Public Sector

The UK’s online patent search tool and how it is boosting UK innovation

A new online search tool launched in January by the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) promises to make it significantly easier for businesses, inventors,...

The future of procurement is bright: Are we staring at the sun?

Commercial teams in the public sector improving their capability and influence, but do we risk being blinded by undeliverable promises? Proxima tell us more here about the future of procurement.

NEPO: Achieving benefits through collaborative procurement

Steven Sinclair, NEPO’s Procurement & Commercial Director, talks about the opportunities and ambition of collaborative procurement in the UK public sector.

Why the public sector should use automation to better support UK citizens

Simon Johnson, General Manager of Freshworks UK discusses how the public sector must invest in automation tools to better support UK citizens and deliver amazing, unexpected experiences they’re accustomed to in their everyday lives.

Public sector: Recovering from austerity

Neville Henderson, Senior Consultant, Crown Workforce Management discusses how the public sector can recover from the pain of austerity in this article.

Standards drive innovation and user experience

John McMahon, Product Director at IEG4, discusses why standards in the public sector IT industry such as pay and notify will help drive innovation and user experience.

Agile awareness: Creating an essential baseline

Creating more agile organisations requires a level playing field, so what can the public sector gain from new approaches in higher education? Kim Whitmore from the Agile Business Consortium explains more.

Smarter Workplace: Does the ‘artificial’ in AI distract us?

PLACEmaking considers if emphasising the ‘artificial’ in AI distracts from the range of benefits that are there to be exploited in the Smarter Workplace.

Holding the public sector to ransom

Marie Clutterbuck, CMO at Tectrade, examines the current cyber climate in the public sector and highlights some of the precautions organisations should take to shore up defences.

Health and social care network – a vision or reality?

Mike Thomas, Managing Director of Innopsis, the trade association for suppliers of digital infrastructure and services to the UK public sector asks if a health and social care network is a vision or reality.

Why must the public sector take a security by design approach?

Cybersecurity is a high-profile issue for UK public sector bodies, as recent news shows. Iain Shearman, Managing Director of KCOM’s National Network Services, looks at why the public sector needs to adopt security by design.

Enabling secure mobility in the public sector

David Critchley, Regional Director, UK&I, MobileIron, highlights the importance of enabling secure mobility after a Freedom of Information (FoI) request revealed how many mobile and laptop devices had been lost by staff from nine ministerial departments in 2018.

How GDS is transforming services and building digital capability across the public sector

Kevin Cunnington, Director General of the Government Digital Service (GDS) explains how the organisation is transforming services and building digital capability across the public sector in the UK.

Artificial intelligence revolution: Can we trust AI in UK Government?

Civica recently sat down with central government leaders to discuss whether the public sector is prepared for the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution and the ethics behind the technology. Steve Thorn, Executive Director, Civica shares his views from the event.

£250,000 boost for broadband in conference centres

Tourism Minister Rebecca Pow launched a competition to boost broadband in conference centres across the UK.

In a perfect partnership: How councils can get the most out of a tech provider

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council’s Cassandra Phillip lists the key steps to creating a successful partnership with a technology provider.

Wider Public Sector Legal Services (RM3788)

Mark Jones, Commercial Agreements Manager in Legal Services at the Crown Commercial Service discusses the Wider Public Sector Legal Services (RM3788).

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