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HMRC APPROVED FOR £112M MICROSOFT SPENDING So far this year HM Revenue and Customs has gained central approval for Microsoft licensing deals worth £111.75m, according to data published late last month. The department received the green light for spending of £106m on ‘Microsoft Licence E5’ on 25 March. Microsoft’s Office 365 Enterprise E5 licences usually include Skype for Business, security and compliance features and Power DWP TO END BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNTSPOST OFFICE ACCOUNT OPENINGPOST OFFICE MY ACCOUNTUNITED STATES POST OFFICE ACCOUNTUS POST OFFICE ACCOUNT Credit: PA The Department for Work and Pensions will no longer allow new benefits or pensions recipients from collecting payments via Post Office card accounts as of next week, as the department prepares to phase out its use of the payment system entirely next year. POCA has been a mechanism for DWP to pay state pensions and benefits to people since 2003, but its contract with the THE 20 BEST UK LOCAL AUTHORITY WEBSITES 2015 The professional body for public sector ICT professionals produces the list from ratings given by a panel of reviewers. Four factors contribute to the Better Connected star ranking of a council website: The number of customer journeys for top tasks that meet the Better connected standard according to type of council); The number of usability criteria that meet the Better connected standard LEADER SOUGHT FOR GOVERNMENT’S HIGH-TECH R&D AGENCY 1 day ago · Credit: Amtec Photos/CC BY-SA 2.0 The government has launched its hunt for the head of the UK’s new blue-skies research agency, with applicants being told they have a chance to shape the vision and direction of the “high-risk, high-reward” organisation. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria) is being formed as an independent science funding body, with a remit to “identify DCMS STUDY FLAGS UP POTENTIAL OF ONLINE SAFETY TECH MARKET 14 hours ago · Credit: QuoteInspector/CC BY-ND 4.0 Safety tech is one of the fastest growing parts of the UK’s technology industry, according to new government research. An independent report, The UK Safety Tech Sector: 2021 Analysis, commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, found that revenues in the sector have increased by more than 40% in the past year, reaching £314m. The NEWS | PUBLICTECHNOLOGY.NET Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock sets up a new group to help departments to become "intelligent consumers of their own data" – and promises lunchtime coding groups for civil servants. MOD GOES STRAIGHT TO MICROSOFT FOR FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND £20M Credit: Niall Carson/PA Archive/Press Association Images The Ministry of Defence has directly awarded to Microsoft a £20m deal for Azure cloud hosting that it claims is the first of its kind. The MoD had previously concluded, via a competitive process, that Microsoft’s Azure technology was the best platform on which to base the “bespoke private cloud infrastructure” that it wishes to HANCOCK ISSUES SIX-MONTH ORDER FOR NHS TO SHARE Credit: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has implemented a six-month order for organisations across the NHS to share confidential patient information in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Under Health Service Control of Patient Information Regulations, Hancock has issued four emergency notifications covering all national and local NHS entities, arm’s STUDENT LOANS COMPANY ADDS CAPGEMINI TO ‘STRATEGIC PARTNER Credit: Pixabay The Student Loans Company has added Capgemini to its strategic partner programme in a long-term deal worth £150m. Newly published procurement documents reveal that the arm’s-length body entered into a deal with the consultancy on 15 April. The contract runs until 2028. Scant information is provided on what the deal covers, but the contract notice indicates that it relates WILL THE UK GOVERNMENT USE PHONE TRACKING TO FIGHT Credit: Piqsels As more and more countries use some form of location tracking to try and trace the spread of coronavirus and the movements of those who contract Covid-19, speculation grows as to whether and how the UK may look to do the same. Although the government is yet to officially announce any such measure, a spokesperson for O2 last week indicated to Sky News that the mobile THE PROS AND CONS OF DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEMS The pros and cons of dynamic purchasing systems. Written by Ian Fishwick on 8 November 2017 in Opinion. Opinion. Ian Fishwick of Innopsis argues that, while the DPS model is imperfect, the government should be commended for trying new procurement ideas. At the Cabinet Office SME Panel, many of the small businesses that are representedare very
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HOME OFFICE PICKS FUJITSU TO BUILD AND MANAGE £28M Credit: SHIZUO KAMBAYASHI/AP/Press Association Images Fujitsu has won a £28m deal with the Home Office to build and run a biometrics-matching platform. The deal, which represents one lot of a three-lot contract, covers the software and hardware infrastructure of the platform, as well as its interface. It also includes integration work, as well as ongoing management of the platform and the THE PROS AND CONS OF DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEMS The pros and cons of dynamic purchasing systems. Written by Ian Fishwick on 8 November 2017 in Opinion. Opinion. Ian Fishwick of Innopsis argues that, while the DPS model is imperfect, the government should be commended for trying new procurement ideas. At the Cabinet Office SME Panel, many of the small businesses that are representedare very
