Navy targets gamers in submariner recruitment drive
Campaign to recruit 250 sailors launched at video games expo in London
HMRC spends another £1.2m to finish O365 rollout
Department gets green light for third round of spending on software to complete deployment
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GDS signs collaboration agreement with Singapore GovTech
Agencies sign memorandum of understanding to share knowledge and personnel
Government backs robot farmers with £6m
Funding will support what is claimed to be the world’s first agri-robotics facility
Dorset Council offers £112k for digital and change chief
Authority seeks leader to oversee transformation of tech estate and digital services
Interview: HMRC digital chief Jacky Wright on insourcing, inclusivity, and the ‘teething pains’ of transformation
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DWP acting CDIO McKinnon to stay in role until May 2020
Seven months after launching recruitment campaign, department reveals interim digital chief will continue in role
Innovation Strategy pledges cross-government plan to ‘tackle legacy technology’
Other initiatives unveiled in hotly anticipated strategy include pledge to send more civil servants on private-sector secondment
London heralds ‘new era of digital transformation’ for borough councils
Group representing all councils in the capital launches the London Office of Technology and Innovation
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Government to trial ‘noise cameras’ to crack down on loud vehicles
Technology will measure sound levels to try and identify law-breakers
NHS looks to grow app library with self-service portal for developers
Tool is currently in public beta ahead of planned full launch in September
Government commits £500m to defence innovation scheme
Funding set out for Spearhead programme for use of new technology in intelligence and warfare
HMRC expands Stratford office to keep more IT staff in London
Perm sec Thompson reveals that more techies are needed in the capital in light of increased Brexit workload
Single-magistrate case lists to be published online
Government claims move will improve transparency
Plans for NHS app scaled back
Incoming chief of NHSX says an ‘all-singing, all-dancing’ application is not needed
DWP makes improvements to bereavement service
Department creates digital system for call centre workers to take information
Home Office relaunches £105k bid for leader to oversee police tech
Remit of position first advertised in October will include oversight of ANPR programme
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Scottish patients to get tech to monitor blood pressure at home
Patients will be able to report test results via an app
One in 10 DCMS staff switched to full-time Brexit duties
Many more have had their workload ‘re-prioritised’ to include EU exit work
Scotland launches fund to boost digital skills for unemployed and low-income workers
Scottish Government implements scheme via national skills agency
Damning MPs’ report warns EU settlement scheme could become ‘another Windrush’
Parliamentary committee voices ‘serious concerns’, including use of a digital-only system and numerous technical problems