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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NAO finds government struggled with data needed to build shielding list
Report finds 126,000 people were told to shield unnecessarily, as well as 30,000 who had already died
‘We’ve launched 18 new digital services since the start of the pandemic’
Worcestershire County Council’s digital delivery leader Jo Hilditch tells PublicTechnology about how apps and digital platforms have supported the authority’s coronavirus response
Digitisation will help make census safe says ONS
Statistical agency hopes that three-quarters of responses in England and Wales will be digital
Vendor view: The impact of Covid on local government’s supplier relationships
PublicTechnology talks to David Hipwell from SAP Concur about the role of the public sector’s commercial partners in supporting transformation and how it has changed in the past year
West Hertfordshire NHS Trust signs £30m ten-year deal for electronic patient records
Contract awarded to US player Cerner
Government funds new UK Cyber Security Council
Former DWP chief security officer Claudia Natanson to chair new professional body
Covid-19 app has told more than 1.7m people to isolate
DHSC picks higher of Turing Institute’s two estimates of number of cases averted
The pandemic has exposed the government’s broken digital promises
While other countries adapted seamlessly to digital doctors' consultations and online teaching, coronavirus showed how little progress the UK has really made, believes Jack Perschke of netcompany
Government should aim Catapults higher says Lords committee
Report recommends changes to funding rules to help innovation centres collaborate with universities and industry
Scottish infrastructure plan commits £110m to digital public services
Strategy aims to adopt one of ‘widest’ definition of national infrastructure
Government tapped fleet of £1,300-a-day AWS consultants to advise on contact-tracing app
Procurement documents show more than £300,000 spent across 234 billable days
ICO strengthens technology team and plans more recruitment
Regulator brings in Stephen Almond from World Economic Forum
Interview: How digital had 'a ringside seat' in Singapore's pandemic response
The Singaporean government’s response to Covid-19 has made extensive use of digital, devices, and data – not always uncontroversially. PublicTechnology talks to Kok Ping Soon, the head of GovTech Singapore, to find out more.
How digital is helping Defence Medical Services re-imagine HM Armed Forces healthcare
Defence Medical Services (DMS) is pursuing ground-breaking digital, data and technology transformation which will revolutionise Tri-Service healthcare provision to over 135,000 Armed Forces personnel.
GOV.UK Verify gets ‘health check’
Cyber specialist awarded £14,000 six-month contract
Work ongoing but no delivery date for digital ID cards for veterans, minister says
Process was originally slated to conclude by the end of 2019
HMRC confirms leader for £300m cloud migration programme
Denise Dourado formally appointed as SRO
Parliamentary committee to investigate civil service churn
MPs request years of data to support probe
How Your Privacy Program is a Competitive Differentiator
OneTrust presents the reasons why your organisation should invest in privacy management - and offers three easy tips for getting started
NHSX chief: Clinicians were ‘too nervous’ to share data
Matthew Gould tells PublicTechnology event that complex language around data standards had meant most staff were afraid to share patient data even in cases where it would aid delivery of care
Government can no longer afford to shy away from tackling legacy IT
Now is the time for government to confront a tricky and long-standing issue, according to Eleonora Harwich of Reform