HMRC APPROVED FOR £112M MICROSOFT SPENDING So far this year HM Revenue and Customs has gained central approval for Microsoft licensing deals worth £111.75m, according to data published late last month. The department received the green light for spending of £106m on ‘Microsoft Licence E5’ on 25 March. Microsoft’s Office 365 Enterprise E5 licences usually include Skype for Business, security and compliance features and Power DWP TO END BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNTSPOST OFFICE ACCOUNT OPENINGPOST OFFICE MY ACCOUNTUNITED STATES POST OFFICE ACCOUNTUS POST OFFICE ACCOUNT Credit: PA The Department for Work and Pensions will no longer allow new benefits or pensions recipients from collecting payments via Post Office card accounts as of next week, as the department prepares to phase out its use of the payment system entirely next year. POCA has been a mechanism for DWP to pay state pensions and benefits to people since 2003, but its contract with the THE 20 BEST UK LOCAL AUTHORITY WEBSITES 2015 The professional body for public sector ICT professionals produces the list from ratings given by a panel of reviewers. Four factors contribute to the Better Connected star ranking of a council website: The number of customer journeys for top tasks that meet the Better connected standard according to type of council); The number of usability criteria that meet the Better connected standard PUBLICTECHNOLOGY.NET The premier website for news and analysis resource for digital, technology and data leaders across the public sector. Our goal is to be the news and analysis resource for ICT leaders in the UK DEFENCE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE UNDERPINNED BY ‘DIGITAL Credit: PA Pursuing digital transformation across the defence sector may be complicated by a web of security clearances and silos, but a failure to do so is “not an option”, according to one of the Ministry of Defence’s senior digital leaders. Speaking yesterday at the PublicTechnology Live event, Phil Jones, who is executive director of service delivery and operations at the MoD, said HOME OFFICE ADMITS SOME IMMIGRATION DATA ‘ONLY HELD ON Home Office holds firm on digital-only status for EU Settlement Scheme. HMRC, Home Office, and DWP to share data in ‘fully digital’ post-Brexit immigration system. Temps account for 98% of staff building £250m immigration platform. In response, a spokesperson said that the new Atlas digital case-working system currently being rolled out REMOTE WORKING OPENED THE DOORS TO CYBERATTACK AND DATA Credit: Алексей Чижов from Pixabay In responding to COVID-19, organisations have had to rapidly accelerate digital transformation programmes and remote workforce enablement , sometimes overnight, just to keep functioning. This has not been lost on adversaries who are working overtime to take advantage of new attack surfaces, exploiting people’s fears, and trying as hard as they STOPPING CYBER ATTACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Stopping Cyber Attacks in Higher Education. Higher Education institutions are some of the most consistently targeted organisations for cyberattacks. CrowdStrike explores the importance of the right cybersecurity measures. Last year all organisations, regardless of industry or size, were challenged in ways no one had ever experiencedbefore.
HOME OFFICE PICKS FUJITSU TO BUILD AND MANAGE £28M Credit: SHIZUO KAMBAYASHI/AP/Press Association Images Fujitsu has won a £28m deal with the Home Office to build and run a biometrics-matching platform. The deal, which represents one lot of a three-lot contract, covers the software and hardware infrastructure of the platform, as well as its interface. It also includes integration work, as well as ongoing management of the platform and the THE PROS AND CONS OF DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEMS The pros and cons of dynamic purchasing systems. Written by Ian Fishwick on 8 November 2017 in Opinion. Opinion. Ian Fishwick of Innopsis argues that, while the DPS model is imperfect, the government should be commended for trying new procurement ideas. At the Cabinet Office SME Panel, many of the small businesses that are representedare very
HMRC APPROVED FOR £112M MICROSOFT SPENDING So far this year HM Revenue and Customs has gained central approval for Microsoft licensing deals worth £111.75m, according to data published late last month. The department received the green light for spending of £106m on ‘Microsoft Licence E5’ on 25 March. Microsoft’s Office 365 Enterprise E5 licences usually include Skype for Business, security and compliance features and Power DWP TO END BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNTSPOST OFFICE ACCOUNT OPENINGPOST OFFICE MY ACCOUNTUNITED STATES POST OFFICE ACCOUNTUS POST OFFICE ACCOUNT Credit: PA The Department for Work and Pensions will no longer allow new benefits or pensions recipients from collecting payments via Post Office card accounts as of next week, as the department prepares to phase out its use of the payment system entirely next year. POCA has been a mechanism for DWP to pay state pensions and benefits to people since 2003, but its contract with the THE 20 BEST UK LOCAL AUTHORITY WEBSITES 2015 The professional body for public sector ICT professionals produces the list from ratings given by a panel of reviewers. Four factors contribute to the Better Connected star ranking of a council website: The number of customer journeys for top tasks that meet the Better connected standard according to type of council); The number of usability criteria that meet the Better connected standard LEADER SOUGHT FOR GOVERNMENT’S HIGH-TECH R&D AGENCY 1 day ago · Credit: Amtec Photos/CC BY-SA 2.0 The government has launched its hunt for the head of the UK’s new blue-skies research agency, with applicants being told they have a chance to shape the vision and direction of the “high-risk, high-reward” organisation. