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20 July 2018
UCL and Cisco to open new London AI research centre this year
Cisco is to invest £77m in supporting partnership with industry, government and academia to help accelerate digital innovation in the UK, including an ongoing drive around artificial intelligence (AI). At...
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20 July 2018
Technology at centre of new Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s NHS plans
New health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has fallen back on familiar technology territory in his first speech since being appointed to his new role. Hancock, addressing an audience...
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20 July 2018
PAC doubts HMCTS’ “hugely ambitious” courts system overhaul can be delivered
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has warned that the HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) programme to modernise the courts system is in danger of failing to be delivered. In...
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19 July 2018
EU contingency plans ready disconnection of UK from bloc’s databases and IT systems
The European Commission has published a document in which it prepares for the disconnection of the UK from its IT systems and databases were the UK to crash out of...
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19 July 2018
Essex to invest £4m in two years for its digital transformation
Essex will invest up to £4m over the next two years to support digital transformation work across two supplier engagements. Essex County Council (ECC) awarded a nine-month contract worth £1.9m...
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19 July 2018
CCS annual report admits to “considerable gaps in our understanding” on Crown Marketplace and warns more “upfront investment” will be needed
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has warned that it will need more ‘upfront investment’ to further develop the Crown Marketplace programme and admitted that the recently completed test phase still...
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18 July 2018
Innovate UK-backed project hopes to create viable business model to help end digital exclusion
Cisco, Bronze Software Labs, GDS Digital, Suffolk County Council, West Suffolk Council and the University of Suffolk have announced a digital inclusion project to build a model for connected communities. The...
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18 July 2018
Child sexual abuse inquiry fined £200K by ICO: for bulk email that identified possible victims of child sexual abuse
They say sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) for sending a bulk email that identified possible...
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18 July 2018
Morse: Government must rely on private providers because it has “neither the skills nor financial capacity to take back much delivery in house”
The National Audit Office’s (NAO) Comptroller & Auditor General Sir Amyas Morse has said he expects private and third sector provision to be a key factor in the delivery of...
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17 July 2018
Jury service summons to offer online response capability
Dealing with that probably unwanted call to do jury service has become simpler with the launch of an online service through which potential jurors can respond to their summons. The...