Events from September 26 – March 27, 2025 - PublicTechnology
WEBNICE Conference 2025. Hilton Manchester Deansgate 303 Deansgate, Manchester, United Kingdom. The NICE Conference 2025 will explore the organisation's continued commitment to deliver relevant, timely and impactful guidance. The event brings together frontline staff and leaders from health and care together with the life sciences, healthtech and ...
Universities unveil tech designed to discover ‘first Earth-like planet’
WEBApr 5, 2024 · The astrocomb laser system developed by researchers from Heriot-Watt and Cambridge Universities has been compared to a distorted guitar and is designed ‘extremely sensitive wavelength measurements’ of the light spectrum. University academics have developed a tool they believe could help discover the “first Earth-like planet”.
Police Digital Service pair arrested for fraud, bribery and misconduct
WEBJul 5, 2024 · Two employees of the Police Digital Service have been arrested and are now being investigated by officers on suspicion of having committed crimes of fraud, bribery, and misconduct in a public office. The arrest of the pair – names and other details of whom have not been provided – was confirmed by both the Police Digital Service (PDS) and ...
Maude report calls for GDS and CDDO to be reunited – but …
WEBNov 16, 2023 · In a major review of Whitehall structures and processes, the minister that oversaw the creation of the Government Digital Service calls for it to be re-merged with its sister unit A major review into the efficacy of government’s structures and processes has called for the Government Digital S
ICO probes Home Office over immigration system woes
WEBMar 15, 2024 · The UK’s data-protection watchdog is investigating the Home Office after months of “IT incidents” have reportedly led to tens of thousands of people being listed with incorrect information in government’s core immigration database. The Atlas caseworking system is replacing the 24-year-old Case Information Database (CID). This process ...
BT fined £17.5m for 999 outage as Ofcom finds telco ‘fell woefully ...
WEBJul 23, 2024 · A total of 14,000 calls were impacted during a period of 10.5 hours. There was particular disruption to text relay call services, meaning that “people with hearing and speech difficulties were unable to make any calls, including to friends, family, businesses and services, [which] left deaf and speech-impaired users at increased risk of harm”.
The top public sector tech trends to look out for in 2024
WEBDec 27, 2023 · The Home Office’s Emergency Services Network – which, even in the best-case scenario, will now deliver at least 10 years late and at more than double the originally expected £6bn cost – aims to identify key technology partners in 2024. Project leaders will hope that doing so incurs no further delays or cost increases.
UKSA looks to progress space clean-up work - PublicTechnology
WEBNov 8, 2023 · Launched in 2018, ClearSpace was selected by the European Space Agency to lead a mission to remove in-orbit debris. In 2021 UKSA – which operates as an executive agency of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology – also chose the firm to develop a feasibility study to remove and refurbish two objects from low earth orbit.
National Archives seeks to digitise millions of ‘Dad’s Army’ files
WEBMar 12, 2024 · The National Archives is planning to digitise and publish online the service records of millions of men who served during the second world war in the citizen militia popularly known as ‘Dad’s Army’. Created in 1940, the Home Guard (pictured above) was a domestic voluntary force comprised of millions of men who were ineligible for front ...
Digital has enormous potential to reduce reoffending
WEBNov 2, 2020 · Controlled access to technology can play a major role in supporting rehabilitation and reducing recidivism, according to Aidan Shilson-Thomas of Reform Credit: Peter Macdiarmid/PA During this pandemic, technology has become, for most of us, an indispensable tool for working, staying in touch with