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria) is being formed as an independent science funding body, with a remit to “identify DCMS STUDY FLAGS UP POTENTIAL OF ONLINE SAFETY TECH MARKET 5 hours ago · Credit: QuoteInspector/CC BY-ND 4.0 Safety tech is one of the fastest growing parts of the UK’s technology industry, according to new government research. An independent report, The UK Safety Tech Sector: 2021 Analysis, commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, found that revenues in the sector have increased by more than 40% in the past year, reaching £314m. The NEWS | PUBLICTECHNOLOGY.NET Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock sets up a new group to help departments to become "intelligent consumers of their own data" – and promises lunchtime coding groups for civil servants. MOD GOES STRAIGHT TO MICROSOFT FOR FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND £20M Credit: Niall Carson/PA Archive/Press Association Images The Ministry of Defence has directly awarded to Microsoft a £20m deal for Azure cloud hosting that it claims is the first of its kind. The MoD had previously concluded, via a competitive process, that Microsoft’s Azure technology was the best platform on which to base the “bespoke private cloud infrastructure” that it wishes to HANCOCK ISSUES SIX-MONTH ORDER FOR NHS TO SHARE Credit: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has implemented a six-month order for organisations across the NHS to share confidential patient information in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Under Health Service Control of Patient Information Regulations, Hancock has issued four emergency notifications covering all national and local NHS entities, arm’s STUDENT LOANS COMPANY ADDS CAPGEMINI TO ‘STRATEGIC PARTNER Credit: Pixabay The Student Loans Company has added Capgemini to its strategic partner programme in a long-term deal worth £150m. Newly published procurement documents reveal that the arm’s-length body entered into a deal with the consultancy on 15 April. The contract runs until 2028. Scant information is provided on what the deal covers, but the contract notice indicates that it relates WILL THE UK GOVERNMENT USE PHONE TRACKING TO FIGHT Credit: Piqsels As more and more countries use some form of location tracking to try and trace the spread of coronavirus and the movements of those who contract Covid-19, speculation grows as to whether and how the UK may look to do the same. Although the government is yet to officially announce any such measure, a spokesperson for O2 last week indicated to Sky News that the mobile THE PROS AND CONS OF DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEMS The pros and cons of dynamic purchasing systems. Written by Ian Fishwick on 8 November 2017 in Opinion. Opinion. Ian Fishwick of Innopsis argues that, while the DPS model is imperfect, the government should be commended for trying new procurement ideas. At the Cabinet Office SME Panel, many of the small businesses that are representedare very
MAJOR IT FIRMS ADDED TO CROSS-GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC Credit: Adobe Stock Major IT provider Computacenter – which has been the Department for Education’s primary partner on its programme to roll out more than half a million laptops to disadvantaged children – has been added to the government’s list of strategic suppliers. The list encompasses Whitehall’s biggest or most important suppliers, with whom relationships are managed YOU MUST NOW USE UPRNS AND USRNS TO IDENTIFY PROPERTY AND You must now use UPRNs and USRNs to identify property and street locations. The Government has announced that the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) and Unique Street Reference Number (USRN) will be released under Open Government Licence. Additionally, the Open Standards Board, via Government Digital Service (GDS), has mandatedthat from 1
PUBLICTECHNOLOGY.NET The premier website for news and analysis resource for digital, technology and data leaders across the public sector. Our goal is to be the news and analysis resource for ICT leaders in the UK DEFENCE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE UNDERPINNED BY ‘DIGITAL Credit: PA Pursuing digital transformation across the defence sector may be complicated by a web of security clearances and silos, but a failure to do so is “not an option”, according to one of the Ministry of Defence’s senior digital leaders. Speaking yesterday at the PublicTechnology Live event, Phil Jones, who is executive director of service delivery and operations at the MoD, said HOME OFFICE ADMITS SOME IMMIGRATION DATA ‘ONLY HELD ON Home Office holds firm on digital-only status for EU Settlement Scheme. HMRC, Home Office, and DWP to share data in ‘fully digital’ post-Brexit immigration system. Temps account for 98% of staff building £250m immigration platform. In response, a spokesperson said that the new Atlas digital case-working system currently being rolled out REMOTE WORKING OPENED THE DOORS TO CYBERATTACK AND DATA Credit: Алексей Чижов from Pixabay In responding to COVID-19, organisations have had to rapidly accelerate digital transformation programmes and remote workforce enablement , sometimes overnight, just to keep functioning. This has not been lost on adversaries who are working overtime to take advantage of new attack surfaces, exploiting people’s fears, and trying as hard as they STOPPING CYBER ATTACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Stopping Cyber Attacks in Higher Education. Higher Education institutions are some of the most consistently targeted organisations for cyberattacks. CrowdStrike explores the importance of the right cybersecurity measures. Last year all organisations, regardless of industry or size, were challenged in ways no one had ever experiencedbefore.
