All posts tagged "Digital"

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  Mike Bracken, former head of the Government Digital Service (GDS): Exclusive interview

  As HM Treasury gives the UK’s Government Digital Service the cash to embark on a new wave of reforms, its former head tells Matt Ross what it’ll do with the

  • Posted December 2, 2015
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  UK digital leader launches global consultancy

  The former chief of the UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS), Mike Bracken, is today launching a new international consultancy with his four GDS co-founders. The business, named public.digital, will focus

  • Posted December 2, 2015
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  Former UK digital chief offers a welcome and a warning

  The former head of the UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS) has welcomed last week’s three-year Spending Review, in which the unit was awarded £450m ($680m) to deliver its plans for

  • Posted December 2, 2015
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  UK government announces $18bn cut to departments’ spending

  The British government has announced £12bn ($18bn) worth of departmental cuts in its five-year spending plan as it seeks to return to a budget surplus. Chancellor of the Exchequer George

  • Posted November 26, 2015
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  UK government launches £6.5m cyber security research project

  Two UK government departments have today launched a cyber security research project after 18 companies pledged to invest £6.5m over five years. The project called CyberInvest will provide a forum for

  • Posted November 9, 2015
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  Australia appoints new chief scientist

  Dr Alan Finkel, the founder of a Silicon Valley robotic instruments company, has been appointed Australia’s next chief scientist. Finkel, who in 1983 established Axon Instruments, a California-based, supplier of

  • Posted October 28, 2015
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  Finland publishes €1bn implementation plan

  The government of Finland has released a detailed plan on how it wants to implement key projects worth more than €1bn. The Implementation plan for the key projects and reforms

  • Posted September 29, 2015
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  Una O’Brien, permanent secretary, UK Department of Health: Exclusive Interview

  All healthcare is local, says Una O’Brien – but we need international collaboration to realise the potential of digital technologies, and to tackle the growing host of global health challenges

  • Posted September 16, 2015
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  OECD calls on Lithuania to make government more open

  The government of Lithuania should further citizen engagement; take steps to benefit from digital government and strengthen the capacity of its centre for co-ordination and leadership on open government reforms,

  • Posted September 7, 2015
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  Peter Ong, Head of Civil Service, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Permanent Secretary (Special Duties), Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore: Exclusive interview

  Singapore is regarded as an economic success story. Peter Ong, Singapore’s head of civil service and permanent secretary of its finance ministry, explains how a continuous drive to plan ahead

  • Posted July 22, 2015
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