Home Office ditches legacy asylum database, keeps the spreadsheets

Years into a major IT overhaul, MPs say the department still lacks reliable view of what is happening across the asylum system

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UK's top crime agency hamstrung by legacy IT, watchdog warns

Regulator says NCA's aging tech drags down productivity, forces officers to juggle hardware and do manual workarounds

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📍 Heading to the Zukunftskongress Staat & Verwaltung in Berlin?

OpenProject will be there on June 9–10 at booth B045.

We're looking forward to discussing digital sovereignty, open source, and the future of public administration.

See you in Berlin! 👋

#Zukunftskongress #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource #PublicSector #GovTech #OpenProject

GOV.UK goes Dutch on payments as it dumps Stripe

Means residents can skip the credit card and use 'pay by bank' for local authorities and services

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UK tax collector hands Capgemini £600M contact center deal, delays start of £2.4B CRM contract

Another monster tech contract in the works for one of the usual suspects

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🏛️ As public sector environments become more connected, the line between IT and OT continues to blur.

This playbook explores how agencies can move beyond simple tool deployment and build a cross-functional operating muscle that protects CPS processes, end customers, and the business’s bottom line.

📙 Read here: https://claroty.com/resources/white-papers/bridging-the-ot-it-divide-in-public-sector-cps-environments

#PublicSector #Cybersecurity #OTSecurity #CriticalInfrastructure #OperationalResilience #CPS

Bridging the OT/IT Divide in Public Sector CPS Environments

By leveraging the frameworks in this playbook, you are moving beyond simple tool deployment and building a cross-functional operating muscle that protects CPS processes, your end customers, and the business’s bottom line.

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Listen up, England. The Health Secretary is going to be data controller for everyone's Single Patient Record

James Murray grilled on security of system that will allow over a million health workers to access NHS health DB

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Sunshine Coast Council hikes rates, slashes 130 jobs as costs spiral
By Josh Dye, Olivia Sanders, and Alex Easton

Residents are angry after copping another 10 per cent rate rise as the council grapples with how to provide services for the fast-growing region.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-03/sunshine-coast-council-rates-rise-10-per-cent-job-cuts/106749138

#LocalGovernment #Budget #GovernmentandPolitics #CommunityandSociety #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #StateandTerritoryGovernment #RegionalCommunities #StateandTerritoryParliament #Activism #PublicSector #JoshDye #OliviaSanders # #AlexEaston

Sunshine Coast Council hikes rates, slashes 130 jobs as costs spiral

Residents are angry after copping another 10 per cent rate rise as the council grapples with how to provide services for the fast-growing region.  

Alternative Academic Careers: Sociologists in Civil Society and Government

https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/v3wmLWaaroMgrmsDWXziAF

Alternative Academic Careers: Sociologists in Civil Society and Government

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Peter Mandelson invited UK PM to meet Palantir's Thiel

Britain's former US ambassador founded lobbyist that represented spy-tech firm, saw it win big roles in UK defense, health tech

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