HOME OFFICE PICKS FUJITSU TO BUILD AND MANAGE £28M Credit: SHIZUO KAMBAYASHI/AP/Press Association Images Fujitsu has won a £28m deal with the Home Office to build and run a biometrics-matching platform. The deal, which represents one lot of a three-lot contract, covers the software and hardware infrastructure of the platform, as well as its interface. It also includes integration work, as well as ongoing management of the platform and the THE PROS AND CONS OF DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEMS The pros and cons of dynamic purchasing systems. Written by Ian Fishwick on 8 November 2017 in Opinion. Opinion. Ian Fishwick of Innopsis argues that, while the DPS model is imperfect, the government should be commended for trying new procurement ideas. At the Cabinet Office SME Panel, many of the small businesses that are representedare very
HMRC APPROVED FOR £112M MICROSOFT SPENDING So far this year HM Revenue and Customs has gained central approval for Microsoft licensing deals worth £111.75m, according to data published late last month. The department received the green light for spending of £106m on ‘Microsoft Licence E5’ on 25 March. Microsoft’s Office 365 Enterprise E5 licences usually include Skype for Business, security and compliance features and Power DWP TO END BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNTSPOST OFFICE ACCOUNT OPENINGPOST OFFICE MY ACCOUNTUNITED STATES POST OFFICE ACCOUNTUS POST OFFICE ACCOUNT Credit: PA The Department for Work and Pensions will no longer allow new benefits or pensions recipients from collecting payments via Post Office card accounts as of next week, as the department prepares to phase out its use of the payment system entirely next year. POCA has been a mechanism for DWP to pay state pensions and benefits to people since 2003, but its contract with the THE 20 BEST UK LOCAL AUTHORITY WEBSITES 2015 The professional body for public sector ICT professionals produces the list from ratings given by a panel of reviewers. Four factors contribute to the Better Connected star ranking of a council website: The number of customer journeys for top tasks that meet the Better connected standard according to type of council); The number of usability criteria that meet the Better connected standard PUBLICTECHNOLOGY.NET The premier website for news and analysis resource for digital, technology and data leaders across the public sector. Our goal is to be the news and analysis resource for ICT leaders in the UK DEFENCE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE UNDERPINNED BY ‘DIGITAL Credit: PA Pursuing digital transformation across the defence sector may be complicated by a web of security clearances and silos, but a failure to do so is “not an option”, according to one of the Ministry of Defence’s senior digital leaders. Speaking yesterday at the PublicTechnology Live event, Phil Jones, who is executive director of service delivery and operations at the MoD, said HOME OFFICE ADMITS SOME IMMIGRATION DATA ‘ONLY HELD ON Home Office holds firm on digital-only status for EU Settlement Scheme. HMRC, Home Office, and DWP to share data in ‘fully digital’ post-Brexit immigration system. Temps account for 98% of staff building £250m immigration platform. In response, a spokesperson said that the new Atlas digital case-working system currently being rolled out REMOTE WORKING OPENED THE DOORS TO CYBERATTACK AND DATA Credit: Алексей Чижов from Pixabay In responding to COVID-19, organisations have had to rapidly accelerate digital transformation programmes and remote workforce enablement , sometimes overnight, just to keep functioning. This has not been lost on adversaries who are working overtime to take advantage of new attack surfaces, exploiting people’s fears, and trying as hard as they STOPPING CYBER ATTACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Stopping Cyber Attacks in Higher Education. Higher Education institutions are some of the most consistently targeted organisations for cyberattacks. CrowdStrike explores the importance of the right cybersecurity measures. Last year all organisations, regardless of industry or size, were challenged in ways no one had ever experiencedbefore.
HOME OFFICE PICKS FUJITSU TO BUILD AND MANAGE £28M Credit: SHIZUO KAMBAYASHI/AP/Press Association Images Fujitsu has won a £28m deal with the Home Office to build and run a biometrics-matching platform. The deal, which represents one lot of a three-lot contract, covers the software and hardware infrastructure of the platform, as well as its interface. It also includes integration work, as well as ongoing management of the platform and the THE PROS AND CONS OF DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEMS The pros and cons of dynamic purchasing systems. Written by Ian Fishwick on 8 November 2017 in Opinion. Opinion. Ian Fishwick of Innopsis argues that, while the DPS model is imperfect, the government should be commended for trying new procurement ideas. At the Cabinet Office SME Panel, many of the small businesses that are representedare very
HMRC APPROVED FOR £112M MICROSOFT SPENDING So far this year HM Revenue and Customs has gained central approval for Microsoft licensing deals worth £111.75m, according to data published late last month. The department received the green light for spending of £106m on ‘Microsoft Licence E5’ on 25 March. Microsoft’s Office 365 Enterprise E5 licences usually include Skype for Business, security and compliance features and Power DWP TO END BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNTSPOST OFFICE ACCOUNT OPENINGPOST OFFICE MY ACCOUNTUNITED STATES POST OFFICE ACCOUNTUS POST OFFICE ACCOUNT Credit: PA The Department for Work and Pensions will no longer allow new benefits or pensions recipients from collecting payments via Post Office card accounts as of next week, as the department prepares to phase out its use of the payment system entirely next year. POCA has been a mechanism for DWP to pay state pensions and benefits to people since 2003, but its contract with the THE 20 BEST UK LOCAL AUTHORITY WEBSITES 2015 The professional body for public sector ICT professionals produces the list from ratings given by a panel of reviewers. Four factors contribute to the Better Connected star ranking of a council website: The number of customer journeys for top tasks that meet the Better connected standard according to type of council); The number of usability criteria that meet the Better connected standard LEADER SOUGHT FOR GOVERNMENT’S HIGH-TECH R&D AGENCY 22 hours ago · Credit: Amtec Photos/CC BY-SA 2.0 The government has launched its hunt for the head of the UK’s new blue-skies research agency, with applicants being told they have a chance to shape the vision and direction of the “high-risk, high-reward” organisation. