Government today wants to open up its vast datasets, using technology to make people’s lives easier – not monitor them remotely.
Increasingly, how we interact with government over the internet is the public face of Whitehall. Mike Bracken, head of the Government Digital Service (GDS) – launched in 2011, based on the recommendations of Lastminute.com founder Martha Lane Fox – is the man in charge of this digital transformation. Lane Fox recommended that a central service bring together existing government websites, enable access to official data and enable day-to-day transactions, such as renewing a car tax disc, easy online.
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Patients benefit from more immediate access to care and support, when and where they need it.
Imerja’s cloud-based Video as a Service (VaaS) solution, built with state-of-the-art video technology from Polycom, offers a convenient way to communicate, regardless of patient or clinician location. With numerous applications, VaaS has already been deployed across multiple disciplines with great success.
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It’s two years since Jersey announced with some fanfare that it would set up an agency, Digital Jersey, to champion the island as a digital centre. It aims to do this by developing on-island digital capabilities and attracting foreign businesses to its shores. The move is part of the island’s push for greater economic diversification as it seeks to reduce its reliance on the financial services sector.
GB: Government struggling to measure benefits of cyber security strategy, says National Audit Office
The NAO has released a report detailing progress the government has made with the programme. Its evidence was based on semi-structured interviews with programme staff and delivery partners, financial analysis and document reviews, interviews with industry representatives, a round-table discussion with academics and a short survey of 34 stakeholders.
GB: South West England: Bristol City Council to migrate IT infrastructure to the cloud in £1.5m deal
The services were one of an increasing number procured through the government's G-Cloud framework, reducing the cost of the procurement process and generally cutting prices for public-sector organisations.