Public Sector
NHS trusts bin 144 computers every day
Trusts have purchased more than 400,000 new PCs since 2013, at a cost of £260 million
Public sector IR35 changes driving contractors out, suggests survey
Pay more or public sector IT projects will suffer as a result, warn fleeing contractors
Austerity liberated the public sector, says former Durham County Council CIO Phil Jackman
The public sector has had to learn to be more efficient by working with limited resources, argues Jackman
Lords: Government does not understand seriousness of maintaining cross-border data flows after Brexit
75 per cent of all of the UK's cross-border data flows are to EU countries
HMRC has virtualised 60 per cent of its IT estate in 18 months
Virtualisation programme includes HRMC's massive SAP estate
Job centres to close in restructuring as more benefit claims and job seeking goes online
Move will cut DWP operational costs by £140m a year
Ben Gummer, the minister in charge of digital transformation, loses seat in general election
Stunner for Cabinet Office minister Ben Gummer as Conservative Party manifesto author is ousted from Ipswich seat
Three quarters of businesses don't have a CDO - and most don't want one
But there are three times as many CDOs as there were in 2014
NHS patient data handed to Google by Royal Free Hospital on an 'inappropriate basis'
1.6 million NHS patient records shouldn't have been given to Google, according to data protection expert's leaked letter
Twenty per cent of NHS trusts affected by WannaCry ransomware
Barts NHS Trust believed to be the hardest hit NHS organisation
NHS hack: former GCHQ deputy director slams NHS reaction, and wider security industry
Brian Lord OBE, former Deputy Director GCHQ Cyber and Intelligence, says some trusts were forced to completely shut down due to poor secuerity hygiene, whilst the security industry is guilty of confusing customers with overcomplicated solutions
Hospitals and GP surgeries across the UK attacked in nationwide ransomware campaign
NHS England claims 'Wanna Decryptor' ransomware the cause of nationwide attack on Health Service
AI to be used by police to assess risk of offending
Durham Constabulary to start using AI to assess risk of suspects in custody decisions
Care Quality Commission recruiting a digital director with DevOps and Agile experience
Director of digital will report to chief digital officer Peter Sinden
Barts: 136 operations and hundreds of chemotherapy appointments cancelled due to recent IT failure
While access to pathology and imaging services have been restored, the issue still hasn't been fully fixed
UPDATED: Cabinet Office privacy advisor: lack of ministerial support on privacy has made role 'untenable'
Since Francis Maude stepped down, Cabinet Office and other ministers haven't shown an interest in privacy, claims Dr Jerry Fishenden
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan finally gets round to hiring a chief digital officer - almost a year after first promising to appoint one
Reports in June 2016 indicated that Khan would be hiring 'within weeks'
Operations cancelled at Barts Health NHS Trust following EIGHT DAY IT failure
Only a 'very small number of elective operations cancelled', claims Trust
Australian government might force ISPs to block malware and websites associated with online scams
ISPs aren't doing enough to tackle cyber threats, believes Australian government
Police forces urged to work together to procure IT or risk public safety
Chronic lack of interoperability in ICT systems imperils public safety, warns chief inspector of constabulary
UK government to invest a further £38m in driverless cars
More than £90m will be spent on robotics and AI as part of a £1bn investment in 'cutting-edge' tech
HMRC: Revealing cost of Accenture's and Capgemini's Aspire contract extensions 'would prejudice HMRC's commercial interests'
HMRC refuses to respond to V3 Freedom of Information requests
Digital Apps Library finally launched by NHS
Four-year wait since the NHS Digital Apps Library pilot project was delivered
Met Police signs £100m networking deal with BT
BT will provide fixed and wireless networks, as well as cloud and IT services to the Met
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