Public sector

Open data must drive digital This article is sponsored by:

A week after President Barack Obama issued an Open Data mandate for the US federal sector, the UK government's independent review into the same subject has resulted in an urgent call for a national data strategy in order to empower a wider open data agenda.

Diagnosing the digital doctor This article is sponsored by:

Across Europe there's a productive debate underway about the future of the healthcare industry in a digital economy, but will Brussels get it right?

Dealing with the digital deficit This article is sponsored by:

Over 25 million people in the UK can't or won't use online channels. That's storing up a heap of trouble for a nation that claims to want to move to a digital economy.

Open data hope and change? This article is sponsored by:

Obama makes open data a must for US government agencies to boost digital government and private sector developers.

Digital Decision Maker: Denise McDonagh This article is sponsored by:

As G-Cloud programme director within the UK Cabinet Office, McDonagh is pushing through a paradigm shift in public sector ICT procurement and deployment. But can she get the Luddites into digital champions?

Has G-Cloud really been a success? This article is sponsored by:

With the third generation of its core framework now live, just how successful has the G-Cloud programme really been? Depends how you define success basically.

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Government cloud needs a big stick! This article is sponsored by:

If you're in UK central government you're now going to need a damn good reason not to be using public cloud. But does the Cloud First mandate go far enough?

 

 

Digital diagnosis: vital signs good This article is sponsored by:

Now here's a thing - the so-called 'Facebook-generation' of digital natives get just as wound up about the confidentiality of their medical data as anyone else. What a digital dilemma!

Digital design principles need a boost This article is sponsored by:

There's been a lot of satisfaction in Whitehall over the success of the GOV.UK website winning the Digital category at the annual Designs of Year Awards, but the real success will lie in boosting the profile of design in the public sector.

Feeding the digital elephants This article is sponsored by:

We've been talking about the great 'digital divide' for many a long year, but with governments of all political persuasions now locked into Digital by Default roadmaps to a greater or lesser degree it's never been more important.

Universal Credit - digital by what? This article is sponsored by:

There are multiple key components to the UK government's phenomenally ambitious Digital by Default strategy - but are the cracks already beginning to show?

UNIT4′s central UK government deal implies a shared services shift This article is sponsored by:

Hot on the heels of winning an important deal with other government departments and pivoting its own business model, UNIT4 announced its first central government shared services deal, this time as the solution provider to the Department of Transport. It is yet another way point in the company's transition to a services first business.