GDS floats two £2m contracts to progress single sign-on plans
Digital agency seeks support with authentication and architecture of new government-wide system
Plymouth offers £100k for new digital chief
Newly created role comes with a remit to use data in service delivery
NHSX testing options for new IT system allowing pharmacists to add notes to patient records
Ambition is to deploy NHS-wide interoperable IT systems
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MPs find data gaps caused up to 800,000 to miss out on shielding support
The Public Accounts Committee finds a lack of information and collaboration could have seen many ‘slip through the net’
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A recent study finds that the pandemic has boosted budgets – but legacy tech remains a big barrier to progress
HMRC confirms new leader for £1bn Making Tax Digital scheme
Joanna Rowland will oversee planned expansion of programme across VAT, income tax and corporation tax
Defra revamps recruitment to reduce reliance on consultants
Digital chief Harriet Green tells PublicTechnology Live event that department has focused on specialisms, rather than the generalist skills the civil service recruitment process is designed to find
EU citizens can still access digital status on expired passports, says immigration minister
Updates are encouraged but not mandatory
How DWP built an engineering community to support its digital ambitions
Head of engineering Stuart Taylor discusses how 1,000 staff across the department support each other’s work
Nine in ten prescriptions now fulfilled electronically
Minister says paper options will remain available
Bradford to create ‘brick-for-brick virtual clone’ of city centre
Open-source project hopes to improve policy design and service delivery
More than half of GP appointments now conducted face to face
Thirteen million consultations took place in person in February
Government abandons proposals for algorithm to calculate housing need
MHCLG announces it will not proceed with plans
Data governance is fundamental to our post-pandemic world
Coronavirus has shown the power of data and, according to Sue Daley of techUK, it is crucial that the UK implements the right laws to govern its use and protection
NHS workers must be at the centre of technology reform
The health service’s IT infrastructure badly needs an update. But modernisation efforts must not focus solely on the technology, believes Matt Fetzer of Reform.
Optimising the Benefits of Hybrid IT
SolarWinds explains how public sector organisations can make the most of their hybrid IT investments - delivering services that are both innovative and reliable
Government leases office space around the country to support hybrid working
Model intended to allow for civil servants to mix homeworking with time in the office
Avoid Infrastructure Paralysis: Six benefits of moving legacy Oracle workloads to the cloud
There are many reasons to keep your Oracle workloads running on local servers. But there are even more reasons to move them to the cloud as part of a wider digital transition strategy. Six Degrees gives six benefits of moving legacy Oracle workloads to the cloud.
Whitehall leaders need to better support staff innovation, NAO report finds
Assessment picks out a series of barriers to improving government’s operational performance
GOV.UK accounts system will ‘build on lessons of Verify’, minister says
Julia Lopez claims that identity assurance tool ‘continues to work well’
HMRC awards £10m deal to support customs and border services
Mastek swipes one-year contract
GCHQ seeks leader for ‘no ordinary IT department’
Senior tech professional sought to oversee transformation process
Do we need regulation for the ‘internet of smells’?
Head of emerging tech at Ofcom discusses watchdog’s work to keep tabs on new products and services