• European Parliament backs controversial Copyright Directive

  Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) yesterday adopted amendments to the controversial EU Copyright Directive following on from their previous…
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• Hackney picks low-code specialist OutSystems to beef up its digital services

  The London Borough of Hackney has adopted the OutSystems low-code development platform to enhance its digital services. The council is…
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• Nadira Hussain takes on key Socitm leadership development role as QA gets nod to run Leadership Academy

  Nadira Hussain, the London Borough of Enfield’s highly regarded head of ICT, is to take up a key leadership development…
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• Europe’s Digital Agenda – Week Two

  Welcome to this edition of Europe’s Digital Agenda weekly summary. In this space I will try to uncover and detail…
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• Reading needs help to develop a data analytics tool to assess welfare reform

  Reading Borough Council has announced its intention to procure an online tool that combines analytics with local authority data to…
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• Digital local land charges register goes live for Liverpool and Warwick as new Verify services emerge

  The Land Registry has launched its new digital Local Land Charges (LLC) Register in Liverpool and Warwick. The two councils…
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• Europe’s Digital Agenda – Week One

  Welcome to the first edition of Europe’s Digital Agenda weekly summary. In this space I will try to uncover and…
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• Low-code: Empowering public sector digital transformation from within

  Simon Shepherd, OutSystems’ Regional Director of Healthcare and Public Sector discusses how low-code can help empower the public sector should…
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• techUK encourages local councillors to acquire a digital first mindset – and then use it

  Technology industry group techUK has encouraged new local councillors to take a hands on approach to digital services by acquiring…
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• Government to spend £92m on ‘study’ for go-it-alone post Brexit Galileo alternative

  The government is to invest £92m of public money on a study weighing up how to develop the UK’s own…
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