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria) is being formed as an independent science funding body, with a remit to “identify DCMS STUDY FLAGS UP POTENTIAL OF ONLINE SAFETY TECH MARKET 40 minutes ago · Credit: QuoteInspector/CC BY-ND 4.0 Safety tech is one of the fastest growing parts of the UK’s technology industry, according to new government research. An independent report, The UK Safety Tech Sector: 2021 Analysis, commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, found that revenues in the sector have increased by more than 40% in the past year, reaching £314m. NEWS | PUBLICTECHNOLOGY.NET Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock sets up a new group to help departments to become "intelligent consumers of their own data" – and promises lunchtime coding groups for civil servants. MOD GOES STRAIGHT TO MICROSOFT FOR FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND £20M Credit: Niall Carson/PA Archive/Press Association Images The Ministry of Defence has directly awarded to Microsoft a £20m deal for Azure cloud hosting that it claims is the first of its kind. The MoD had previously concluded, via a competitive process, that Microsoft’s Azure technology was the best platform on which to base the “bespoke private cloud infrastructure” that it wishes to HANCOCK ISSUES SIX-MONTH ORDER FOR NHS TO SHARE Credit: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has implemented a six-month order for organisations across the NHS to share confidential patient information in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Under Health Service Control of Patient Information Regulations, Hancock has issued four emergency notifications covering all national and local NHS entities, arm’s STUDENT LOANS COMPANY ADDS CAPGEMINI TO ‘STRATEGIC PARTNER Credit: Pixabay The Student Loans Company has added Capgemini to its strategic partner programme in a long-term deal worth £150m. Newly published procurement documents reveal that the arm’s-length body entered into a deal with the consultancy on 15 April. The contract runs until 2028. Scant information is provided on what the deal covers, but the contract notice indicates that it relates WILL THE UK GOVERNMENT USE PHONE TRACKING TO FIGHT Credit: Piqsels As more and more countries use some form of location tracking to try and trace the spread of coronavirus and the movements of those who contract Covid-19, speculation grows as to whether and how the UK may look to do the same. Although the government is yet to officially announce any such measure, a spokesperson for O2 last week indicated to Sky News that the mobile THE PROS AND CONS OF DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEMS The pros and cons of dynamic purchasing systems. Written by Ian Fishwick on 8 November 2017 in Opinion. Opinion. Ian Fishwick of Innopsis argues that, while the DPS model is imperfect, the government should be commended for trying new procurement ideas. At the Cabinet Office SME Panel, many of the small businesses that are representedare very
MAJOR IT FIRMS ADDED TO CROSS-GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC Credit: Adobe Stock Major IT provider Computacenter – which has been the Department for Education’s primary partner on its programme to roll out more than half a million laptops to disadvantaged children – has been added to the government’s list of strategic suppliers. The list encompasses Whitehall’s biggest or most important suppliers, with whom relationships are managed YOU MUST NOW USE UPRNS AND USRNS TO IDENTIFY PROPERTY AND You must now use UPRNs and USRNs to identify property and street locations. The Government has announced that the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) and Unique Street Reference Number (USRN) will be released under Open Government Licence. Additionally, the Open Standards Board, via Government Digital Service (GDS), has mandatedthat from 1
PUBLICTECHNOLOGY.NET The premier website for news and analysis resource for digital, technology and data leaders across the public sector. Our goal is to be the news and analysis resource for ICT leaders in the UK DEFENCE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE UNDERPINNED BY ‘DIGITAL Credit: PA Pursuing digital transformation across the defence sector may be complicated by a web of security clearances and silos, but a failure to do so is “not an option”, according to one of the Ministry of Defence’s senior digital leaders. Speaking yesterday at the PublicTechnology Live event, Phil Jones, who is executive director of service delivery and operations at the MoD, said HOME OFFICE ADMITS SOME IMMIGRATION DATA ‘ONLY HELD ON Home Office holds firm on digital-only status for EU Settlement Scheme. HMRC, Home Office, and DWP to share data in ‘fully digital’ post-Brexit immigration system. Temps account for 98% of staff building £250m immigration platform. In response, a spokesperson said that the new Atlas digital case-working system currently being rolled out REMOTE WORKING OPENED THE DOORS TO CYBERATTACK AND DATA Credit: Алексей Чижов from Pixabay In responding to COVID-19, organisations have had to rapidly accelerate digital transformation programmes and remote workforce enablement , sometimes overnight, just to keep functioning. This has not been lost on adversaries who are working overtime to take advantage of new attack surfaces, exploiting people’s fears, and trying as hard as they STOPPING CYBER ATTACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Stopping Cyber Attacks in Higher Education. Higher Education institutions are some of the most consistently targeted organisations for cyberattacks. CrowdStrike explores the importance of the right cybersecurity measures. Last year all organisations, regardless of industry or size, were challenged in ways no one had ever experiencedbefore.
