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Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Public sector organisations as well as businesses including banks, airlines, telecommunications companies, TV and radio broadcasters, train companies, have been affected by a mass global IT outage today.
GP surgeries are reporting difficulties accessing patient data and appointment systems with many resorting to using hand written notes and manual filing
Continue reading Global IT outage affecting public sector organisations and companies
There is considerable excitement about the potential of AI to deliver more accessible, efficient, and high-quality healthcare; alongside concern about data privacy, bias, and how these new tools will be used in clinical practice.
The key to realising the benefits and addressing the concerns is the adoption of standards for the development and implementation
Continue reading Why standards are key to building trust in AI
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
More than 2,000 devices reported lost or stolen across seven government departments in 2023
Apricorn, the leading manufacturer of software-free, 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encrypted USB drives, has today announced findings from annual Freedom of Information (FoI) responses into data breaches and device loss within government departments. The results highlight an alarming number
Continue reading Data of over 10,000 customers put at risk by HMRC breaches declared to ICO
By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds
For years, it has been broadly accepted that the profile of open-source software as ‘higher risk’ goes against the principles of public sector technology procurement. Being free, not reputedly as safe, and via smaller vendors than the big players, has blinkered this industry to finding solutions which could
Continue reading Open-Source Database Revolution in the Public Sector
Tom Magner
Government & Public Sector Journal is pleased to announce that Tom Magner has today joined the editorial board of the journal.
Currently, Tom works as News & Political Editor on Carers World Live (public service health and social care broadcast journalism), he is a writer, director and presenter on Carers World
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Reporter: Stuart Littleford – News
David Frost, Chief Negotiator has spoken to GPSJ on the conclusion of the fourth round of negotiations with the EU on our future relationship.
He said: “We have just completed our fourth full negotiating round with the EU, again by video conference. It was a little shorter than usual and
Continue reading David Frost comments on the conclusion of the fourth round of negotiations with the EU on our future relationship
Reporter: Stuart Littleford – News
The UK based, leading medical software company, Lexacom, has been awarded a place on the new NHS Shared Business Systems (SBS) Digital Dictation, Speech Recognition and Outsourced Transcription Framework.
This award will allow NHS trusts and other healthcare organisations to directly access Lexacom’s
Continue reading Lexacom awarded a place on the new NHS Shared Business System (SBS) Digital Dictation, Speech Recognition and Outsourced Transcription Framework as a trusted and approved supplier
Reporter: Stuart Littleford – News
Peers have launched a new inquiry to ask what lessons for our public services can be learned from the coronavirus pandemic.
The House of Lords Select Committee on Public Services, set up to examine the transformation of public services to ensure that they are fit for the 21st century, will
Continue reading Peers launch first probe into lessons for public services from COVID-19
VC Professor Shearer West
Reporter: Stuart Littleford – News
An online fundraising appeal to support coronavirus (COVID-19) research and ease student hardship has been launched by the University of Nottingham.
The University is at the forefront of global efforts to understand and control the coronavirus pandemic, with a multidisciplinary team working to find
Continue reading Nottingham launches COVID-19 fundraising appeal
The Bill takes back control of UK borders and paves the way for a new points-based immigration system
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2020 introduced on 5 March will have its Second Reading in the House of Commons today (Monday 18 May)
Continue reading Historic Immigration Bill returns to Parliament
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
As the UK heads into at least three weeks of lockdown, concerns are being raised across the country as thousands of construction workers headed out to work, including on packed London Underground trains.
Last night the Prime Minister gave an instruction that everyone should stay at home for all but the most
Continue reading Government must give clearer guidance on building sites says British Safety Council
Institute of Economic Development Executive Director Nigel Wilcock has told GPSJ:
“This might be the budget that brings Keynes back in vogue with the Office for Budget Responsibility expecting the expansionary measures to create a demand-led economic boost. Certainly, from the budget speech there was little not to like – some emergency fiscal loosening, some
Continue reading Comments to GPSJ on the 2020 Budget
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
The Security Event is a major new exhibition taking place from 9-11 April at the NEC Birmingham, created for the commercial and residential security market. The event brings together a world-class education programme, market leaders and industry experts, to make it the most hotly anticipated exhibition for UK security professionals in
Continue reading The Security Event: The Must-Visit Commercial & Residential Security Exhibition for 2019 and Beyond
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Groundbreaking intelligent automation program highlights huge potential for realizing efficiency benefits rapidly across the NHS
Working with Thoughtonomy, ESNEFT has cut the time taken to process the first stage of each GP referral from 15-20 minutes down to five minutes. The program will eliminate the need for staff to spend more than
Continue reading East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust employs Thoughtonomy Virtual Workers alongside human teams to improve patient experience and boost employee satisfaction
Fisher German partner – Kay Davies
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
To the uninitiated, UK planning policy and its supporting legislation appears to be a bit like criminal law: clear rules that govern what is and is not permissible, effectively written in stone. And, just like criminal law, the reality, as a quick glance at
Continue reading Professional planners: planning for the future?
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Dixons Carphone says it has been the victim of an “unauthorised data access” in which millions of customer bank card details were targeted over the past 12 months.
The company believes there were hacking attempts since last July but these were only discovered over the past week and is thought
Continue reading Failure to protect data after hackers access 5.9m bank cards at Dixons Carphone
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Following the news that Wigan County Council have experienced more than 80 data breaches in the past 2 years, the council has reinforced the importance of data security to all its staff.
Brendan Whitworth, assistant director for legal services at Wigan Council told GPSJ: “Information security is a high priority for Wigan
Continue reading Wigan County Council reinforces the importance of data security to all its staff
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Zonafide, the mobile app leveraging blockchain and collaboration technology to ensure Activities are secure and legitimate, today announces a partnership with Atos to help combat identity theft and cybercrime.
The partnership will see Atos assist their clients in the use of Zonafide’s blockchain-based technology in order to drive efficiencies and improve security
Continue reading ATOS AGREES PARTNERSHIP WITH BLOCKCHAIN SPECIALIST ZONAFIDE TO HELP COMBAT IDENTITY THEFT AND CYBERCRIME
SP Services MD Steve Bray with the new Tourni-key
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
A UK medical supplier is supporting a nationwide campaign to save lives after a terrorist attack.
SP Services, of Telford, is ready to supply thousands of newly designed lightweight tourniquets for use in public places in the event of a bomb,
Continue reading Public can save lives after a terrorist attack
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
The Chartered Institute of Journalists is urging the government to keep its nerve in stopping local authorities in Waltham Forest and Hackney from publishing ‘Pravda’ style propaganda newspapers.
Both councils have persuaded the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to postpone a final deadline of closure that had been set for
Continue reading Keep your nerve, CIoJ urges government
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