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Editor’s choice of ICT items of note:

Man convicted of stirring up racial hatred on Russian social media site

Collaborating with U.S. on Cyber

Charities at risk of ‘underestimating’ online fraud as one in eight experienced cybercrime last year

It's Get Online Week

How we’re keeping people safe from harmful video content online

Digital and data skills

The Single Data Environment: joined-up digital analytics

The role of data and analytics in digital transformation – improving the lives of citizens and driving a new era of growth

 
Insight Paper: Federated Governance - Taming the Content Sprawl

How to govern and organise your information whilst remaining compliant.

Knowing the location of your content is one thing, but how do you manage it consistently? And, how do you make the most of it?

The rapid growth of information is outstripping our ability to manage it. Organisations are looking for ways to organise and govern their information to make better use of the data.

The‘Taming the Content Sprawl’ insight paperlooks at the challenges of this information explosion, the cost of poor information governance, and how to effectively manage the content chaos.

Access the insight paper

 
Editor’s choice of Health, Social Care & Homelessness related items of note:

Developing local connections in Newham

Wales' drug deaths a complex picture

Statistics show an average of 789 new malignant cancers diagnosed a day in 2020: statistical press release

Latest key statistics on adult social care include council spending in 2021-22: statistical press release

24/7 control centres among new plans to step up NHS winter preparations

Welsh Government response to latest NHS Wales performance data

NHS Confederation - Government must be honest with the public about the NHS if further cuts are on the table

NHS Confederation - Government must fund the NHS they're promising

Partnership boosts student mental health

Patients boosted by innovations in musculoskeletal health

Introducing Integrated Care Systems: joining up local services to improve health outcomes

 
Editor’s choice of Business / Commercial items of note:

Hunt statement fails to undo damage to families and businesses and leaves more uncertainty

National Lead supports Business Crime Week of Action

North East councils unveil plans to transform how they do business

Welsh firms visit the USA to boost trade and export links

Trade Secretary speech at Netherlands trade mission in London

Birmingham City council to refund 11 years of care home fees family paid in error

£2 million from Dormant Accounts Fund NI supports VCSE sector sustainability

£2,000 in government funding available to help with childcare costs

Funding boost to LGBT charities supporting veterans

Record funding uplift for UK battery research and development

Life-changing funding boost for groups empowering young Scots

 
Editor’s choice of Policy & General items of note:

Former Kent Police PCSO sentenced for misconduct in public office

Ombudsman Rob Behrens responds to CQC State of Care report

A successful night at the Association Excellence Awards

The cost of living emergency - in your area

Prime Minister Liz Truss's statement in Downing Street: 20 October 2022

Xi Jinping shows the world he is taking a tougher line

Greater Manchester Police officer found not guilty of assault

IPPR responds to inflation figures

Guest blog: Alastair Johnson from Nuggets | Verified, Self-Sovereign Decentralized ID Enables Compliance Without Compromising DeFi

New Welsh Language Commissioner announced

PCCS support project Edward

Why a more inward-looking China is bad news for the world economy

 
SME Supplier Locator update...

With the officially stated target and ongoing drive for SME’s to receive £1 of every £3 spent on government contracts, UK public sector spend with SME’s is continually on the increase.

Against this ambitious backdrop, the WiredGov Supplier Locator service has been developed specifically to embrace the SME Agenda and provide the ideal platform for SME’s to promote their services, solutions, accreditation and success stories directly to our ever increasing audience across all government and public sector verticals and Tier 1 suppliers.

Recent arrivals to the SME Supplier Locator service include:

Click here to find out more.

ShredMaster Ltd

 

 More contributions to the Brexit process

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