HOME OFFICE PICKS FUJITSU TO BUILD AND MANAGE £28M Credit: SHIZUO KAMBAYASHI/AP/Press Association Images Fujitsu has won a £28m deal with the Home Office to build and run a biometrics-matching platform. The deal, which represents one lot of a three-lot contract, covers the software and hardware infrastructure of the platform, as well as its interface. It also includes integration work, as well as ongoing management of the platform and the THE PROS AND CONS OF DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEMS The pros and cons of dynamic purchasing systems. Written by Ian Fishwick on 8 November 2017 in Opinion. Opinion. Ian Fishwick of Innopsis argues that, while the DPS model is imperfect, the government should be commended for trying new procurement ideas. At the Cabinet Office SME Panel, many of the small businesses that are representedare very
HMRC APPROVED FOR £112M MICROSOFT SPENDING So far this year HM Revenue and Customs has gained central approval for Microsoft licensing deals worth £111.75m, according to data published late last month. The department received the green light for spending of £106m on ‘Microsoft Licence E5’ on 25 March. Microsoft’s Office 365 Enterprise E5 licences usually include Skype for Business, security and compliance features and Power DWP TO END BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNTSPOST OFFICE ACCOUNT OPENINGPOST OFFICE MY ACCOUNTUNITED STATES POST OFFICE ACCOUNTUS POST OFFICE ACCOUNT Credit: PA The Department for Work and Pensions will no longer allow new benefits or pensions recipients from collecting payments via Post Office card accounts as of next week, as the department prepares to phase out its use of the payment system entirely next year. POCA has been a mechanism for DWP to pay state pensions and benefits to people since 2003, but its contract with the THE 20 BEST UK LOCAL AUTHORITY WEBSITES 2015 The professional body for public sector ICT professionals produces the list from ratings given by a panel of reviewers. Four factors contribute to the Better Connected star ranking of a council website: The number of customer journeys for top tasks that meet the Better connected standard according to type of council); The number of usability criteria that meet the Better connected standard PUBLICTECHNOLOGY.NET The premier website for news and analysis resource for digital, technology and data leaders across the public sector. Our goal is to be the news and analysis resource for ICT leaders in the UK DEFENCE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE UNDERPINNED BY ‘DIGITAL Credit: PA Pursuing digital transformation across the defence sector may be complicated by a web of security clearances and silos, but a failure to do so is “not an option”, according to one of the Ministry of Defence’s senior digital leaders. Speaking yesterday at the PublicTechnology Live event, Phil Jones, who is executive director of service delivery and operations at the MoD, said HOME OFFICE ADMITS SOME IMMIGRATION DATA ‘ONLY HELD ON Home Office holds firm on digital-only status for EU Settlement Scheme. HMRC, Home Office, and DWP to share data in ‘fully digital’ post-Brexit immigration system. Temps account for 98% of staff building £250m immigration platform. In response, a spokesperson said that the new Atlas digital case-working system currently being rolled out REMOTE WORKING OPENED THE DOORS TO CYBERATTACK AND DATA Credit: Алексей Чижов from Pixabay In responding to COVID-19, organisations have had to rapidly accelerate digital transformation programmes and remote workforce enablement , sometimes overnight, just to keep functioning. This has not been lost on adversaries who are working overtime to take advantage of new attack surfaces, exploiting people’s fears, and trying as hard as they STOPPING CYBER ATTACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Stopping Cyber Attacks in Higher Education. Higher Education institutions are some of the most consistently targeted organisations for cyberattacks. CrowdStrike explores the importance of the right cybersecurity measures. Last year all organisations, regardless of industry or size, were challenged in ways no one had ever experiencedbefore.
HOME OFFICE PICKS FUJITSU TO BUILD AND MANAGE £28M Credit: SHIZUO KAMBAYASHI/AP/Press Association Images Fujitsu has won a £28m deal with the Home Office to build and run a biometrics-matching platform. The deal, which represents one lot of a three-lot contract, covers the software and hardware infrastructure of the platform, as well as its interface. It also includes integration work, as well as ongoing management of the platform and the THE PROS AND CONS OF DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEMS The pros and cons of dynamic purchasing systems. Written by Ian Fishwick on 8 November 2017 in Opinion. Opinion. Ian Fishwick of Innopsis argues that, while the DPS model is imperfect, the government should be commended for trying new procurement ideas. At the Cabinet Office SME Panel, many of the small businesses that are representedare very
HMRC APPROVED FOR £112M MICROSOFT SPENDING So far this year HM Revenue and Customs has gained central approval for Microsoft licensing deals worth £111.75m, according to data published late last month. The department received the green light for spending of £106m on ‘Microsoft Licence E5’ on 25 March. Microsoft’s Office 365 Enterprise E5 licences usually include Skype for Business, security and compliance features and Power DWP TO END BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNTSPOST OFFICE ACCOUNT OPENINGPOST OFFICE MY ACCOUNTUNITED STATES POST OFFICE ACCOUNTUS POST OFFICE ACCOUNT Credit: PA The Department for Work and Pensions will no longer allow new benefits or pensions recipients from collecting payments via Post Office card accounts as of next week, as the department prepares to phase out its use of the payment system entirely next year. POCA has been a mechanism for DWP to pay state pensions and benefits to people since 2003, but its contract with the THE 20 BEST UK LOCAL AUTHORITY WEBSITES 2015 The professional body for public sector ICT professionals produces the list from ratings given by a panel of reviewers. Four factors contribute to the Better Connected star ranking of a council website: The number of customer journeys for top tasks that meet the Better connected standard according to type of council); The number of usability criteria that meet the Better connected standard LEADER SOUGHT FOR GOVERNMENT’S HIGH-TECH R&D AGENCY 20 hours ago · Credit: Amtec Photos/CC BY-SA 2.0 The government has launched its hunt for the head of the UK’s new blue-skies research agency, with applicants being told they have a chance to shape the vision and direction of the “high-risk, high-reward” organisation. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria) is being formed as an independent science funding body, with a remit to “identify NEWS | PUBLICTECHNOLOGY.NET Department claims that dedicated datacentre space remains essential. Leader sought for government’s high-tech R&D agency. 7 June 2021WHITE PAPERS
