
Defra picks £46m Microsoft licensing partner
Phoenix Software picked for three-year contract
Intelligent Spend Management in the Public Sector
SAP Concur says it's time for the public sector to embrace more efficient invoice management technology
GOV.UK to trial personalised accounts
Citizens will be offered the chance to create an online login
Companies House to clamp down on identity fraud with verification tools and better data
Register of companies announces reforms
Digital inclusion is vital during the COVID-19 accelerated channel shift
Accessibility requirements aren’t restrictions that need to be overcome - they’re guidelines to improve online experiences for everyone, says Jadu VP Richard Friend
IT Resilience: The Key to a Successful Digital Transformation
Steve Blow, tech evangelist at Zerto, explains why digital transformation efforts could be futile if local authorities don’t address and improve their IT resilience
New GDS minister unveils vision for single sign-on
Julia Lopez wants to improve system for citizens to identify themselves