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Government unveils latest push to ease public sector data-sharing
MPs say they will call on the National Audit Office to probe BIS's figures ahead of key meeting on future of its Sheffield site
New body to be set up amid concerns over the use of big data, with Cabinet Office also drawing up new framework for government data science
BIS perm sec seeks to justify closure of Sheffield site, and says departmental cuts will mean reducing headcount by 30%-40% "over time"
Shadow Cabinet Office minister Louise Haigh says use of WhatsApp should either be "banned completely or brought under the FoI legislation"
Cabinet Office minister says distributed ledgers could offer a "better way" of monitoring the distribution of government cash
Two new proposed tenders aim to simplify mobile working through use of the cloud
Online payments firm Stripe – which handles payments for Kickstarter – among those chosen in revamped approach to government merchant services
Microsoft reviews the technology that can help police officers perform their jobs more effectively
Microsoft demonstrates how several health organisations have successfully transformed their service delivery
Alliance for Useful Evidence project says incentives will be needed to ensure policy takes account of evidence
Mystery Shopper report highlights challenges of encouraging suppliers to form partnerships to bid for government contracts
GDS executive director says central government digital team must ensure Whitehall "embraces the change, rather than trying to avoid it"
Microsoft looks at how digital technology can improve firefighter safety
Decade-long IT contract – underpinning £500bn in tax revenue – to come to an early end
Culture minister Ed Vaizey says a central government drive is needed to join up disparate digital technology initiatives being pursued by departments in isolation
Juan Garcés de Marcilla, Director of Copernicus Services, ECMWF, explains the purpose of the EU’s earth observation programme and the economic and moral imperative to act on the insight it provides.
New data science projects given the go-ahead in this week’s Budget will give the nation richer and more precise economic figures, the Office for National Statistics has said
RPA boss says failings over scheme to pay EU farmers "will live with me for many years" – but says "almost all" outstanding 2015 payments will be made by the end of this month
“There is a gender diversity problem in the digital industry,” says the Government Digital Service executive director
Department for Work and Pensions' Mayank Prakash tells Public Sector ICT Summit: “Before I can talk to a person they tell me what grade they are – and I struggle with it"
“Where we’re developing premium data, we’re trying to release some elements of open data at the same time," says OS’s public sector director John Kimmance
This week the British Airline Pilots Association renewed warnings over the threat posed to aircraft by drones. Cranfield University expert Dr Monica Rivas Casaldo says a failure to regulate against the risks posed by unmanned aircraft shouldn’t overshadow their positive uses