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PUBLICTECHNOLOGY.NET The premier website for news and analysis resource for digital, technology and data leaders across the public sector. Our goal is to be the news and analysis resource for ICT leaders in the UK DEFENCE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE UNDERPINNED BY ‘DIGITAL Credit: PA Pursuing digital transformation across the defence sector may be complicated by a web of security clearances and silos, but a failure to do so is “not an option”, according to one of the Ministry of Defence’s senior digital leaders. Speaking yesterday at the PublicTechnology Live event, Phil Jones, who is executive director of service delivery and operations at the MoD, said HOME OFFICE ADMITS SOME IMMIGRATION DATA ‘ONLY HELD ON Credit: Pixabay Sections of Home Office immigration data are contained only in paper case files or in digital formats that are not “reportable”. 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This has not been lost on adversaries who are working overtime to take advantage of new attack surfaces, exploiting people’s fears, and trying as hard as they HOME OFFICE PICKS FUJITSU TO BUILD AND MANAGE £28M Credit: SHIZUO KAMBAYASHI/AP/Press Association Images Fujitsu has won a £28m deal with the Home Office to build and run a biometrics-matching platform. The deal, which represents one lot of a three-lot contract, covers the software and hardware infrastructure of the platform, as well as its interface. It also includes integration work, as well as ongoing management of the platform and the HMRC APPROVED FOR £112M MICROSOFT SPENDING So far this year HM Revenue and Customs has gained central approval for Microsoft licensing deals worth £111.75m, according to data published late last month. The department received the green light for spending of £106m on ‘Microsoft Licence E5’ on 25 March. Microsoft’s Office 365 Enterprise E5 licences usually include Skype for Business, security and compliance features and Power THE PROS AND CONS OF DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEMS At the Cabinet Office SME Panel, many of the small businesses that are represented are very keen on the more widespread introduction of dynamic purchasing systems (DPS). In general, they do not like the use of frameworks as they almost all get extended to their four-year lifetime – sometimes even longer – and therefore it effectively locks small businesses out of that sector of the market DWP TO END BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNTSPOST OFFICE ACCOUNT OPENINGPOST OFFICE MY ACCOUNTUNITED STATES POST OFFICE ACCOUNTUS POST OFFICE ACCOUNT Credit: PA The Department for Work and Pensions will no longer allow new benefits or pensions recipients from collecting payments via Post Office card accounts as of next week, as the department prepares to phase out its use of the payment system entirely next year. POCA has been a mechanism for DWP to pay state pensions and benefits to people since 2003, but its contract with the THE 20 BEST UK LOCAL AUTHORITY WEBSITES 2015 The professional body for public sector ICT professionals produces the list from ratings given by a panel of reviewers. Four factors contribute to the Better Connected star ranking of a council website: The number of customer journeys for top tasks that meet the Better connected standard according to type of council); The number of usability criteria that meet the Better connected standard PUBLICTECHNOLOGY.NET The premier website for news and analysis resource for digital, technology and data leaders across the public sector. Our goal is to be the news and analysis resource for ICT leaders in the UK DEFENCE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE UNDERPINNED BY ‘DIGITAL Credit: PA Pursuing digital transformation across the defence sector may be complicated by a web of security clearances and silos, but a failure to do so is “not an option”, according to one of the Ministry of Defence’s senior digital leaders. Speaking yesterday at the PublicTechnology Live event, Phil Jones, who is executive director of service delivery and operations at the MoD, said HOME OFFICE ADMITS SOME IMMIGRATION DATA ‘ONLY HELD ON Credit: Pixabay Sections of Home Office immigration data are contained only in paper case files or in digital formats that are not “reportable”. Victoria Atkins, the minister responsible for safeguarding and vulnerability, said that her department is not able to say how many asylum seekers were granted permission to work in the UK in 2019. This is due to the information in question being STOPPING CYBER ATTACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Last year all organisations, regardless of industry or size, were challenged in ways no one had ever experienced before. The onslaught was unrelenting, and for some organisations, overwhelming. As stay-at-home orders rippled around the world, education campuses turned into ghost towns virtually overnight. Millions of educators and administrators retreated to hastily equipped home offices. This REMOTE WORKING OPENED THE DOORS TO CYBERATTACK AND DATA Credit: Алексей Чижов from Pixabay In responding to COVID-19, organisations have had to rapidly accelerate digital transformation programmes and remote workforce enablement , sometimes overnight, just to keep functioning. This has not been lost on adversaries who are working overtime to take advantage of new attack surfaces, exploiting people’s fears, and trying as hard as they HOME OFFICE PICKS FUJITSU TO BUILD AND MANAGE £28M Credit: SHIZUO KAMBAYASHI/AP/Press Association Images Fujitsu has won a £28m deal with the Home Office to build and run a biometrics-matching platform. The deal, which represents one lot of a three-lot contract, covers the software and hardware infrastructure of the platform, as well as its interface. It also includes integration work, as well as ongoing management of the platform and the HMRC APPROVED FOR £112M MICROSOFT SPENDING So far this year HM Revenue and Customs has gained central approval for Microsoft licensing deals worth £111.75m, according to data published late last month. The department received the green light for spending of £106m on ‘Microsoft Licence E5’ on 25 March. Microsoft’s Office 365 Enterprise E5 licences usually include Skype for Business, security and compliance features and Power THE PROS AND CONS OF DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEMS At the Cabinet Office SME Panel, many of the small businesses that are represented are very keen on the more widespread introduction of dynamic purchasing systems (DPS). In general, they do not like the use of frameworks as they almost all get extended to their four-year lifetime – sometimes even longer – and therefore it effectively locks small businesses out of that sector of the market DWP TO END BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNTSPOST OFFICE ACCOUNT OPENINGPOST OFFICE MY ACCOUNTUNITED STATES POST OFFICE ACCOUNTUS POST OFFICE ACCOUNT Credit: PA The Department for Work and Pensions will no longer allow new benefits or pensions recipients from collecting payments via Post Office card accounts as of next week, as the department prepares to phase out its use of the payment system entirely next year. POCA has been a mechanism for DWP to pay state pensions and benefits to people since 2003, but its contract with the THE 20 BEST UK LOCAL AUTHORITY WEBSITES 2015 The professional body for public sector ICT professionals produces the list from ratings given by a panel of reviewers. Four factors contribute to the Better Connected star ranking of a council website: The number of customer journeys for top tasks that meet the Better connected standard according to type of council); The number of usability criteria that meet the Better connected standard LEADER SOUGHT FOR GOVERNMENT’S HIGH-TECH R&D AGENCY 18 hours ago · Credit: Amtec Photos/CC BY-SA 2.0 The government has launched its hunt for the head of the UK’s new blue-skies research agency, with applicants being told they have a chance to shape the vision and direction of the “high-risk, high-reward” organisation. 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This white paper from Dods Research and SAP Concur builds on survey responses from 233 decision makers within central and local government - including those in HR, Finance, Operations, Procurement and more - to understand government's future priorities. MOD GOES STRAIGHT TO MICROSOFT FOR FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND £20M Credit: Niall Carson/PA Archive/Press Association Images The Ministry of Defence has directly awarded to Microsoft a £20m deal for Azure cloud hosting that it claims is the first of its kind. The MoD had previously concluded, via a competitive process, that Microsoft’s Azure technology was the best platform on which to base the “bespoke private cloud infrastructure” that it wishes to HANCOCK ISSUES SIX-MONTH ORDER FOR NHS TO SHARE Credit: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has implemented a six-month order for organisations across the NHS to share confidential patient information in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Under Health Service Control of Patient Information Regulations, Hancock has issued four emergency notifications covering all national and local NHS entities, arm’s WILL THE UK GOVERNMENT USE PHONE TRACKING TO FIGHT Credit: Piqsels As more and more countries use some form of location tracking to try and trace the spread of coronavirus and the movements of those who contract Covid-19, speculation grows as to whether and how the UK may look to do the same. Although the government is yet to officially announce any such measure, a spokesperson for O2 last week indicated to Sky News that the mobile DWP TO END BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNTS Credit: PA The Department for Work and Pensions will no longer allow new benefits or pensions recipients from collecting payments via Post Office card accounts as of next week, as the department prepares to phase out its use of the payment system entirely next year. POCA has been a mechanism for DWP to pay state pensions and benefits to people since 2003, but its contract with the THE PROS AND CONS OF DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEMS At the Cabinet Office SME Panel, many of the small businesses that are represented are very keen on the more widespread introduction of dynamic purchasing systems (DPS). In general, they do not like the use of frameworks as they almost all get extended to their four-year lifetime – sometimes even longer – and therefore it effectively locks small businesses out of that sector of the market MAJOR IT FIRMS ADDED TO CROSS-GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC Credit: Adobe Stock Major IT provider Computacenter – which has been the Department for Education’s primary partner on its programme to roll out more than half a million laptops to disadvantaged children – has been added to the government’s list of strategic suppliers. The list encompasses Whitehall’s biggest or most important suppliers, with whom relationships are managed YOU MUST NOW USE UPRNS AND USRNS TO IDENTIFY PROPERTY AND The Government has announced that the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) and Unique Street Reference Number (USRN) will be released under Open Government Licence. Additionally, the Open Standards Board, via Government Digital Service (GDS), has mandated that from 1st July, the UPRN and USRN are the public sector standard for referencing and sharing property and street We value your privacy We and our partners use technologies, such as cookies, and process personal data, such as IP addresses and cookie identifiers, to personalise ads and content based on your interests, measure the performance of ads and content, and derive insights about the audiences who saw ads and content. Click below to consent to the use of this technology and the processing of your personal data for these purposes. You can change your mind and change your consent choices at any time by returning to this site. I DO NOT ACCEPT I ACCEPT Show Purposes See VendorsPowered by
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The current crisis has prompted an openness to sharing information and a willingness to forego some of the usual restrictions on doing so – even with commercial entities. _PublicTechnology_ examines the current climate, including two major public-private collaborations, and what it means for personal data, now and in the future HOW ONE LONDON BOROUGH IS DEFENDING AGAINST THE DARK WEB7 April 2020
Faced with threats from the dark web, Bexley ramped up its cybersecurity with a managed service. Gill Hitchcock finds out more. NHSX CHIEF: THIS IS NOT ABOUT TECH, OR DATA – IT’S ABOUT PATIENTS31 March 2020
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CAN THE GOVERNMENT TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY BE JUDGED A SUCCESS?27 March 2020
The Government Transformation Strategy set out an array of ambitions for a three-year timeframe that has now reached its end. A range of expert commentators discuss whether its aims have been achieved. WILL THE UK GOVERNMENT USE PHONE TRACKING TO FIGHT PANDEMIC?24 March 2020
Various other countries are using voluntary or mandatory tracking to follow spread of pandemic, as PM says tech will ‘help us see the disease as it is transmitted’ INTERVIEW: GDS HEAD ALISON PRITCHARD ON MINISTERIAL CHANGE, THE SPENDING REVIEW AND THE BENEFITS OF COMEDY20 March 2020
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